Another year, another Naruto movie on DVD.  This time it’s based on Shippuden though, so everyone is a little older and a little wiser (well not really wiser…)
 

 
Shonen movies are always stuck in that loop of wanting to be ‘the big movie’ version of a show, and then having to reset to point zero at the end.  Let’s see how the newest Naruto movie does.

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It’s time for more Naruto.  Last time we left the precocious ninja children, Naruto was leaving the village to spend a few years training to prepare to fight the villains everyone knows is coming.
 

 
The characters are a little bit older, so does a few years skipped lead to anything good? (For anyone who wants to watch, the first episode subbed is embedded at the very bottom of the review.) Continue reading →

The second Bleach movie is getting it’s American release almost a year after the first.  This time around the movie sticks it’s focus on a known character.
 

 
Does this two disk package hold the Bleach name up high?  Or does Bleach The Movie 2: The DiamondDust Rebellion need a good bit of white out (ah, back to the bad jokes!) Let’s find out. Continue reading →

Confirming the news we found out earlier in the week, Viz is indeed releasing the Kekkaishi anime in the USA.
 
They also announced they will be releasing the new Inuyasha anime under the title “InuYasha: The Final Act.”
 
CCI09: VIZ Anime & Manga Liveblog at AnimeVice
 

Time for our first interview.  First one is some questions answered by the fine folks at Viz Pictures.  I helped come up with the questions with our new staff member Kevin, who got the interview with Viz Pictures set up.  You guys should get to see some reviews and other articles from him soon.
 

 
We tried to ask some interesting questions and even asked a few questions we expected would just get a ‘no comment’ from but got some good answers (yay for question 7!).  Interview questions after the break Continue reading →

For all you Bleach fans out there, some news.
 

 
The second Bleach movie, The DiamondDust Rebellion (not sure if it’s one word or two for DiamondDust…) is currently being dubbed with the intention of a release later this year.
 
No news yet on if we can expect a limited theatrical release like the first movie got.
 

 

 
The first Naruto Shippuden Movie is getting a dub that is being worked on as we speak.
 
Wesley Crusher himself is playing someone in it.
 
We really should be hearing something about the Shippuden dub soon, they’ve been working on it for quite awhile at this point.
 
edit- Already mentioned Wesley being in it, but just noticed Wil Wheaton himself mentioned it on his twitter earlier today.
 

 

Viz is gonna start airring Shippuden almost day and date with the Japanese airrings and try and catch up with earlier episodes as fast as they can.

Frankly it seems a bit stupid to do it that way since it’s a plot based show and the early Shippuden haven’t gotten an American release yet (and who knows what this says about the potential for the show on TV).

Viz to Stream Naruto Within 1 Week of Japanese Airring {Anime News Network}

Update-  Tv Tokyo will be putting new Naruto on Crunchyroll subbed an HOUR after it airs on Japanese TV.

TV Tokyo to Also Stream Naruto Through Crunchyroll {Anime News Network}

Old by the standard of most modern anime fans and companies, Hunter x Hunter is getting a release from the only company with a Shonen Jump stamp to use as they please.

Far easier to write than my review last week (what shonen adventure show ISN’T easy to lay down and watch?), let’s see if this dog can hunt. Continue reading →

Still to busy to write any of my fancy shmancy articles, but I have some dubbing news.

Jeff Nimoy has taken over dub directing duties for Blue Dragon.