Chapter 180 of Negima! came out with five color pages showing the cast. As I figured, all non-Japanese characters would be played by Japanese actresses. This only leaves the role of Negi in question, which of course will no doubt be played by a Japanese boy. Some of these girls look way too old. I
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“Love Hina” Goes FUNimation


“Love Hina” Goes FUNimation Note: If you got here on a Google search for Fruits Basket 2, click here. Well, FUNimation does it again. FUNimation has gone out and picked up an anime title previously licensed by anther company (having previously done this with Slayers and One Piece). This time, they’ve scored the entire TV
"One Piece" — Viz vs. FUNimation


Once upon a time, there was an infamous Japanese production company named Toei who decided to create an anime adaptation of the manga known as One Piece. They created a very popular anime title which now has 317 episodes as of this posting and rising. As was bound to happen, fansub groups in the U.S.

FUNimation “Slayers” — CPM With a FUNi Logo


FUNimation “Slayers” — CPM With a FUNi Logo As I write this blog entry, I do so feeling very depressed. I am a fan of the Slayers TV series and own the Central Park Media (CPM) DVD releases for those series. I never watched the dub version (because by then, I quit watching dubs for
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Item 1: According to Comi Press, Takaya-sensei (Fruits Basket manga-ka) has a new manga which will debut on June 5 in the shoujo manga magazine Hana to Yume (where Fruits Basket was published on a weekly basis). The title of the new manga will be “Hoshi wa Utau” which translates to “Stars Sing” (Doesn’t sound
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So I’m sitting here listening to some anime tunes on a rare day where we aren’t just being tsunami’d with problems. As such, I thought I’d take advantage of this rare opportunity to post. Item 1: Well, those who were furious at FUNimation for releasing Dragon Ball Z – Season One – Vegeta Saga (Uncut)

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Random Thoughts 03 Item 1: Slayers As Slayers fans know, the release of the first series from FUNimation will be July 17 (I’ve already pre-ordered). Toonzone had this bit of information from the recent Anime Central 2007 con: During a Q&A session after the presentation, FUNimation representative Adam Sheehan confirmed that the Slayers Season One

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Item 1: A week or so ago, ADV announced that they’d licensed the TV series Air as well as the movie. I don’t know if they licensed the Air Summer Special or not, but seeing how this was based on those “visual novel” (dating-sim) games, the conventional wisdom was that the series would never be