FUNimation Posts English Subbed “Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic...
[media-credit name="Funimation Entertainment" align="aligncenter" width="717"][/media-credit]Ahead of its home video release next week, Funimation Entertainment has posted the English subtitled version...
View ArticleCrunchyroll Hits 100K Paid Subscriber Milestone
Crunchyroll Inc. Streaming media portal Crunchyroll has been riding a wave of success within the past few months with the expansion of its streaming service outside of its main PC-based portal, with...
View ArticleFunimation Posts English-Dubbed “King of Thorn” Film on YouTube
[media-credit name="Sunrise Inc./Kadokawa Pictures" align="aligncenter" width="600"][/media-credit]In order to drive sales of the 2010 science fiction horror film King of Thorn, Funimation has posted...
View ArticleReview: Bakemonogatari Episodes 1-2 (Streaming)
[media-credit name="SHAFT" align="alignright" width="221"][/media-credit]After years of waiting I finally get to see what the fuss is about with Bakemonogatari, being that I wasn’t able to catch it...
View ArticlePanty & Stocking with Garterbelt Blu-Ray Listing Posted on Amazon
[media-credit id=2 align="aligncenter" width="717"][/media-credit] A new listing for the Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt anime series has appeared on Amazon.com, this one for the Blu-Ray version...
View Article“Kick-Heart” Short Reaches Initial Kickstarter Funding Goal
[media-credit name="Production IG/Masaki Yuasa" align="aligncenter" width="700"][/media-credit]Production IG’s experiment with crowdfunding in “Kick-Heart” supervised and written by one of my most...
View ArticleEditorial: On FUNimation’s Growing Leak Problem with Psycho-Pass
Within the past few weeks, Funimation’s weekly streams of Psycho-Pass have been the subject of much activity in fansub circles, though not for the normal reasons usually cited. Mounting evidence...
View ArticleLinks Of Note for December 5th
Deb Aoki posts the penultimate entry in her long-running Making A Living in Manga series of articles by detailing what needs to be fixed in terms of the local marketplace in the US before aspiring...
View ArticleCrunchyroll Launches Xbox Live Application
After first being announced in September, streaming media portal Crunchyroll has rolled out its long awaited app for the Xbox 360. Available for free, the app supports 720p streams of content from the...
View ArticleEditorial: On Aniplex’s New Domestic Releases, Revisiting Their Angle on Imports
In December of 2011, I wrote an editorial on Aniplex’s angle on official imports after the first Fate/Zero Blu-Ray boxset was solicited at $399 after a 20% discount from Japanese MSRP. At the time the...
View ArticleDaisuki.net to Simulcast “Monogatari Second Season”
Nascent studio-backed streaming portal Daisuki.net has announced that it will simulcast Monogatari Second Season from Aniplex in multiple countries starting on July 6th. Previous adaptations of the...
View ArticleNTT DoCoMo Launches “D Anime Store” Portal In France
Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo has quietly announced that it will expand its “D Anime Store” anime streaming initiative to desktop PCs, with the forthcoming launch of the French version of the...
View ArticleToei Reacts to “Candy Candy” Home Video Release In Spain, Deems It Counterfeit
Toei Animation has announced via press release that a recent Spanish home video release of Candy Candy on DVD in the country is in actuality an unauthorized home video release being distributed and...
View ArticleGallery: “Vividred Operation Himawari Shinomiya Swimsuit Ver.” Up For Pre-Order
Vividred Operation – Himawari Shinomiya Swimsuit ver. 1/8 Complete Figure Himawari Shinomiya 1/8 Figure ~ Vividred Operation – J-List Pre-Order live at amiami and J-List, release date is set for late...
View ArticleSwimming Club Anime “Free!” Inspires Twitter Icon Sets
Originally posted on Crunchyroll News Not long after the premiere of the first episode of the long-awaited Free!, the official site has added multiple sets of Twitter icons for fans to deck out their...
View ArticleEditorial: On FUNimation’s Site And Elite Video Service As A Long-Term Customer
Ever since FUNimation launched its online streaming component, I was once a very happy user of the service. It was well laid out, the shows selection was decent and all was well. However, ever since...
View ArticleReview: Danganronpa: The Animation 1-3
Anime adaptations of video games usually tend to be lazy, with a few exceptions. Since the adaptation is meant to sell the games themselves, this means that the adaptations rely heavily on previous...
View ArticleFUNimation Announces “Guilty Crown” Art Contest
FUNimation has announced a new contest for fans of “Guilty Crown” whereby the distributor is looking for fanart entries from fans of the show. The kicker to this contest is that FUNimation is looking...
View ArticleDaisuki Announces “Gundam ZZ” Premiere, Opens YouTube Channel
Upstart Japanese industry-backed anime streaming portal Daisuki has announced that Gundam ZZ is the latest series to make its English-language debut on the service. The debut marks the first time the...
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