Geneon has added their newest podcast with special guests Eric P. Sherman and Mami Okada from Bang Zoom! Entertainment. BZ!’s latest anime projects, the upcoming Adventures in Voice Acting documentary, and webcast series AnimeTV are on the table for this interview along with some music from Samurai Champloo.
Manga Entertainment brings manga author Toru Fujisawa’s (GTO) look into the near-distant future where demons infiltrate modern society and only the elite members of Special Security Section can stop them. However, the main branch of the Special Mobile Investigation Force gets caught up in the ongoing war and starts to investigate the elite squad’s secret work. TOKKO: Volume 1 introduces new detective Ranmaru Shindo as he joins the Mobile Investigation Force to help solve the death of his parents in a mass killing spree five years ago. Unfortunately, Ranmaru is about to be dragged down into a fight for his life as he discovers a new world not known to the public as he tries to reveal the truth behind the Machida incident five years ago. (more…)
Ai Yazawa’s Paradise Kiss follows Yukari Hayasaka’s tumultuous life of balancing high school and cram school in order to get into a good college to please her overbearing mother. The young Japanese girl has little happiness beyond a stolen moment captured by her camera on a field trip with fellow classmate Hiroyuki Tokumori. However, everything in life can and will change in an instant when a few students from the Yazawa School of Design happen to notice this troubled girl rushing through a busy crowd on the street. Featuring character designs by Yuki Nobuteru (The Vision of Escaflowne, Heat Guy J) and popular J-drama actress Yu Yamada in her first seiyuu role, Paradise Kiss: Volume 1 takes us into the world of Japanese fashion design and how to cut your own path in life. (more…)
Geneon Entertainment has sent out a press release announcing the acquisition of the anime series When They Cry (Higurashi no Naku Koroni). The first DVD will come out June 5th in regular and with box options that cover the five episodes and will be dubbed by Bang Zoom! Entertainment.
There are too few boxing anime series out in the world and even fewer that can be found in North America. Geneon Entertainment, taking a sizable risk, picked up a series titled Hajime no Ippo whose only previous exposure to US fans was an under-the-radar PS2 title renamed Victorious Boxers: Ippo’s Road to Glory. Following the struggle of a nobody who works for his mom’s tiny fishing boat rental company, we watch Ippo train for three years, battling up the ranks to the Featherweight Championship. Fighting Spirit: Champion Road TV Special continues the journey as Ippo takes on his first challenger for the Featherweight belt he currently holds. (more…)
This is a little bit old now, but since Bullet Witch just came out Wednesday (2/28) I think it may still be interesting. IGN has a blog series dedicated to the Xbox 360 game with the staff from Atari contributing different entries about its conversion for the US market. A December entry covers the dubbing of the game with Sarah Natochenny (the new Ash Ketchem) as BW star Alicia, Jamie McGonnigal as her father Jonathan, Sean Schemmel as Maxwell, and Rodger Parsons as Darkness. You can also find a trailer for the game featuring the English dub here.
Right Stuf have released another episode of their Anime Today podcast, this time featuring an interview with To Heart and Gravitation lead Rich McNanna.
Also, Australian Madman Entertainment have had their first voice actor guest on their Anime Snacktime podcast, in the form of Vic Mignogna talking about Fullmetal Alchemist. The podcast also regularly features dub samples of Madman’s current and upcoming releases.
Geneon has updated their audio podcasts with an interview with Taliesin Jaffe, “who talks about a range of topics, such as hair care, drinking too much coffee, script adaptation work and the realities of being an anime voice actor.”
By the way, you can never drink Too Much Coffee, man. 😉
Meanwhile, Bang Zoom! has posted their second episode of AnimeTV. The Top 5 begins its rotation of subjects, Samurai Champloo is reviewed, and new segment “The Otaku Otoko” covers airing & recently aired series in Japan.
I usually skip advertising sales, but this one can’t be passed up when DVDs are $4 and $5 a pop. RightStuf is having an Abundance of Savings sale on select ADV titles. Follow this link, click on the “Advanced Search” button, checkmark the box next to “Eligible for An Abundance of Savings!” and change the dropbox next to it to say “Yes”. Your search will bring up 15 pages of titles including Elfen Lied, Full Metal Panic, Dirty Pair, Princess Tutu, Get Backers, Gravion, Divergence EVE, Godannar, etc.
You can only order eligible titles in the sale to get this to work (i.e. You will need to place a new order if you want some of the Weekly Special sale titles). Also, you can only order in combinations of 10 or 25. So if you hit 25 and still want more, place the order and make a new cart to reach another 10 or 25. The coupons are reusable so don’t worry.
Tara Strong recently sat down with Square Haven to talk about the upcoming localization of the RPG game Blue Dragon and her role as Kluke. The game is currently schedule to hit the US shores June 5th with character designs by Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball, Dragon Warrior).
