Mmm, New Anime…and Stuff.
Yesterday people were reporting on the Maple Story anime adaptation. I’m pretty sure it’s actually somewhat old news, but I could be wrong, so there you have it.
Also announced today: a mainstream adaptation of the eroge Ayakashi, which seems to rip off Allen’s arm from D.Gray-Man (’cause they were totally the first to have a character with a mutated arm!) and also make use of a mech-lookin’ monster that wears a scarf…which somehow makes me think of Dix-Neuf from Gunbuster 2. (Dix-Neuf didn’t wear a scarf, but Nono did, so I guess that’s why.)
Also, a buttload of live-action adaptations: BL manga Ai no Kotodama (a.k.a. Words of Devotion, courtesy of Juné) gets a live-action movie, while Fuma no Kojiro and Prince of Tennis get TV dramas…although PoT’s is in China.
ADV Films has seen fit to ruin all of my bookmarks by relaunching their website, which now looks somewhat fancier but is really obnoxious to use in Opera, because they have ads that take over the whole screen until you close them. Boo, ADV. BOO I SAY. And now I have to adjust my RSS feeds, too. Bah!
Oh yeah, and Illumitoon has given the license to air Bt’x and AM Driver to ADV’s Anime Network. Mm, quality “proframming,” eh, Advanced Media Network?
Meanwhile, I’m waiting on my BIG FAT package from Amazon.co.jp with Newtype, Animage, Animedia, Megami, and Comptiq. I ordered late this month T_T
Tags: adaptations, ADV, ai-no-kotodama, am-driver, ayakashi, btx, eroge, fuma-no-kojiro, maple-story, prince-of-tennis
August 16th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Hurrah for Opera!
September 25th, 2007 at 7:51 am
Hi Gia,
You wrote:
“ADV Films has seen fit to ruin all of my bookmarks by relaunching their website, which now looks somewhat fancier but is really obnoxious to use in Opera, because they have ads that take over the whole screen until you close them. Boo, ADV. BOO I SAY. And now I have to adjust my RSS feeds, too. Bah!”
Bummer. Sorry about the bookmark situation.
I’d love to know a little bit more if you have a sec…
1) How come you had to adjust your RSS feed? I guess I don’t understand how it affected the feeds, but really would help me to know.
2) What were your ADV bookmarks (just really curious)
3) Are you signed up for our email newsletters?
4) Did you send a “Feedback” for the new site? If so, did you get a response?
5) What do you like better about the new site (if anything)?
6) What do you like better about the old site (if anything)?
Thanks for the info!
Anne (ADV marketing)
P.S. The site is still in beta, and so it will have lots of improvements in the coming months.
September 25th, 2007 at 8:33 am
Hi Anne,
Just for the record, I’m mostly teasing :)
That said, it seemed to me that the URL for the RSS feed had changed, so to keep updated on the news I had to add the new feed URL to my reader.
I had the news page bookmarked, and if I remember correctly the URL for it changed, so I had to adjust that as well (though it was over a month ago).
I am signed up for the newsletter.
I did not send feedback, as I wanted to wait and see what happened with the site (having worked at animeOnline, I’m very familiar with being in beta and things changing a lot).
I think the new site’s layout is much cleaner and easier to navigate than the older one. However, the very first time I visited the site I was blasted with an ad that took over the entire window. I haven’t had that happen since, however.
Hope you find this helpful! :)
September 25th, 2007 at 10:59 am
Hi Gia,
Thanks for the info. I’m going to check with our web team on the RSS stuff.
I was sorry about AnimeOnline. I thought it was a really nice site. I hope everyone that worked there has landed somewhere else. I only know Rob from AO, but I don’t know what he is doing now. The industry is going through some rough times.
You can email me at my address if you want to talk “offline” :).
Best,
Anne