awa08: Bandai
Aaaand Bandai Entertainment producer Toshifumi Yoshida is here in place of Robert Napton, huzzah!
Technical difficulties are now over’d, yay. Opening with the Geass trailer. Oh, Toshi told me he’d have nothing new, so if you’re hoping for a new announcement you don’t need to stick around unless you think he’ll accidentally let something slip! ;)
Geass R2 will premiere on Adult Swim in October.
Gurren Lagann sub-only is all out now. The bilingual version starts release in November with the awesome box and light-up core srill (*drool*). Part 1 contains eps 1-9 or you can buy two separate discs.
Gundam 00 will air as soon as Gurren Lagann finishes on sci-fi; Toshi isn’t sure if it’ll be two episodes a week or one. Lucky Star v4 in November…
The Girl who Leapt Through Time manga will be released in a one volume every other month scheme, yay! I finally saw it while it ran in Seattle (a run which was extended), it was great. DVD in November, LE comes with the soundtrack.
Gundam Seed Destiny OVAs…Rocket Girls…Silent Mobius movie (which is out now)…aaaaand Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, their first blu-ray release (and many more to come next year, we’re told). Sword of the Stranger, whose bd release will be early next year, maybe February.
Hayate…huzzah! No dates yet though. And of course, Honneamise…Freedom, the Gunbuster vs Diebuster movie. Anime Village is now dot anime. Aaand manga: Eureka Seven, Witchblade Takeru, Geass (yay!), The Girl who Leapt through Time, Lucky Star, and…the end!
Q&As: could they release the film One Stormy Night? Toshi’s not familiar with it at all. How is the sub-only relelase done well? Toshi explains why they did the split but doesn’t say if it’s performed well, but he hints at future swag for the series.
More Universal Century Gundam? Maybe but there’s a lot out there. And the dvd printing problems? They’ll have more info at NYAF but they’re currently investigating. Why 5am for Geass? Ask Cartoon Network.
Any more R2 info? Nope! There’ll be stuff at the Geass panel tomorrow though. (I’ll be there.) Rumors about Eureka Seven movie? Rumors so far. Macross Frontier? He’d love to but there’s complications because of Harmony Gold. Gurren Lagann parallel works and movie? They hope so!
Girl who Leapt Through Time blu-ray? If Japan makes one they’ll try to get it. Sola? True Tears? Toshi says there may be more info at nyaf because Loy Fruel (formerly of BVU) will be there.
The end!
Tags: awa08, Bandai-Entertainment
September 19th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
So wait, you hate Rob Napton now?
September 19th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Nothing new with the Hayate cast right?
September 19th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
The Silent Mobeius OAVs are finally out? That onces I have been waiting 12 years for?
Dammit. I have no monies.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Dick: don’t put such heinous words in my mouth! I love them both!
September 19th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
>> Girl who Leapt Through Time blu-ray? If Japan makes one they’ll try to get it.
Japan has already made one
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=KAXA-1100
September 19th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
why adult swim? they suck and hate anime
September 19th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
What are the (two?) anime that are featured in your blog header’s graphic?
September 20th, 2008 at 1:20 am
the anime in the graphic is “Library Wars”
September 20th, 2008 at 8:46 am
Nz17: As Kougeru said, both graphics are Library Wars (Toshokan Sensou). The right-side image is from the anime, and the left-side image is from the original light novels upon which the anime is based (I think– it could be from one of the two manga adaptations but I’m pretty sure it was from the novel).
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:31 am
I’m really wanting the Gurren Lagann box and light up core drill. It would be awesome, but not likely, if I could attach it to my revoltech I bought at AWA.
There’s really not much more UC out there as far as anime series goes. There’s ZZ and Victory, and that’s about it. Everything else is basically minor shorts that aren’t really canon and are for selling models (but what isn’t?).
I was really hoping (and should have asked) that there would be plans to re-release Gunbuster and Diebuster in their OAV form that isn’t BVUSA’s retarded prices.
BTW, nice to meet you at the panel (I was the one two seats away who introduced myself at the end).
September 25th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Thanks for the info about Library Wars (Toshokan Sensou), my fellow otaku.