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Anime Weekend Atlanta - Day Three - Product
Announcements
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Fans of ADV Films productions got to see the familiar face of Matt
Greenfield on Sunday morning, and got to hear about new releases from the
Texas company. They'll be releasing Steel Angel Kurumi and Super Milk Chan
in the future, said Greenfield. Milk Chan is the oddity in this group,
a series that looks like a simple show for little kids but is a weird satiric
romp. Greenfield had hoped to make another product announcement at Anime
Weekend Atlanta, but the contract wasn't finished in time, so fans were
facing a wait until the next convention to hear the news. ADV did mention
their list of the five series that fans want to see re-released on DVD:
Gun Smith Cats, blue Seed, Sorcerer Hunters, Dirty Pair and Those Who Hunt
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| Greenfield and Dave Williams had to disappoint fans who had hoped to
have seen the Spriggan movie in theaters by the time that Anime Weekend
Atlanta arrived. A flood of major movie releases during the summer led
ADV to delay Spriggan's theatrical run until February of 2001, they said.
In the meantime, ADV plans to release most of its catalogue on DVD, issuing
fresh titles as often as once a week. And that Robotech deal includes not
only the 1980's U.S. version with all 86 episodes, but Robotech The Sentinels
and a rarely-seen Code Name Robotech show. |
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This is an unusual and unexpected combination: Jerry Chu of Bandai
(left) and Carl Horn of Viz (right) teamed up to announce that their companies
would jointly release the Jin-Roh police drama, directed by Hiroyuki Okiura
from a script by Mamoru Oshii, to U.S. movie theaters in 2001. "All of
this is in the very early stages," said Chu. "It's the best film I've seen
since Princess Mononoke or End of Evangelion," said Horn about the film
that tells the story of the oddly symbiotic relationship between police
and terrorists in a country that bears an odd resemblance to Japan in the
1960's. Horn also noted that the publishing arm of Viz was releasing Secret
Comics Japan, an anthology of underground comics from the famed, low-circulation
Garo manga. |
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| Artist Shinpei Itoh was hoping to be able to announce that his Moldiver
series would be released in manga form through Studio Ironcat, but the
deal wasn't completed (he said that Pioneer had to agree to the deal).
"It would be awesome it it could be released by Ironcat," Itoh said. In
the meantime, Itoh could look ahead to more work on the series he produces
for publication in Japan. "I have to complete one project a month. which
is difficult for most people but not for me," he said. "I always get the
toughest jobs." |
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