Originally I thought Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou was going to be a slice of life demon high school anime from the title. It’s more of an action title than anything. It features a lot of fighting, gore, and zombies. What about plot, you say? Not so much…
Popo Can is a lesser known manga from Infinity Studios that was released in July of 2005. I thought the title looked interesting, so decided to take a shot at reading it. I’m really disappointed that this manga hasn’t gotten more recognition!
Tsukuyomi Moon Phase covers a lot of anime genres: Loli, Gothloli, Vampire, Comedy, Romance. Wait, are those all genres? Anyway, here’s my review of Tsukuyomi Moon Phase DVD Volume 1.
That’s right, according to ANN, everyone’s favorite hikikomori-trainer Highlander-style doll fight anime has been licensed! With the license of this anime plus Pani Poni Dash and Nerima Daikon Brothers, it seems like no anime is out of the question for licensing. If an anime about a guy who plays with dolls can make it to the states, maybe Sexy Commando Gaiden Sugoi Masaru-san can too!
While I really didn’t expect Rozen Maiden to get licensed, I guess it wasn’t too big of a leap. I mean, Tokyopop already has the manga released up to Volume 3. That reminds me, I need to get that review of Volume 1 out…
When I was previewing all of the Winter 2007 anime, Venus Versus Virus stood out to me because the art looked really good, plus it was listed under the awesome genre of yuri! I finally got a chance to check out the raw version of the anime. So how does the alliterative Venus Versus Virus stand up to the other Winter 2007 anime so far?
Years upon years ago, when I had just started watching anime, I come across a series called “E’S Otherwise.” I think I only saw the first episode, and then it happened to get licensed by ADV. Apparently the E’s manga is incredibly popular in Japan. Broccoli Books recently released the first volume for English consumption. Let’s see if I remember anything from the anime…
I’ve been looking forward to watching the Nodame Cantabile anime ever since that one Gin Iro no Chord anime disappointed the band nerd inside of me. So is Nodame Cantabile the band anime I’ve been waiting for?
Hidamari Sketch is the other “omega moe” anime out this Winter season. The other one is Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight. Both feature school kids who are way too loli to be out of kindergarten. But which one is better? Can you even compare them?
San Francisco, CA, January 10, 2007 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced that it has licensed from Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) the Download to Own (DTO) and Download to Rent (DTR) rights for the United States for the smash hit DEATH NOTE anime series, currently airing in Japan.
The deal is significant because it marks the first time a well known Japanese anime property will be made legally available to domestic audiences for download to own while the title still airs on Japanese television. VIZ Media will seek to make the series available to consumers through a number of online providers in order to reach the widest audience possible.
Like the press release says, this is significant because American audiences will be able to watch the anime before it’s even finished airing in Japan. While this is slightly cool, I have a feeling that the actual downloads will be DRM’ed to hell and only available in English dub form.
I think the ideal solution would be to offer subbed downloads on the same day of airing in Japan. Surely this wouldn’t be a problem for the company itself, as they would have access to the scripts. They would beat the fansubs (and even speedsubbers) to the punch, and I’d assume their translations would be fairly accurate. If pricing was decent (like $1 an episode?) I would totally buy it.
Previously on Basugasubakuhatsu:
Death Note – Anime First Impressions
Death Note Vol. 1 – Manga Review
Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! was one of the top anime that I wanted to watch this season. These characters are soooo freakin’ cute! This anime is based on a manga that’s being serialized in Dengeki Daioh. The very same one that brought us Azumanga Daioh and Yotsuba&! (but not the same mangaka).