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‘One Piece’ 4 on DVD
Dust off your pirate hats—the latest DVD assemblage of Luffy and his nautical cohorts, One Piece: Collection Four, hits shelves today courtesy of FUNimation Productions. This four-disc set packs 24 episodes (600 minutes) of piratical adventures. In this selection from the series, the Straw Hat crew acquires a super cute [...]
First-Wave December DVD Rush
If you managed to avoid the Black Friday mania over the holiday weekend, you may congratulate yourself on your cool-headed approach to the consumer madness. However, the gift-getting clock is ticking down! Why not cross a couple names off your list with a few of this week’s cool toon and [...]
‘Fullmetal Alchemist’ Movie to Play in U.S. Theaters
Eleven Arts and FUNimation will release the popular anime feature Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos in over 100 screens over North American theaters this winter. Directed by Kazuya Murata, the feature was first released in Japan in July, with animation produced by Bones (Cowboy Bebop: The Movie) and [...]
‘Adventure Time’ Highlights Arrives on Disc
Fans of Cartoon Network’s crossover hit, Adventure Time will have a chance to revisit the Emmy-nominated episode “My Two Favorite People” on DVD today. The Warner Bros. release, features 12 episodes of Pendleton Ward’s Emmy-winning show (randomly selected from the first two seasons of the show). Although we prefer DVDs [...]
Prepare for the Stampede!
Eleven Arts and FUNimation are bringing Vash the Stampede to Stateside screens with the U.S./Canadian release of Trigun: Badlands Rumble. One of Japan’s most celebrated characters is finally making his big screen debut on North American soil this year, thanks to Eleven Arts and FUNimation Entertainment. Since hitting shelves as [...]
Extended ‘Lord of the Rings’ Arrives on Blu-ray
Fans of Middle Earth can put the final touches on their high-def home video collection. Out this week for the first time on high-definition disc is The Lord Of The Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy – Extended Edition (New Line, $119.98). This 15-disc set features the entire trilogy and is [...]
‘Gnomeo’ Comes Home on DVD, Blu-ray, 3D
The hit independent animated feature film Gnomeo & Juliet leads the week’s major home video releases. Directed by Kelly Asbury of Shrek 2 fame and featuring music from the legendary Elton John, Gnomeo & Juliet (Disney, $29.99 DVD, $39.99 Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, $49.99 3D Blu-ray/Blu-ray/DVD combo pack) arrives with plenty [...]
BioWare, FUNimation Producing ‘Mass Effect’ Anime Movie
Video game maker BioWare and FUNimation Entertainment have begun production on an anime feature film adapted from the Mass Effect game franchise. Japanese film production company T.O Entertainment has signed on as co-producer of the film, which will be released on home video in 2012. Casey Hudson of BioWare, executive [...]
Investment Group Buys FUNimation for $24 million
FUNimation has new owners. The anime importing company has been sold for $24 million cash by the Navarre Corporation to an investment group lead by FUNimation president and CEO Gen Fukunaga and includes John A. Kuelbs. Under the deal, Navarre has agreed to act as FUNimation’s exclusive distributor in the [...]
‘Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance’ Gets Ready for its Flight to U.S. theaters
Giant cyborgs, apocalyptic symbols and Jungian psychology are a few of the heady ingredients of the hugely popular Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. First introduced as a 26-part TV series produced by GAINAX, the property has spawned several movies and grossed over 150 billion yen since its debut on TV Tokyo [...]
Amazon’s LoveFilm and...
LoveFilm and Disney have signed a new pact which allows the Amazon subscriber...
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Cartoon Network Enterprises is riding the runaway Adventure Time train...
