Looks like the DVD and Blu-ray for Evolution will have slightly different coverart (I’m sure many people will just jump at the chance to get variant coverart for such a…. fine…. piece of entertainment.
Here are the different covers for the 5 of you that are interested.
Just fantastic, I’m sure Goku’s flexed arm will be the toast of the industry.
Comes out on July 28th, and it appears people who get the Blu-ray will also get a Digital Copy.
Dragonball Evolution – © 2009 Fox. All Rights Reserved.
Category: News
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Dragonball Evolution… Variant Boxart?
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Dragonball Evolution… Z?
Oh boy, everyone is gonna love this….
Apparently Fox is prepping a new/different (maybe it’s the foreign cut?) of Dragonball Evolution for home video, and it will be called….
Dragonball Evolution: Z-Edition
I’m trying not to laugh, but…. lol
edit- Having watched a screener of the “Z-Edition” film with two other staff members, I think it’s probably likely that “Z-Edition” is just what they will be calling the DVD instead of special edition, or any other name and not necessarily signifying a new cut of the movie. Will update if we get any more info on it.
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FUNimation Streams Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
FUNimation has partnered with the Japanese production company Media Factory to stream the action anime, “Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom” on the FUNimation Video Portal. The first five episodes are now available for streaming, and are all rated TV-MA. Each episode is free to stream and will be presented in its original Japanese dialogue with English translations.
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom is produced by the popular animation company Bee Train (.Hack//Sign, Tsubasa), and is directed by Koichi Mashimo (Blade of the Immortal, Noir). The show is an adaptation of the “Phantom of Inferno” visual novel, which follows an unsuspecting witness that is brainwashed into joining a mysterious organization called Inferno and becoming their newest assassin.
The fifth episode of Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom was released onto the FUNimation Video Portal within 45-minutes of its Japanese broadcast debut on TV Tokyo. Future episodes are expected to be released online within 24 hours of its Japanese broadcast debut.
FUNimation Video Portal- Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom, Main Page
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom – © 2009 Project Phantom. Licensed by FUNimation® Productions, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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FUNimation Streams Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
FUNimation will begin to steam the first episode of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood with its original Japanese dialogue and English subtitles on Thursday, April 9th.
The episode will be available at Funimation’s Video Website (link below) and will go live at 9 a.m. Pacific, 10 a.m. Central, and 11 a.m. Eastern (respectively).
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is a series restart, and will largely follow the storyline of the manga. While Edward and Alphonse will retain their original voice actors from the first TV series, several key cast members have been replaced. Roy Mustang will be voiced by Shinchiro Miki, Winrey Rockwell will be voiced by Megumi Takamoto and Riza Hawkeye by Fumiko Orikasa.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood debuted in Japan on April 5th. FUNimation will continue to stream new episodes on its website the Thursday following every Japanese debut.
http://www.funimation.com/video
http://www.fullmetalalchemist.com
Fullmetal Alchemist – © HIROMU ARAKAWA, FA PROJECT, MBS, ANX, BONES 2009. Licensed by FUNimation® Productions, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion, Dub News
For all you Bleach fans out there, some news.
The second Bleach movie, The DiamondDust Rebellion (not sure if it’s one word or two for DiamondDust…) is currently being dubbed with the intention of a release later this year.
No news yet on if we can expect a limited theatrical release like the first movie got.
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Naruto Shippuden Movie Dub News
The first Naruto Shippuden Movie is getting a dub that is being worked on as we speak.
Wesley Crusher himself is playing someone in it.
We really should be hearing something about the Shippuden dub soon, they’ve been working on it for quite awhile at this point.
edit- Already mentioned Wesley being in it, but just noticed Wil Wheaton himself mentioned it on his twitter earlier today.
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Random Updates- Afro Audio, Best Buy, Site Updates
Few small updates for everyone.
First, some Canadian anime fans have wondered what Best Buy would be doing with anime, and we have a quote from Best Buy Canada.
“The feedback that I received was that Anime titles don’t have the same market penetration here in Canada, mostly due to less TV exposure. As a result, there isn’t this level of a plan for Canada.”
PR guys seem to have their own secret language, so take that to mean…god knows what.
Afro Samurai Resurrection on Blu-ray having Dolby 5.1 audio instead of Dolby TrueHD lossless 5.1. Apparently this happened on an early run of disks by mistake. If you have the lower quality audio, email productconcerns@funimation.com and they will take care of you.
Site updates should be on a more stable track within a week or two, with a guest review or two. Also, some nice contests.
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New Dragonball Game, Dragonball for the Wii
New game that hasn’t been announced even in Japan yet (as far as I know).
Dragonball for the Wii.
Yes, Dragonball, not Dragonball Z.
Only information I know so far about the games plot…
At some point in the game you get to wail on General White.
More news to come when I get it.
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Ghost in the Shell HD News
Anchor Bay (Manga and Anchor Bay are both owned by the same company) will be showing off their upcoming Ghost in the Shell Blu-ray at the NYCC this weekend.
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5cm per Second Dub Update
Got a bit of info on the 5cm per Second dub.
Not sure if Bang Zoom is doing it themselves, or if one of Bang Zoom’s recording studios was rented out by somebody else (it appears it ISN’T Bang Zoom, might even be the same studio that did Nanoha and Familiar of Zero).
It looks like it’s a rather low budget dub, mostly actors who normally play side characters, or relatively new people (Nanoha/Zero people).
As for if the ADV dub will end up on whatever the final release ends up being, no idea.
(edit- Bandai has denied they have it. And since gia and a few others have made the comment, I’m not saying up there that Bang Zoom is dubbing it ‘themselves’, what I was saying was it might not be dubbed ‘by’ Bang Zoom, but AT Bang Zoom by someone else. Nor am I just putting together the Greenfield con report and the credit that showed up online last week, I simply mention them in the original report because it is further confirmation. I’ve talked to multiple people involved.)
