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ADV picks up the Devil May Cry anime series

By Spencer . July 1, 2007 . 9:09pm

At Anime Expo ADV Films announced they have acquired the rights to the twelve episode Devil May Cry anime series. This isn’t the first video game anime series ADV has the rights to. Last week ADV Films announced they picked…

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Anime explodes onto the Xbox Live Video Marketplace this week

By Spencer . June 13, 2007 . 5:17pm

Starting this week anime titles from Geneon and Funimation will be available to purchase on the Xbox Live Video Marketplace if you are in the USA. The first batch of shows are: Guyver Trinity Blood Gunslinger Girl Speed Grapher Basilisk…

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Geneon and FUNimation join the Xbox Live Video marketplace

By Spencer . June 4, 2007 . 11:01am

More anime is coming to Xbox Live starting on June 12th when FUNimation, Geneon and ADV Films begin selling their shows on the Xbox 360. Anime that will air on the Xbox Live Video Marketplace are:   FUNimation Samurai 7…

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Watch: Disgaea anime trailer in English

By Spencer . December 11, 2006 . 10:26am

On January 9, 2007 Geneon is releasing the first disc of the Disgaea anime series. Oriental Light and Magic based the anime series off of Laharl’s adventures in the first game. There are some changes from Nippon Ichi’s plot line…

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Hellsing Ultimate OVA finally coming out in December

By Spencer . November 21, 2006 . 3:44pm

Fans of Hellsing have been waiting for the release of Hellsing Ultimate in North America. While Geneon brought the anime out many months ago, Hellsing Ultimate sticks closer to the manga series that creator Kouta Hirano originally designed. The North…

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Ergo Proxy, the next big anime series?

By Rosamond Tsao . July 17, 2006 . 8:17am

One of the highly anticipated new anime series at Anime Expo was Geneon Entertainment’s latest psychological thriller, “Ergo Proxy”. This series is set in a utopian society of Romdo where humans and androids, known as autoreivs, live in peace. Harmony…

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Anime industry executives on the state of piracy

By Spencer . July 12, 2006 . 12:19pm

Piracy has been a rising problem for entertainment media for a number of years. While the MPAA and RIAA are gong after end users and pirate organizations, the anime industry has a different approach. Titles are typically released by fansubbers…

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Limited edition X box set gets an early release at Anime Expo

By Spencer . June 15, 2006 . 10:28am

Geneon is re-releasing X the TV series in a limited edition five disc box set. X: Re-Mix has a different video encode than the original DVDs, a new audio mix and an extra episode entitled “An Omen”. A few of…

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Eureka Seven is not a hit in the US

By Spencer . May 30, 2006 . 12:15pm

The newest addition to the adult swim anime block, Eureka Seven, was banished to a 1:30AM time slot instead of its previous 12AM position on Saturday nights. Reruns of Ghost in the Shell start taking up the time slot in…

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Paranoia Agent on Adult Swim fix

By Spencer . May 23, 2006 . 8:00am

Now anime fans don’t have to tough out late nights to catch Paranoia Agent. The thirteen episode series is now playing on adult swim fix starting with the first episode “Enter Lil’ Slugger”. The story is about the mystery of Lil’…