One Piece streaming episodes have a new time on Saturday nights. Starting Saturday, November 7 tune in to www.onepieceofficial.com at 8:00 pm CST for the newest episode. This week's episode is number 425!

SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov 02, 2009 Consumer voting for the Sixth Annual TV DVD Awards at HomeMediaMagazine.com/TVDVDvote2009 runs through Nov. 20. The awards are presented by Home Media Magazine, Agent DVD Magazine and TVShowsonDVD.com. Winners will be announced in December.

Best Animation
Afro Samurai: Resurrection, Funimation
Irresponsible Captain Tylor Remastered, Right Stuf
Powerpuff Girls: 10th Anniversary, Warner
SpongeBob SquarePants: First 100 Episodes, Paramount/Nickelodeon
Transformers: Matrix of Leadership Edition, Shout! Factory

Best Current Series (Episodes aired 2008-09)
Fringe: Season 1, Warner
Lost: Season 4, Disney
Mad Men: Season 2, Lionsgate
True Blood: Season 1, HBO
24: Season 7, Fox

Best Contemporary Series (Episodes aired 1990-2007)
According to Jim: Season 1, Lionsgate
Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Paramount/CBS
Life on Mars (UK): Series 1, Acorn
The Simpsons: Season 12, Fox
The State, Paramount/MTV

Best Vintage Series (Episodes aired pre-1989)
Bonanza: Season 1, Paramount/CBS
Howdy Doody Show: 40 Episode Collection, Mill Creek
The Lucy Show: Season 1, Paramount/CBS
Outer Limits: Complete Original Series, Fox/MGM
Thirtysomething: Season 1, Shout! Factory

Best Complete Series
Battlestar Galactica, Universal
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Shout! Factory
The Real Ghostbusters, Time Life
The Sopranos, HBO
That '70s Show, Fox

Best Miniseries/TV Movie
Cagney & Lacey: The Menopause Years, S'More
Kennedy, MPI
Torchwood: Children of Earth, BBC
24: Redemption, Fox
War and Remembrance: Complete Epic Miniseries, MPI

Best Kidvid
Charlie and Lola: Seasons 1-2, BBC
Liberty's Kids, Shout! Factory
Mr. Men: Mr. Tickle/Little Miss Sunshine, Sony Pictures
Sesame Street: Elmo Loves You/Being Green, Genius Products/Sesame Workshop
Transformers Animated: Season 2, Paramount

Best Nonfiction
A Moment in History: The Inauguration of Barack Obama, MPI
Nature's Most Amazing Events, BBC
Penn & Teller: BS Season 6, Paramount/CBS
This American Life: Season 2, Paramount/CBS
Yellowstone: Battle for Life, BBC

Best Unscripted Series
The Girls Next Door: Season 5, Fox
The Hills: Season 4, Paramount/MTV
Keeping Up With the Kardashians: Season 1, Lionsgate
Playing Shakespeare, Acorn/Athena
Project Runway: Season 5, Genius Products

Best Extras
Crash: Season 1, Anchor Bay
Dollhouse: Season 1, Fox
Fringe: Season 1, Warner
Lost: Season 4, Disney
Mad Men: Season 2, Lionsgate

Best TV Blu-ray
Band of Brothers, HBO
Fringe: Season 1, Warner
John Adams, HBO
Lost: Season 4, Disney
Star Trek TOS Season 2, Paramount/CBS

The Primetime Emmy® Award winning film AFRO SAMURAI: RESURRECTION will have its first U.S. festival and theatrical screening at the San Diego Asian Film Festival as part of the SDAFF Extreme series. Grab front row seats for this animated fusion of action and hip-hop created by Takashi Okazaki and produced by the renowned studio GONZO in association with Spike TV and FUNimation Entertainment.

Afro (Samuel L. Jackson) has finally found peace after avenging his father's death and becoming the number one Samurai in the world. But his life of peace soon ends when a mysterious woman from his past returns. While Sio (Lucy Liu) is prepared to destroy Afro just as he destroyed so many to avenge for his father's death, Afro struggles to understand why?

Led by the voice talents of Jackson and Liu, Mark Hamill (Star Wars), and Yuri Lowenthal (Ben 10) and a score by famed music producer and rap artist The RZA, the story of Afro Samurai thrills with blood, sex, and the baddest man in a headband ever!

WHAT: AFRO SAMURAI: RESURRECTION screening
WHEN: Friday, October 16 at 7:40 pm, screening followed by a Q&A
WHERE: Ultrastar Theater

Writer/producers Leo Chu and Eric Garcia will be in attendance.

Please visit http://www.sdaff.org/ for more information.

Critically-Acclaimed Series First Anime Ever To Be Nominated

The critically-acclaimed, funktastic anime movie "Afro Samurai: Resurrection" has been honored with a 2009 juried Primetime Emmy® Award win for Art Director Shigemi Ikeda in the category of Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation.

"Afro Samurai: Resurrection" was also nominated in the category of Outstanding Animated Program (for programming of one hour or more) earning Spike TV its first-ever Primetime Emmy nomination from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The nomination also marks the first time in Emmy history that an anime series has been nominated in any category.

"Afro Samurai: Resurrection" stars Academy Award®-nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson opposite Emmy Award®-nominated actress Lucy Liu and featuring Mark Hamill and Yuri Lowenthal. Jackson also served as executive producer of the stylish series and the original score was provided by renowned rap artist and producer The RZA.

"Afro Samurai: Resurrection" is the sequel to the network's 2006 series "Afro Samurai" and best-selling anime DVD release of 2007. The series is based on the original art and story of manga artist Takashi Okazaki, about a black samurai's quest for revenge and justice for his murdered father. Samuel L. Jackson starred as the uncompromising hero, Afro and his motor-mouthed sidekick Ninja Ninja. When his father's body is stolen from its grave, Afro is forced to pick up his sword again and wreak bloody vengeance against an army of deadly foes lead by a sadistic mastermind.

"Afro Samurai: Resurrection" was produced for Spike TV by Japanese studio GONZO in association/partnership with GONZO K.K. and FUNimation Entertainment.

FUNimation Entertainment has announced the English track directors and cast of the megahit anime series "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood".


"Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood" is produced by the acclaimed Japanese studio Bones and set in a fictional world where alchemy – the transmutation of raw materials into objects – is science and the way of life. The series follows the Elric brothers Edward and Alphonse on their perilous journey in search of the legendary Philosopher's Stone. They set forth in the hope that the magical artifact can restore their bodies after a failed attempt to revive their dead mother cost Edward's left leg and right arm; as well as Alphonse's entire body, leaving his soul affixed to a suit of armor.

Line Producer: Mike McFarland
ADR Directors: Mike McFarland and Caitlin Glass

Reprising their roles from the first series:
Edward Elric - Vic Mignogna
Winry Rockbell - Caitlin Glass
Roy Mustang - Travis Willingham
Lust - Laura Bailey
Envy - Wendy Powell
Gluttony - Chris Cason
Maes Hughes - Sonny Strait
Fuhrer King Bradley - Ed Blaylock
Riza Hawkeye - Colleen Clinkenbeard
Jean Havoc - Mike McFarland

New Cast Members:
Alphonse Elric - Maxey Whitehead (Antonio from Romeo x Juliet, Czeslaw
Meyer from Baccano)
Scar - J Michael Tatum (Eneru from One Piece, Isaac from Baccano)
Isaac McDougal - Bryan Massey (Ladd from Baccano, Nino from Gunslinger
Girl: Il Teatrino)

Aaron Dismuke will be featured in another role later in the series.
FUNimation Entertainment will release "Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood" on DVD beginning in Spring 2010.

FUNimation currently streams high-quality, free, original Japanese dialogue and English subtitled episodes of the series within days of Japanese television debut via www.funimation.com/video as well as key video-sharing partners.