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Funimation Entertainment Announce Acquisition of Level E Anime Series
Posted on February 21, 2012 | No CommentsFunimation Entertainment, a North American distributor of anime titles to the North American market have recently announced at Katsucon held in Washington DC that they had acquired the licences to broadcast, do home entertainment releases and steam the complete series of Level E. The series was creasted by Toshihiro Togashi while the anime itself wa directed by Toshiyuki Kato, with Studio Peirrot and David Production co-producing. Currently, there are several hundred species of aliens on Earth, and humans are completely oblivious to their existence! One day an amnesic alien prince crash lands on the planet, and all hell breaks loose! Now the... -
Some Anime Reviews Slated For This Week
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsIt is hard to deny that over the new couple of weeks, the gaming market is going to be busy with the Playstation Vita’s launch along with titles for both that console and others which will keep me busy as well… but at the same time I have no intentions on neglecting anime fans who read this site! Along with the many game titles, I will also be busy checking out the many February releases for Madman Entertainment and Siren Visual… but have over the weekend built up a pile of a few anime titles which I will endeavor to... -
A Review of Love Hina – Anime’s From The Past Review Series #2
Posted on February 19, 2012 | No CommentsTitle: Love Hina Published by: Madman Entertainment (Australia), Funimation (North America) Based on: The Love Hina Manga series by Ken Akamatsu Genre: Romantic Comedy Audio: English and Japanese Dubs Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Runtime: 625 Minutes Cost: Contact your nearest seller of anime Special Thanks: A copy of this series was purchased out of my own pocket It has been a little less than a month since the first installment of the “Anime from the Past Review Series”, however as we are getting further and further into the future, there is becoming a greater risk of older titles being discontinued by their current publishers and not all titles will receive the... -
Funimation Entertainment Announce May 2012 Release Slate
Posted on February 18, 2012 | No CommentsFunimation Entertainment have recently announced their May 2012 release slate, which consists of brand new series in the English market, re-releases and finally two of their reduced price S.A.V.E editions. The planned releases are as follows: Cat Planet Cuties – Complete Series (DVD/Blu-ray Combo) 15th May 2012 | $69.98 | 325 Minutes She’s as frisky as she is curvy – and kitty wants to play! The flirty fun begins when nice guy Kio has a close encounter with a sexy, alien cat-girl named Eris. She’s every nerd’s fantasy come true, and she and her fellow intergalactic felines are setting up... -
Funimation Entertainment Announces Black Butler Season 2 Dub Cast
Posted on February 10, 2012 | No CommentsWhile the series has been available as a Funimation simulcast for a while now, they are finally gearing up for a proper home video release on the 3rd April 2012 as a DVD and Blu-ray combo pack which comes attached with the entire second season and five OVA episodes (Wonderland Part 1/02, Welcome to the Phantomhives, Making Of, The Intention of Spider and The Story of Will the Reaper). The most recent announcement for the series involves the recent announcement of the dub cast, which includes many of the old cast members from season one along with a few new... -
Funimation Acquires License to Pretear Anime Series
Posted on February 3, 2012 | No CommentsFunimation Entertainment, a North American distributor of anime series in English today announced that they had acquired the broadcast, home entertainment, merchandising and streaming rights to the complete 13 episode anime series of Pretear in the US. At this moment, there is no information on how they intend on distributing the series however it is assumed there will be some form of online streaming and DVD release in the following months. A sixteen year old girl is struggling to adjust to a new step-family when seven guys appear on the scene revealing that she possesses a special magical power. Shying... -
Funimation Entertainment Discontinues a Number of Series…. Sam is Disappointed!
Posted on January 29, 2012 | No CommentsThis news missed me until right now, as I believe it was announced yesterday – but it turns out Funimation Entertainment has dropped a number of their older anime releases including series that were part of their Super Amazing Value Edition sets. Personally I actually intended on putting an order of Kodocha Season 2, a series I bought season one for several months ago and found a real hoot to watch and it turned out this release has already sold out on Right Stuf, the company that originally made the announcement. The following series were the ones that have been... -
Funimation Entertainment Announce Additional Rights to Haganai at Ohayocon
Posted on January 29, 2012 | 1 CommentWhile Funimation Entertainment acquired streaming rights for the series several months ago, at the recent Ohayocon which has been held this weekend they announced they had acquired additional rights to Haganai (Aka. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai). Broadcasting, Home Entertainment, Merchandise, Mobile and Streaming distribution is now what is covered under their acquisition agreement. While there is no word on an estimated date, Funimation Entertainment now plan to release the Haganai series on both DVD and Blu-ray at a later date. Kodaka Hasegawa has just transferred to St. Chronica’s Academy and he’s having a hard time making friends. With his... -
Funimation Entertainment Announce English Dub Cast for Ōkami-san & Her Seven Companions
Posted on January 27, 2012 | No CommentsDo note that if you live outside of the US, you will not be able to view this trailer Funimation Entertainment, a North American publisher of English anime titles in the US has just announced the English dub voice cast for their pending release of Okami-san & Her Seven Companions. The anime itself is due for release in April 2012, but for more information on the date, cost and even just general information on the series you can read it on my Funimation April 2012 Release Slate post. Without further ado, if you pick up this series, these are the... -
Production of All Blu-Ray Dragon Ball Z Blu-ray Releases Suspended
Posted on January 27, 2012 | No CommentsWhile fans of the series will be disappointed, Funimation Entertainment today officially confirmed that all production of future planned Blu-ray releases of Dragon Ball Z, including Level 2.1 which was supposed to be released on the 27th March 2012 have been suspended until an unconfirmed time if ever. Blu-ray editions of the series went into production due to fan demand, however the technical challenges of restoring from the original frame by frame film proved that they were unable to continue the releases through this process. Funimation have stated they will be re-evaluating the process and with any luck will find... -
Commercial for March 2012′s Monthly Shōnen Ace Magazine Indicate Third Season of Heaven’s Lost Property
Posted on January 23, 2012 | No CommentsKadokawa Shoten in Japan began airing television commercials for their upcoming March Edition of the Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine and it seems that after careful scrutiny by some, that a third season of Heaven’s Lost Property (Sora no Otoshimono) is going to be announced as the purported ”Important Announcement” for the series. Fortunately while it is the March issue, it is due for release on the 26th January leaving only a short while until we know what it is all about. Tomoki’s life was normal until a wish-granting angelic android named Ikaros fell from the sky and started calling him master! Of course,...