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Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Posted Friday, February 21, 2003 by Tim
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie has a set release date of March 28th. I am personally stoked to see this movie come to theatres. I just recently started watching Cowboy Bebop so everything about this series is new to me. If anyone has any opinions on this series, send me an email!!

The Internet is Going to Be A Lot More Quiet....
Posted Friday, February 21, 2003 by Daniel Kurland
...for this upcoming week. I am going to be on a trip from this friday until next saturday (the 29th). I am sorry to leave but I am sure you will be able to work without me. I am asking you to please not send me any e-mails throughout this week. My inbox will already be more than flooded with junkmail upon my arrival, and your extra letters will not help, and may not even be sent. If you have something to tell or ask me, do it upon my return. Thank you. Have a great week too!

Viz Anounces DB&Z Future Releases
Posted Thursday, February 20, 2003 by SzR
And the list is

DRAGON BALL, VOLUMES 1-7, RERELEASES

VIZ graphic novels
story & art by Akira Toriyama
b&w, 192 pages
$7.95 USA/$12.95 CAN
The following titles
SHIPS On 3/19/03
The following are all 2nd edition
~ DRAGON BALL, VOLUME 1 -OFF TO THE RACES!
~ DRAGON BALL, VOLUME 2 -A LITTLE SELFISH, ARE WE?
~ DRAGON BALL, VOLUME 3 -OVER THE HILLS AND THROUGH THE WOODS
~ DRAGON BALL, VOLUME 4 -MONSTER MASH!
~ DRAGON BALL, VOLUME 5 -MONKEY BUSINESS
~ DRAGON BALL, VOLUME 6 -WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
~ DRAGON BALL, VOLUME 7 -AYE AYE MATEY!

DRAGON BALL Z, VOLUMES 1-7, RERELEASES

VIZ graphic novels
story & art by Akira Toriyama
b&w, 192 pages
$7.95 USA/$12.95 CAN
The following titles
SHIPS On 3/19/03
The following are all 2nd edition
~ DRAGON BALL Z, VOLUME 1 -WOULD YOU BELIEVE?
~ DRAGON BALL Z, VOLUME 2 -THE LORD OF WORLDS
~ DRAGON BALL Z, VOLUME 3 -DAY OF THE SAIYANS
~ DRAGON BALL Z, VOLUME 4 -GOKU VS. VEGETA!
~ DRAGON BALL Z, VOLUME 5 -DESTINATION NAMEK
~ DRAGON BALL Z, VOLUME 6 -SPACE IS GONNA DO ME GOOD
~ DRAGON BALL Z, VOLUME 7 -THE GINYU FORCE

For a list of all releases Visit Saiyanz Rage

Press Release, Gundam on CN, Bebop Official Site
Posted Thursday, February 20, 2003 by SzR
This morning, Cartoon Network held a press conference to in New York City's The Rihga Royal Hotel to announce their new series and acquisitions. Many of their announcements confirmed previous speculation, while others brought great surprise. Among the surprises were acquisitions of the anime hit, Blue Gender, X-Men: Evolution and Jackie Chan Adventures

Major announcements included:

· 15 new episodes of Dragonball Z, starting on March 17, 2003.

· 95 episodes of Rorouni Kenshin the series will premiere on Toonami, in March 2003.

· 26 episodes of animé series Trigun will debut starting in March.

· 52 new episodes of Dragon Ball, to air on Toonami this year.

· 26 episdoes of SD Gundam.

· 26 episodea of .hack//SIGN.

· 12 episodes of Kikaider.

· 26 episodes of Blue Gender.

· 52 additional episodes of Hamtaro.

· 13 new episodes of Big O.

· 50 episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh!.

· 100 episodes of Pokémon.

This is not the FULL list of new series and acquisitions for a full list check the Source = A.I.

Also of mention is this little bit.

F-91 and Zeta coming to Cartoon Network
"Gundam F-91" is coming to the US, and will be shown on Cartoon Network. Cartoon Network is also going to broadcast Zeta Gundam. Zeta will be broadcast on both Toonami in edited form, and on Adult Swim unedited.

Source = ANN

And Lastly is this The official site of Cowboy Bebop THE MOVIE. It is at http://www.cowboybebopthemovie.com , but it's not active as of yet.

Long drawn out post by Source = Saiyanz Rage

DBGT on CNX Confirmed
Posted Tuesday, February 18, 2003 by Tim
I have received numerous emails from people in the UK saying CNX has begun showing previews of DBGT, but no air date has been given. I'll keep ya posted on it.

FUNimation has taken steps to turn Yu Yu Hakusho into a DBZ-sized marketing phenomenon
Posted Tuesday, February 18, 2003 by SzR
The show has moved to Toonami, scheduled to air right after Dragon Ball Z in order to best position Hakusho in the minds of the maturing DBZ audience. Jakks Pacific, new owners of the DBZ toy license, have signed on to create Hakusho action figures. Score, publishers of the DBZ card game, will sell a Hakusho-based CCG.
Source ANN

I think this is FUNimations attempt at keeping the "Teen" audience as DBZ is shortly coming to a close. I enjoy Yu Yu Hakusho and hope this works for them. If Yu Yu Hakusho can produce the same selling numbers in all of the above catagories I am sure more Anime will become mainstream. Although I think that FUNimation should target a more mature Anime. We all bash FUNimation (I know I do) but you cannot ignore their Marketing "POWER". Hey Money talks ! My 2 Cents.

DBZ Budokai Sales are out of control/Original DBZ Redubbed?
Posted Monday, February 17, 2003 by SzR
Bandai, the game's publisher in east Asia, today announced that Dragon Ball Z: Budokai, the PS2 fighting game on the TV Series, has sold more than 1.94 million units in 20 countries worldwide. The game was published in the United States by Infogrames. This figure includes no sales from Japan, where the game was only just released on the 13th, thus proving that the franchise has developed some very strong legs outside its home country.

Read the full article @ EGM

-Funimation has publicly announced at various 2002 conventions that their intention to redub seasons 1 and 2 (the Ocean Dub) once Pioneer's rights expired. so eventually, you'll have a NEVER BEFORE uncut version available. A specific date is unknown at this time but you can be sure we will update you.

News courtesy of SzR

Tim of Legacy on AIM
Posted Monday, February 17, 2003 by Tim
Hey, just for future reference, when I am on AIM, I don't mind chatting about DBZ, FUNi, or whatever, but don't ask me to affiliate. It won't happen and I will not talk to you the rest of the time I am on. If you read my FAQ before IMing me you'll see most of your questions answered. They are as follows - RPG is closed, Music vids are down until further notice, I am not taking affiliates, my links section is just my favorite sites, I don't care that a site passed me on Supertop100, no I don't own the site. Everything else is fair game. If you want to bash the hell outta FUNi, I am all ears. If you want to talk about baseball, then I am the man to talk to (I wish the Rangers didn't suck so bad). I love college football, Studio Ghibli anime, and lots of other stuff. But please try and stay away from the topics I listed earlier.

Bashing FUNi Makes the Mailbox Full...
Posted Sunday, February 16, 2003 by Mandrew
Okay, for one, I never said to boycott FUNimation. I said I, as in me, as in ONLY ME, wants to stop buying what they sell. For years, I have followed them up like a slave to a master, buying whatever they has a pricetag on it. I've woken up these past few years, and realized that FUNimation has been putting out horrible, insanely bad products. Yes, I have toured FUNimation studios, back when I worked for Pojo. I met lots of nice people, lots of people with GREAT talent that needs to move elsewhere. Two in particular, is Rick Lebo who is the graphic artist and Kyle Hebert, whose voice is greatly overlooked.

Everyone else is nice, but they all want to make money, so they all have to obey what Mr. Fukunaga says, and maybe Mr. Watson. But just look over the years. The censoring, the crappy toys they put out, the box art, the script, the dialouge, the uneccessary add in's, and Americanizing just about 99.9% of everything. So, let me put it in this way, I don't like at all what FUNimation sells, but I do like the people that work there, because their talent is being wasted on a conglomerate trying to make quick cash.

Pardon for saying if you haven't, but, open your eyes. Look at what you have on your tables, desks, bed spreads, drapes, clothes, and all the other stuff you've wasted money on. Now, put it in comparison to other anime's, action figures, posters, whatnot. I don't have any action figures or posters or anything like that, just videos and DVDs, which are already boxed up and ready to be sold. But, the whole point I wanted to make is:

They are screwing us over by not listening to YOU!

Yes, you. You voice your opinion and it's brushed aside, unless it's, "Please make me as uncomfortable and unhappy as possible while you try to make money!" Do you know how many petitions have been brought up for original music and original dialouge? More than enough, and we thought they got the point with Dragon Ball and having the original Japanese on DVD, but that's just a waste of $20 for only the original score and Japanese. However, two out of... what... some 10-15 other things just doesn't cut it. If you look at other anime companies, they do stay true to the original score and dialouge, except if they have to be put on TV, but I'm so against censoring on TV, I won't go there. So, that's the point I was trying to make, in case some of you couldn't understand. Thanks for the read. Cyas.