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Podcasts: posted by Drew@14:26 30 July 2008

I finally have uploaded the remaining podcasts. As we get our schedules together more, we'll be back doing more episodes for you.

Also, I am considering some changes for the website here, but those are the very early stages right now.

 

Article: posted by Drew@14:26 1 June 2008

In a follow up to my State of Classical Anime in North America (SCANA) for 2006, industry events dominated the news for late 2007, which affects all anime fans. From the article:
"This chicken little fandom mentality, where everyone is convinced that the sky is falling, may not be as artificially manufactured by arm-chair CEOs as one might think. News since Sevakis's Open Letter hasn't been encouraging. Geneon USA has gone out of business. ADV has experienced financial woes after Sojitz has pulled some of their capital. Illegal video hosting and streaming site, CrunchyRoll, received four million US dollars of venture capital, causing FUNimation and Bandai Entertainment Inc. to balk about illegally hosting content and then be publicly embarrassed by GONZO/GDH when they announced that they were in talks with CrunchyRoll about hosting Tower of Daruga, which is now streaming."

Read the article here

 

News: posted by Drew@14:26 1 June 2008

A quick note from Jason, initially concerning Gurren Lagann, mentions a liquidation of Bandai Visual USA into Bandai Entertainment Inc, thanks to their parent company, Bandai-Namco.

Read Jason's post about Gurrenn Lagann

More details about Bandai Visual USA's liquidation, courtesy of Anime News Network.

Expect a podcast soon regarding these topics

Podcast and Site News: posted by Drew@12:45 26 May 2008

More content added!

Episodes 1 - 12 (Season 1) posted, as well as the first episode of Season 2, Radio Free Akiba! Please have a listen!

We're also working on a way to expand the site more to provide for more articles and other content!

Site News: posted by Drew@12:45 21 Jan 2008

Our site is officially open!

Please check the Site Blog for more details.

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