Anime Weekend Atlanta 5 - Rurouni Kenshin
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 Why is there
a picture of Matt Greenfield from ADV Films on this page's story about
Rurouni Kenshin? Haven't all the rumors said that Media Blasters is going
to get the rights to the show about a wandering ex-samurai who renounces
killing? Those rumors are true, but only in part, said Greenfield at AWA
on Friday. |
 The Kenshin
series will be a rare case where the facets of an anime series are split
between several companies. In this case, kenshin will be split between
Media Blasters, ADV Films and Sony, said Greenfield. The original Kenshin
television series, around 60 episodes, will be released by Media Blasters
on U.S. home video. ADV gets the rights to the Kenshin made for video OVA's
and movies, around a dozen films in all. And Sony, the company that originated
Kenshin, will look for a U.S. company that would broadcast the series. |
 Greenfield
speculated that Kenshin tapes would not get to U.S. store shelves until
September of 2000. he said there's a chance that Kenshin might be released
in the U.S. in the opposite order it was released in Japan, with the movies
possibly coming out before the TV series. And no one's sure what name the
series will use in the U.S., although it probably won't be the "Samurai
X" title used in other markets. |
 Sony thinks
Kenshin has a good chance of being a breakthrough anime series in the U.S.,
said Greenfield, who also thinks Kenshin is a "good title." When the word
"breakthrough" is used by anime fans, they're usually talking about the
October limited theatrical release of the Princess Mononoke movie, although
Greenfield thinks the Spriggan movie is an excellent movie. Then there's
the November release of the Pokemon movie: will it outdraw the rest? |
