| Project: A-Kon - Saturday
- Industry Officials |
 Are you still
patiently waiting for the release of the original Superdimensional Fortress
Macross series from AnimEigo? You'll have to wait a little longer, producer
Shin Kurokawa said at Project: A-Kon. He spent part of April and most of
May in Hollywood, remastering the 1980's TV series. That new digital master
is almost finished, but it took a long time to complete because there are
a lot of flaws in the original film. For instance, there are registration
errors where the art appears to jump up and down in the frame, and there
are color exposure errors and other film-related problems. Fixing Macross'
flaws has taken far longer than anyone expected, Kurokawa said, adding
"While we're digitally restoring a lot of footages, don't expect the final
result to be totally flawless. Certain flaws give older shows a lot of
character missing from newer ones," referring to things like paint matching
errors (Roy Fokker's uniform changes color from scene to scene, for example). |
 Another group
of patient fans has been waiting for the resumption of the Neon Genesis
Evangelion manga from Viz, which was halted because there was a pause in
the original series. Carl Horn, Viz' manga editor, said that the Eva manga
will resume on October with more original scenes not seen in the filmed
version. "It's not going to be a replay of the anime," Horn said. There's
more ahead of Eagle, the series on a Japanese-American presidential candidate
which will be released to coincide with the U.S. presidential campaign.
Viz' mature manga anthology, Pulp, will see a story about a "portrait painter
by day, hot man by night...this has a Phillip Marlowe feel to it." The
Short Cuts title will look at the cogal phenomenon in Japan, with schoolgirls
turned prostitutes to make money for expensive clothes. Even more erotic
and strange titles will come from a new Secret Comics Japan anthology culled
from the famed Garo semi-underground manga. |
 John Sirabella
of Media Blasters said he agrees with those who think that sales of subtitled
VHS tapes will fade as sub buyers gravitate to DVD's which can hold both
subtitled and dubbed version of anime. Media Blasters plans to transfer
its catalog to DVD as long as the titles have decent sales (don't expect
Marriage on DVD, he said). Mahou Tsukai Tai is going to be one of the few
TV series that Media Blasters will carry since it's too hard to keep long
series on store shelves. And no, there will be no uncut, unedited Kite
from Media Blasters. |
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