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-Subject: A very interesting rumor about the Live Action Movie.
Posted on Wednesday, July 7, 2004 @ 1:34 -=- By {-Sam -}

-According to the July issue of Teen People Magazine, it says that ‘Tom Welling’ is hoping to land the role of Goku in the upcoming live-action Dragonball Z movie. Tom Welling is dude who plays superman on a show called Smallville's. This news has been rumored on Smallville fan sites for a few months as well. If anyone can double-check this info and confirm this news it will be much appreciated. Thanks!

Informer: Pojo
-=- Sam.

-Subject: 'Made in Japan' trademark to fight anime piracy.
Posted on Tuesday, July 6, 2004 @ 10:24 -=- By {-Sam -}

An online Japanese Newspaper site MDN reports that 38 Japanese entertainment companies are set to introduce a new "Made in Japan" trademark in a attempt to allow Law Officials to crack down on pirated anime products. Companies are supposed to stick the seal to the packages of their anime products to make it easy to distinguish genuine products from pirated ones. We don't exactly know how the trademark seal will look, yet. But an online anime fan seams to think the "Made in Japan" trademark might look something like this picture to the right.

Moreover, this organization will take measures to prevent pirates from counterfeiting the trademark.

However, a massive number of pirated contents are circulating in the markets of China, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand and other Asian countries. About 2.1 trillion yen ($19 billion US dollars) worth of pirated contents are sold in China each year, while about 140 billion yen ($1 billion dollars) worth of counterfeited contents are sold in both Hong Kong and Taiwanese markets. Some of it might be anime products, but the pirated stuff includes japanese movies, manga, video games, books, cds, anime shows etc.. The bootleg market in Asian countries are ridiculous and bootleggers are making a lot of money. The "Made in Japan" trademark seal can be good news for some and really bad news for others. We report you decide!

Informers: Mainichi / ANN

QUICK EDIT: The picture to the right is probably a better depiction of what the logo might look like.
-=- Sam.

-Subject: The New Official Gungrave Site!!
Posted on Tuesday, July 6, 2004 @ 1:01 -=- By {-Sam -}

-As many of you might know I'm a big Nightow fan [creator of Trigun, Gungrave]. This post is just to remind all the other Nightow fans out there that; The first Gungrave DVD called "Beyond the Grave" will be released tomorrow, July 6th, 2004. Collecter's DVD Box with Vol. 1 is also avaiable. If your looking for some real good Mafia Gun-Action I highly recommend this series. I'm sure Geneon Animation will do a good job with the dub because they handled the Trigun dub really well. This DVD is probably one of the most awaited DVDs because Gungrave already has a strong fan base due to the Gungrave PS2 game. Also, all you music lovers, the Gungrave “righthead” CD OST hits the streets the same day July 6. Anyways, they have an offical badass flash site over at www.GungraveDVD.com. Go there from more info.

::> A Follow-up on OG's last post: Yes!, Majesco Games has signed a contract with Funimation which gives them the right to release only Dragonball GT games for GBA. Note, DBGT is a diffrent title name than DBZ. If you are concerned about the reliability of this source please read the Official press release here.
-=- Sam.

-Subject: Some Good DBZ/GT News
Posted on Monday, July 5, 2004 @ 9:28 -=- By {-Otaku Goku -}

-Atari may control DBZ, but Majesco's got their own Dragon Ball GT action going on.

While Atari makes the most out of their license for the popular anime series Dragonball Z, Majesco is making a play of its own.

The company signed a deal with the folks at FUNimation Productions to release a number of games on the Game Boy Advance in the US based on the Dragon Ball GT license. No specific titles were yet announced, but the first game in the deal is expected later this year.

"We are thrilled to partner with FUNimation to bring the extremely successful Dragon Ball GT(R) property to our Game Boy Advance Video lineup," said Jesse Sutton, Chief Executive Officer, Majesco. "Having achieved retail sell-in of more than two million units for our initial offerings, we're confident that such a highly recognizable property as Dragon Ball GT will continue that momentum into the back half of the year, and beyond."

Source: Dave of Amars DBZN
-=- Otaku Goku.

-Subject: More Licensed Anime
Posted on Sunday, July 4, 2004 @ 10:18 -=- By {-SzR -}

-ADV Films announced 14 new anime licenses at their panel today, these are:

Maburaho
Hello Kitty Animation Theatre
Saiyuki: Requiem
Yumeria
Legend of Moby Dick
Tree of Palme
Detective Loki
Erementar Gerad
Nanaka 6/17
Area 88 tv
Gilgamesh
Tactics
Gravion Zwei
Elfen Lied
Moeyo Ken
Gantz

Gantz I have known about for sometime through a source at ADV. I had actually posted it but was told to basicly remove it until the announcement could be made.

A Lot of Licensing is going on.... You are all aware of Naruto's popularity and I am sure these Companies do to. So what's the wait for companies like FUNimation, ADV and the like to license a hit anime like Naruto. Well take a look and when these titles get licensed, almost near the end of their run on TV in Japan. Naruto seems to be coming to that point. I will keep my ears and eyes open and let you know ASAP.
-=- SzR.

-Subject: News from Funimation Panel at Anime Expo 2004
Posted on Sunday, July 4, 2004 @ 7:38 -=- By {-Sam -}

-Here is some licensing news you might want to hear. Funimation announced that they have licenses two two new anime titles Burst Angel and Tenchi Muyou OVA 3. Also here is the scoop on the new animes comming out this Fall 2004. Spiral will be coming out in Nov 9. There is a tentative Fruits Baskets Box Set out on November 9th Full Metal Alchemist will be released January 18, and there will be something special with the volume 1 and box. November 6, 2004 @ 11:00 PM/EST is currently the premier date for Full Metal Alchemist on Cartoon Network. At Otakon, Funi and Tofu will be holding a special event due to L'arc en Ciel being there. Funi also showed a bunch of trailers, which inluded the opening for Gunslinger Girls and some Tenchi Muyo OVA.

Informer: Anime On Dvd
-=- Sam.