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This post is being made especially for my boy, Foxhound, who is a Ghost in the Shell freak...eat it up, big dawg...

via www.animenewsnetwork.com:

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The Innocence Ghost in the Shell DVD Collector's box will be released early, on August 10th, followed by three more versions on September 15th.

Each version will come with two DVDs, the first disc will be the movie, and the second disc will contain various extras (directors commentary, trailers, 15-minute "making of"). On the first disc the audio will be limited to Dolby Digital, while the other versions will all have DTS-ES.

The standard release will cost 3990 yen (US$37 approx.)

In addition to the two DVDs, the "Limited Edition Volume 1" will include a Bassett Hound music box and will cost 6825 yen (US$63). The "Limited Edition Volume 2" will include three books: original storyboard, script and Japanese ADR script, and will also cost 6825 yen. Both limited editions will be limited to 15 000 units.

Those not willing to wait until September will be able to order the Innocence DVD Collector's box for a whopping 52,290 yen (US$480 approx.) and will include 5 DVDs. Disks 1 and 2 will be identical to the other releases, while discs 3, 4 and 5 will contain the complete "making of." In addition it will come with a 40 cm Gynoid figure, the official Innocence artbook and another 194 page color collection of layouts. This set will be limited to pre-orders only.

The only way to get all the extras would be to purchase both limited editiions and the collectors box.

Production I.G's website has pictures of the various extras.

Source: Anime News Network

Viz Formally Announces InuYasha Theatrical Premiere (2004-07-14 11:42:46)

Viz has sent out a press release announcing the North American limited theatrical release of Inuyasha: Affections Touching Across Time. The premiere will occur at the San Diego Comic-Con later this month, following which free screenings will be offerred in eight major cities in the United States and Canada.

Tokyopop on Boys Be (2004-07-14 12:38:19)

Tokyopop has decided to return to the "Boys Be" name for their September release of the manga series. Although they will no longer be calling the series "Guys Guide to Girls" they are still only releasing the second part of the series, (Boys Be... 2nd) at this time. Tokyopop will provide more details about Boys Be in an upcoming press release.

New CLAMP Anime (2004-07-15 15:43:22)
Sweet Valerians to premiere on August 1st

More news from Anime News Network:

Puffy AmiYumi Series on Cartoon Network in November (2004-07-24 18:42:47)
The International Herald Tribune has an article on the Puffi AmiYumi animated TV series. According to the article, the series will premiere in November.

Inu Yasha on Mobile Phones (2004-07-21 23:08:52)
Today at Comic-Con, Sorrent and ShoPro Entertainment announced an agreement to bring Inuyasha to mobile phones.Through this partnership, mobile subscribers will be able to access Inuyasha games, wallpapers and sms directly from their mobile phones.

Become a FUNimation Voice Actor (2004-07-22 12:36:38)
FUNimation and UGO.com are running a sweepstakes where the grand prize winner will win an all-expense paid trip to FUNimation's Texas studio to record their voice for use as a character in an unamed anime series.

Well the Puffy AmiYumi series comeing to CN is no surprise since they also did the theme song to the Teen Titans series.
Fans will love the InuYasha phone stuff, and there will be a flood of people from all over the Dallas/Ft. Worth area for that contest.

Courtesy of TVShowsonDVD.com

Good Stuff...more tremors in the force:
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With the original Star Wars trilogy heading to DVD, it's no surprise that there would be some Star Wars related announcements at the San Diego Comic-Con this weekend.

In a 2 hour presentation, Steve Sansweet, Head of Fan Relations for Lucasfilm, announced that the popular Star Wars: Clone Wars will be released in spring, around the same time the final batch of shorts will air. The first 20 chapters by Genndy Tartakovsky and Paul Rudish are extremely popular, so the DVD should do well.

We'll keep you posted with any information we come across.

Yep...Im actually posting something about InuYasha....here you go...courtesy of Animenewsnetwork.com

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posted on 2004-07-26 12:01:02
source: Anime on DVD
Final Episode on September 6th


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Viz's Toshi Yoshida has confirmed reports that the Inu Yasha TV series is to end soon. At San Diego Comic Con he stated that he had learned from the Japanese producer that episodes 166 and 167 will be a double episode that will mark the end of the series. They will be aired on September 6th.

To date the Inu Yasha franchise includes 159 TV episodes (over 6 seasons), 4 TV Specials, and 3 feature movies, with a 4th on the way in December. As previously reported, a trailer for the fourth movie, Guren no Houraijima (Crimson Horai Island) is available at the official InuYasha movie website.

Viz will release the InuYasha Season One box set, and the first InuYasha movie, on September 7th.
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Originally posted by StevieV019 Yep...Im actually posting something about InuYasha....here you go...courtesy of Animenewsnetwork.com --------------------------------- posted on 2004-07-26 12:01:02 source: Anime on DVD Final Episode on September 6th --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Viz's Toshi Yoshida has confirmed reports that the Inu Yasha TV series is to end soon. At San Diego Comic Con he stated that he had learned from the Japanese producer that episodes 166 and 167 will be a double episode that will mark the end of the series. They will be aired on September 6th. To date the Inu Yasha franchise includes 159 TV episodes (over 6 seasons), 4 TV Specials, and 3 feature movies, with a 4th on the way in December. As previously reported, a trailer for the fourth movie, Guren no Houraijima (Crimson Horai Island) is available at the official InuYasha movie website. Viz will release the InuYasha Season One box set, and the first InuYasha movie, on September 7th. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----

Inuyasha may not be as long as DBZ, but it sure feels like it is

GITS:SAC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some more news from The Anime News Network:

Wired Magazine on Anime Piracy (2004-07-27 12:28:45)
Wired Magazine has an article on anime bootlegs. Mentioned in the article are Bandai's recent legal actions against some bootleggers, and interviewed are Bandai attorney Cynthia Nishimoto, Tokyopop national sales manager Alan Payne and the Pirate Anime FAQ's Joe Curzon. Of note, Payne points out that the manga industry has not been nearly as badly affected by bootlegs as the anime industry has, where as much as one third of all products sold in the United States are estimated to be bootlegs.

Geneon Entertainment Licenses (2004-07-31 13:33:39)
Geneon Entertainment has announced 7 new licenses at their Anime Expo panel: Star Ocean EX, Human Scramble, Tokyo Underground, Koi Kaze, Ultra Maniac TV, Petit Cossette, Kyo Kara Maou, and Jubei-Chan 2.

Japanese Box Office (2004-07-28 10:33:30)
Pokemon maintains position, but Steamboy falls to foreign incursions.
More on this here

Interesting stuff:

Courtesy of Animenewsnetwork.com


Cartoon Network the fastest growing network at Turner Broadcasting
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Cartoon Network, the cable TV home of many anime series such as Case Closed, Wolf's Rain and Inu Yasha, is the fastest growing network in Turner Broadcasting's impressive line-up of networks that includes CNN, TBS and TNT. In fact, investors and press recently learned that Cartoon Network is more profitable than CNN. In 2003 Cartoon Network turned $650 million in revenue, 17% of the the entire Turner Broadcasting revenue, compared to $535 million (14%) in revenue for CNN and the rest of Turner Broadcastings news operations.

Cartoon Network's financial success is being attributed to increased ad revenue thanks to its ever increasing adult audience, and low operating costs. Adult Swim has consistently ranked #1 in its time period (11 pm - 2 am) on basic cable with adults 18-34, against competition from late night talk shows like NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the CBS Late Show with David Letterman.

In early July Cartoon Network reported impressive growth statistics over last year for Adult Swim in key adult demographics such as 23% in adults 18-34, 47% in adults 18-24 and 76% in women 18-24.
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From Anime News Network:

At Otakon today, Right Stuf announced the following titles: Piano (Spring 2005) and the Gravitation OAV series (Summer 2005). Additionally, Right Stuf confirmed their acquisition of the Boogiepop Phantom Live Action movie and Boys Be and To Heart (both due late 2005). For their Critical Mass (adult) label they announced the acquisition of Gakuen no Syuryousya, Heisabyouin and Onnakyousi Yumi no Houkago.

Ghost In the Shell - Stand Alone Complex Release Dates (2004-08-27 08:36:15)
Manga Entertainment has updated the Stand Alone Complex website with release dates for the final two volumes of the first season, due on May 24th and June 26th respectively. Source: Anime on DVD

From Anime News Network:

No Mew Mew Preview (2004-09-04 14:31)
Foxbox aired a full episode preview of F-Zero today, and announced that two new shows would be coming to Foxbox, F-Zero and One Piece. No mention of Mew Mew Power was made.

Viewtiful Joe TV Series (2004-09-02 13:51)
According to 1Up.com and Moonphase, TV Tokyo recently announced that they will broadcast a Viewtiful Joe TV series this October. The series is being produced by Capcom and is expected to run for 52 episodes. Viewtiful Joe 2 for PlayStation 2 and GameCube will be released in Japan this fall.

Fullmetal Alchemist Release Details (2004-09-07 12:04)
According to Anime on DVD, the first volume of Fullmetal Alchemist is due to be released on January 18th. In addition to 13 individual volumes (as reported here), the series will be released in 3 boxed sets, each of which will include unspecified bonus material.

Courtesy of Animenewsnetwork.com:

Here's the link for this tidbit:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=5460

The most interesting thing about this is the fact that Rurouni Kenshin is coming back to Saturday's Toonami block at 10:30 pm starting October 23rd. The only drawback is the fact that its replacing Gundam Seed (bad news for Gundam fans...).

Right now, I feel its a mixed bag...Ive been missing Kenshin, havent watched much of Seed despite wanting to. So Im not sure how to feel about this quite yet.

Well...

Cant they move Yu Yu Hakusho or is that still getting new eps?

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Originally posted by C.R Foxhound Well... Cant they move Yu Yu Hakusho or is that still getting new eps?

Yu Yu is getting new episodes aired every week. They are now in the third and final season as we type.
I have also discovered why SEED is being removed, at least for now.

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If you haven't heard it yet, it's been confirmed by the pundits at Toonzone that Gundam SEED will be off the air after the October 16th broadcast of "Moment" (episode 26). Starting the week after, Rurouni Kenshin will begin airing in its timeslot on Cartoon Network. Apparently, CN only ordered the first 26 episodes of SEED for the time being. For now, it's unknown when the rest of the series will air.

Buttholes. Don't they know by now that anything Gundam (save for SD and G-Savior) will be an instant hit?

On a more positive note the official japanise site for Gundam X is now online and operational.

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Originally posted by Wingnut quote: Originally posted by C.R Foxhound Well... Cant they move Yu Yu Hakusho or is that still getting new eps? Yu Yu is getting new episodes aired every week. They are now in the third and final season as we type.

Yu Yu Hakusho has 4 seasons... so there is one after this one to go.

But it'll be nice to see Kenshin back on the air.

BabyGhia

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Originally posted by BabyGhia quote: Originally posted by Wingnut quote: Originally posted by C.R Foxhound Well... Cant they move Yu Yu Hakusho or is that still getting new eps? Yu Yu is getting new episodes aired every week. They are now in the third and final season as we type. Yu Yu Hakusho has 4 seasons... so there is one after this one to go. But it'll be nice to see Kenshin back on the air. BabyGhia

4? Please elaborate where this 4th season is. The official(?) site only breaks it down into three seasons.

I haven't seen it though it's called The Makai or The Demon World Tournament Saga. I know that the series has a total of 112 episodes. And we are on ep. 72 or so.

I hardly ever go to the "official" US site. Actually I really don't know of a great Yu Yu Hakusho site. Maybe someone knows of one?

BabyGhia

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Originally posted by BabyGhia I haven't seen it though it's called The Makai or The Demon World Tournament Saga. I know that the series has a total of 112 episodes. And we are on ep. 72 or so.

I'm guessing that the last tournament will probably be included in the third season, since I've seen it and I don't think it's long enough to stand on its own. But knowing Funi, they might just divide it up anyway...

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I hardly ever go to the "official" US site. Actually I really don't know of a great Yu Yu Hakusho site. Maybe someone knows of one? BabyGhia

Here's one of the best fan sites: http://www.spiritdetective.com

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Originally posted by Krang quote: I hardly ever go to the "official" US site. Actually I really don't know of a great Yu Yu Hakusho site. Maybe someone knows of one? BabyGhia Here's one of the best fan sites: http://www.spiritdetective.com

Thanks, Krang. I've seen this site but I most have forgotten to bookmark it.

BabyGhia

Well whata ya know. There are 4 seasons worth there. In that case I would like to answer the original ? by saying that they have up through season 3 dubbed and ready, if not purchshed for broadcast.