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Adult Swim Moves Code Geass R2 TV Series to 2 a.m.

The North American anime distributor Bandai Entertainment has confirmed that the Adult Swim television network will move the Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 anime series to the 2:00 a.m. ET/PT timeslot on November 8. The first episode of this sequel series ran at 5:00 a.m. last Saturday, but it will rerun at 2:00 a.m. this coming Saturday. New episodes will then run every week at 2:00 a.m. thereafter. Bandai Entertainment producer Toshifumi Yoshida had made announcement about the timeslot change during Youmacon 2008 this past weekend in Detroit, Michigan.

Bandai Entertainment has also launched its official website for Code Geass R2. Code Geass R2 continues the story of the original 25-episode Code Geass anime series after a critical cliffhanger. Code Geass R2 just ended in Japan in September.

Rosario + Vampire Capu2 Massacred by Censors

Ecchi vampire anime Rosario + Vampire Capu2 has become the target of utterly draconian and shameless censorship it seems, with the crude mutilation of the title not even bothering to resort to the figurative and literal fig leaf of regional physics. Viewers are treated to mysterious pantsu occluding bats, amongst other efforts at DVD sales promotion.





Censorship marketing anime Rosario + Vampire Capu2 continues to experience a plague of bats, and, lately, bears. The brazen and utterly pointless censorship seems rapidly to be eroding the positive reception (such as it was) the series received from fans.



By now, it seems practically certain that these marks are put in solely to give a boost to DVD sales, assuming the series has any fans left by its conclusion. What other explanation could there be?

Warner Brothers to Produce Live-Action Ninja Scroll

The Variety entertainment news source reports that Warner Brothers and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way production company have acquired the live-action adaptation rights for Yoshiaki Kawajiri's Ninja Scroll action anime film from the Madhouse anime studio. Kawajiri wrote this tale about a wandering ninja fighting a conspiracy of demons, and he also directed the original anime with ultraviolent yet fluid animation. Alex Tse (Watchmen, The Illustrated Man) is slated to write the live-action version, but DiCaprio himself is not planning on acting in the film. Appian Way's Jennifer Davisson Killoran and Mike Ireland will produce with Madhouse itself.

Warner and Appian Way have already acquired the rights to produce two live-action films based on Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira manga. Killoran is also planning to produce the Akira project as well.

Manga Entertainment released the original 1993 Ninja Scroll anime film in North America, while Urban Vision helped produce and later released the 2003 television series adapation. The American publisher WildStorm created its comic book take on the story in 2006. Madhouse revealed at Anime Expo 2008 that it was still planning a sequel to the original anime film.

Funimation Confirms Shikabane Hime: AKA Acquisition

The North American anime distributor Funimation has confirmed that it has acquired Gainax and King Record's Shikabane Hime: Aka anime series and will be streaming the 13 episodes within weeks of their airing on Japanese television. The first English-subtitled episode will stream for free on the YouTube, Joost.com, Hulu.com, and funimation.com's video services on Friday, October 24, after having premiered in Japan on October 2. There will also be a US$1.99 download option on funimation.com.

Director Masahiko Murata is adapting the first part of Yoshiichi Akahito's Shikabane Hime manga with scripts by Fullmetal Alchemist script supervisor Shou Aikawa. The Shikabane Hime ("Corpse Princess") of the title is Makina Hoshimura, an undead girl who hunts down 108 corpses in order to go to heaven. Funimaton first revealed that it will be streaming the anime when its YouTube channel's schedule was posted late last week.

ADV Films to Distribute Anime for Sentai Filmworks

he ICv2 retail news website reports that A.D. Vision, a 16-year veteran of the North American anime industry, will localize and distribute titles for the licensing company Sentai Filmworks. Their new partnership is highlighted by Kyoto Animation's 2007-2008 television adaptation of the Clannad visual novel franchise. Their other planned releases for 2009 include Indian Summer, Mahoromatic, Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful, Tsukihime, Pet Shop of Horrors, and Jewel BEM Hunter Lime. Matt Greenfield, Senior V.P. of Content and acquisitions, and voice actor Chris Ayres had announced that ADV Films will be releasing Clannad at last month's Sogen Con in South Dakota. The first of six DVD will ship on April 21, 2009.

ADV Films had also announced at August's Otakon 2008 convention that it will release the three-part Indian Summer (Koharu Biyori) anime adaptation of Takehito Mizuki's manga. The complete comedy anime series about a cosplaying robotic maid will ship on March 10, 2009. Geneon Entertainment (USA) had previously released Mahoromatic, Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful, and Tsukihime before its Japanese corporate parent decided to cease in-house sales and distribution in North America. ADV Films' complete collections of these three series will ship on January 13, February 17, and January 20, respectively. Urban Vision had released the Pet Shop of Horrors supernatural suspense anime on DVD in 2001, and Media Blasters had released the Jewel BEM Hunter Lime risque comedy in 2001.

A.D. Vision CEO John Ledford told ICv2 that his company has more titles planned with Sentai Filmworks and other partners, including the new live-action film licensing company, Switchblade Pictures. A.D. Vision currently has 30 full-time employees and a smaller number of contractors, as well as freelancing voice actors and translators. The changes at A.D. Vision had accelerated with this year's industy downturn and "breakup" with Sojitz.

U.S. Copyright Law That Allows Equipment Seizures

On Monday, United States President George W. Bush signed into law the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO IP) Act, which will allow authorities to seize property in civil copyright cases and will create an "Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator" position to oversee the government's efforts in copyright enforcement.

An earlier version of the bill, then known as the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act, had included a provision which would have allowed the Justice Department to bring civil lawsuits against intellectual property infringers on behalf of content owners. A second provision would have counted individual songs on an album as separate works if they were created by different artists, and thus would have dramatically increased the penalties an infringer would face. Both of these provisions were removed before the bill reached the president.

Certain provisions did survive which would allow for seizure of "property used, or intended to be used, in any manner or part to commit or facilitate" copyright or trademark infringement. Broadly interpreted, these provisions could apply to computers used for file-sharing video and audio content. The final version of the bill had passed the Senate on September 26 by unanimous consent and had passed the House of Representatives on September 28 by a 381 to 41 margin.

In a separate development last week, Canada's Conservative Party's election platform promises to re-introduce copyright-reform legislation that would increase the fines for unauthorized downloads of copyrighted materials. The party's proposed legislation would also outlaw attempts to circumvent digital rights management schemes, just as America's Digital Millennium Copyright Act has made most forms of circumvention illegal. Conservative Party's earlier attempt to introduce copyright legislation met heavy resistance and was quietly dropped earlier this year.

Source: Wired via Slashdot, PC Magazine, CBC via Zannen, Canada, and ANN.

Each ef - a tale of melodies Episode Streams for Free

The official website of the ef - a tale of melodies television series is streaming the first episode in Japanese for free on Wednesday, and plans to do so for every episode for one day each. Like the first anime series ef - a tale of memories, ef - a tale of melodies is based on minori's ef - a fairy tale of the two adult romance game franchise. The streaming will begin after each episode's Japanese premiere on Wednesdays. The official website is not apparently restricting its streaming to Japanese Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, although the Animate.tv video website is providing a separate streaming service with digital rights management. The official website has also posted downloadable copies of the opening animation sequence in 640x480 resolution (13.4MB zip/wmv file) and 900x676 resolution (25.9MB zip/wmv file).

Dragonball, Vegeta's Younger Brother?!

The new issue of Shukan Shonen Jump magazine has revealed that the new 35 minute long “Dragon Ball: Ossu! Kaette Kita Son Goku to Nakamatachi!!“, which had its first public screening in Osaka, Japan on September 21st, features the introduction of Vegeta’s younger brother “Table” (an abbreviation of “vegetable”).

For those who are interested, fan site Kanzentai has published a detailed summary of the entire film.

Spice and Wolf's 2nd TV Anime Season Confirmed

The official Japanese website of the Spice and Wolf franchise has confirmed that a second television anime season has been green-lit. Director Takeo Takahashi and screenplay writer Naruhisa Arakawa will return for Spice and Wolf II. However, Toshimitsu Kobayashi (El Hazard: The Alternative World, Fate/stay night) will replace Kazuya Kuroda as the character designer and chief animation director. Likewise, the Brain's Base studio (MazinKaiser, The Boy Who Saw the Wind) will be animating instead of IMAGIN. The anime adapts Isuna Hasekura and Jū Ayakura's acclaimed novel series that avoids the usual sword-and-sorcery trappings of fantasy stories and focuses on how business (and religion) gets done in a medieval world — with a wolf girl. Jun Fukuyama and Ami Koshimizu will reprise their roles as the peddler Lawrence and the wolf girl Horo who embark on a journey together.

Although a North American license for the anime has not been announced yet, Yen Press did acquire the original light novels for English translation.

Rosario + Vampire Capu2 Censored by Two TV Stations

Two Japanese television stations have censored scenes with undergarments in the first episode of the Rosario + Vampire Capu2 anime series this week, while at least two other stations have apparently left the episode intact. The TV Osaka and TV Aichi stations in central Japan censored the scenes, but not another central Japanese station, Mie TV, and Tokyo MX TV. TV Osaka and TV Aichi had also censored scenes in the first Rosario + Vampire anime series. Both anime series adapt Akihisa Ikeda's school comedy manga about a human boy who secretly attends a school for supernatural creatures.

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Source: New Akiba via Anime Nation, and ANN (The Japanese link contains sexually explicit images)