We now discuss the latest news with controvercial Aniplex USA on this thread and we start with their latest announcements from Sakura-Con.
ANN wrote:
Aniplex of America announced at its panel at Sakura-Con on Friday that it will release the Bakemonogatari television anime series in North America. Aniplex did not specify if it will release the series digitally or on home video. Aniplex will premiere the series' first episode at Sakura-Con on Saturday.
The 15-episode anime series adapts NisiOisin's Bakemonogatari light novels. The short stories in NisiOisin's two volumes of Bakemonogatari deal with a high school boy named Koyomi Araragi and strange students he encounters. ("Bakemonogatari" is a wordplay on the Japanese term bakemono for supernatural creatures and the term monogatari for stories.) The series originally aired in Japan in 2009.
Akiyuki Shinbo (ef: a tale of melodies., Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, MoonPhase, Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei, The SoulTaker) directed the series off scripts supervised by Fuyashi Tou (Zoku Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei). Akio Watanabe (Nurse Witch Komugi, The SoulTaker) adapted VOfan's original character designs for the Shaft animators. Tatsuya Oishi (opening animation director for Mahō Sensei Negima!: Shiroki Tsubasa Ala Alba, Maria Holic, Pani Poni Dash!) was the series director below Shinbo, while Satoru Kousaki (Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens, Lucky Star, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) composed the music.
ANN wrote:
Aniplex of America announced at its panel at Sakura-Con on Friday that it is rereleasing The Garden of Sinners and Oreimo anime on DVD. The company originally released ufotable's The Garden of Sinners movie series in an English-subtitled Blu-ray Disc box in North America in February 2011. Aniplex of America noted that it sold out of its initial Blu-ray box release.
Aniplex originally released a limited-edition DVD box set for the Oreimo television anime series in October 2011. The release included all 12 television episodes plus four video episodes with English subtitles. Aniplex noted that the original limited-edition DVD boxset had sold out, and that the new release will be on regular-edition DVD. Aniplex will announce more details about both rereleases soon.
Aniplex also revealed at the panel that it will release four albums by Japanese singer LiSA on May 1. LiSA performed songs as part of the in-anime band "Girls Dead Monster" in the Angel Beats! television anime series. She then contributed the song "oath sign" for the first half of the Fate/Zero television anime series. She sang during Singapore's Anime Festival Asia last November. Aniplex plans to release the albums physically and digitally. LiSA will perform at this year's Anime Expo in Los Angeles.
Bakemonogatari!? great news indeed! Can't wait.
Well this is a pleasant surprise
Looking Forward to the Garden of Sinners DVD, hope its not as overpriced as the Blu-Ray release was.
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By the Goddess, it's about freakin time! I would buy the everliving &^%$ out of a Blu-ray release.
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This is great and horrible news... Hopefully this doesn't turn into a 5 purchase series and they keep the price relatively affordable. Then again this is Aniplex, who are we fooling, guess we'll have to spend over 100$ for the series in the end.
Wow they got Bakemonogatari? I can't wait to own it for exactly $399.99.
I'll pass just wait until CR streams it. =D I heard good things about the show so I'll just watch it then since CR got all of Aniplex's titles and Crackle I think has a couple.
All my moneys for Bakemonogatari and Garden of Sinners. Oh yes, my wallet shall die in a most grand way.
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i'm glad i can finally add Bakemonogatari to my collection but i wonder why they did get Nisemonogatari as well ??
Bakemonogatari is one of the very few series in which price, to me, is irrelevant. If it's out, I'll buy it, even if it means I forgo purchasing anything else for some time.
Can't wait.