SaiAni is currently reporting that Newtype - a popular Japanese monthly anime magazine - is establishing its own anime channel.
According to the report, Kadokawa Shoten, the publisher of Newtype (the Japanese one), announced the establishment of the Newtype Channel today in Japan. It isn’t a linear TV station, however, but a web-based one. A single episode of an anime costs ¥105, about 86 cents USD (are you listening, American anime distributors?). A splash site is already up, and it features Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, so I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that the show will be among its introductory titles.
So now the only question is: can people NOT in Japan buy episodes, too?
Tags: kadokawa-shoten, Newtype, Suzumiya-Haruhi-no-Yuuutsu
July 24th, 2007 at 8:40 am
86 cents? Now I really have to learn Japanese.
The page says the site will open on 7/24… which is today, but it’s not up yet. For anyone who cares, the large orange text says “Bookmark this page and wait!!”
July 24th, 2007 at 9:22 am
Hmm… it’s up now, but you need to supply a postal code, a prefecture, a city and an address, none of which I have. Maybe I’ll make something up later.
July 24th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Andrew, from the article I read, you’ll probably have to pay by credit card, so if they require an address, it probably has to be your billing address - I’ll fuss with it later.