Crunchyroll Acquires Season 1 of Hayate no Goku
Crunchyroll announced on it’s forum earlier today that it will be releasing the first 34 episodes of Hayato no Goku (Season 1). Premium members will be able to see all of said episodes, while free users (self included) will have access to four new episodes starting today. Episodes 41 to 50 will be released on [...]
Yuji Oda Annoucnes Marraige
Yuji Oda (42)and his management agencey announced on Saturday that he and his wife (30) registered their marraige on August 16. No other information has been provided. Yuji Oda gained popularity early in his carrer playying roles in dramas such as “Tokyo Love Story” and “Okane ga Nai!”. Congratulations to the newly wed couple.
Jin Kobayashi to End Natsu no Arashi Next Month
Square Enix announced in their September edition of Monthly Gangan Joker that “Natsu no Arashi!” will end on September 22. It was mentioned in Kodansha’s Sessatsu Shonen Magazine that creator Jin Kobayashi is planning a new series in said magazine. Source: Moe Otanews Sokuhou (via Anime News Network)
FUNimation Sales Dip 29%
ICv2 reported yesterday that sales at FUNimation have declided in the last quarter, which ended on June 30. Sales last year were $10.9 million compared to $7.7 million this year. Profits from the same period have gone down 73% in the same period going from $3.3 million to $895,000. Navarre noted that last year’s period [...]
hbi2k on Your Tax Paying Dollars at Work.
Popular abridger hbi2k recently added a video on his YouTube account in regards to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The Library of Congress has made six changes in the DMCA that make it legal to bypass the encryption in order to rip the material. One of these changes lowers the playing field a bit for [...]
4Kids Delisted from the NYSE
On Wednesday My 12th, the New York Stock Exchange announced that it will be delisting 4Kids Entertainment (KDE for all you home players). While there is a lot to cover, the first two paragraphs pretty much summarize the 5 Ws: NYSE Regulation, Inc. (“NYSE Regulation”) announced today that it determined that the common stock of [...]
It’s not Quite Toonami, but it’s Better than… Dragon Ball Z Kai to Appear on Nicktoons This May
Funimation announced that Dragon Ball Z Kai will be airing on Nicktoons. The network will be premiering episodes on a nightly basis from May 24th to the 27th. Fans with 4Kidsobia, and MyParentsAreBrokeitis, your alternative has arrived.
Apple Acquires Trademark Rights for iPad from Fujitsu
Apple has acquired the rights to the iPad trademark from Fujitsu earlier this month. The settlement came on March 17, only a few foot steps away from the the inital launch of the device, April 3. The story began when Fujistu filed for ownership for the iPad trademark in 2003 for their handheld device featuring [...]
91.8 The Fan Launches Today
98.1 The Fan announced their group of guests for the week. They have just launched as the first online anime radio station to feature a live DJ 24 hours a day. Here is how the first week (January 4th to 8th) will include: Monday January 4th: Xinil, Founder of Myanimelist.net Crispin Freeman, Voice of Alucard [...]
Happy Twenty-Ten!
Yup, I said Twenty-Ten. Here’s hoping this next decade is a lot better than the last one. Moreover, here’s hoping we are more willing to face whatever this new decade throws in our way than we were the last one. And who’s to say we can’t handle it? After all, despite every piece of the [...]