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*** Otakon Anime Report! ***


ADV
Abenobashi Magical Shopping District
Cyber Team in Akihabara
Divergence Eve
Eva Director's Cut - last 6 eps.
Gun Crazy
Shinobi (Live Action)
- News: -
*Nadesico Movie to be released by the end of the year
*They have all seven episodes of Mazinkaiser
*Kalideo Star to be released end of 2003/beginning of 2004
*Will have toys for Angelic Layer and Azumanga Daioh


ADV Manga
Jinki: Extend
Kagerou-Nostalgia The New Chapter
Your and My Secret
ARIA
R2-Rise R to The Second Power
Desert Coral
Chrno Crusade
Louie The Rune Soldier
Blue Inferior

Animeigo
- News: -
*15th Anniversary DVD edition of Maddox-01
*Arcadia of My Youth DVD is in production stage

Bandai
- News: -
*Next .hack series coming in 2nd quarter of 2004
*.hack audio CDs will begin to be released individually in Oct.
*.hack//Sign episodes 27 and 28 currently in production. Going to be part of a
2-disc set with volume 6
*.hack//Sign vol. 5 will come with a box for .hack audio CDs
*Gundam SEED coming in 2004
*Zeta Gundam will be 2-part release. First as a complete boxset for fans, then
single releases later
*The Zeta Gundam complete boxset coming in 2004
*Superior Defender Gundam coming to DVD in 2004
*Kikaider OVA coming to DVD in 2004
*Big O 2 coming to DVD in Dec.
*Yukikaze coming in early 2004
*Galaxy Angel coming in early 2004
*Bandai has both seasons of Galaxy Angel
*Synch-Point/Broccoli will be releasing Galaxy Angel character goods
*Infinite Ryvius will come with a lot of the content from the Japanese fan
DVDs
(commercials, etc.)

CPM
- News: -
*Creditless Utena opening/ending will be on last few Utena DVD volumes

Funimation
- News: -
*Detective Conan will be released in edited and unedited forms
*Detective Conan will go to TV, then video; eta Summer 2004
*They have ALL of Detective Conan - all movies, all episodes
*Kirby will be rescheduled for this November
*Sakura Wars: Sumire coming November 2nd
*Most new titles will be DVD 1 + Box
*Tenchi GXP first volume w/ optional box due in Jan 2004
*Kiddy Grade first volume w/ optional box due out mid Feb 2004
*Kiddy Grade will be six volumes, four episodes each
*Sakura Wars Ecole de Paris due out end of Feb 2004
*DB Commander Red and DBZ Kid Buu boxsets in November
*First DBZ episodes (vols. 1-17) will be re-released uncut soon
*First episodes of Dragonball GT (1-15) will be released soon
*New Dragonball episodes on Cartoon Network in Oct.
*Four DBZ movies on Cartoon Network in Sept.

Media Blasters
- News: -
*Gunparade March in early 2004
*Media Blasters has first option for the second season of Knight Hunters
*Del Rey will release the 12 Kingdoms novels (!!)
*First Rurouni Kenshin Premium Box in November

Pioneer
- News: -
*Someday's Dreamer will be 12 eps on 3 DVDs
*Last Exile will be 7 discs
*L/R will be 4 discs
*New Harlock OVAs will be released in 2004
*R.O.D. TV will be 26 eps.

Pioneer Music
- News: -
*Three CDs per month starting Jan 2004

Production I.G.
- News: -
*Ghost in the Shell Movie 2 in 2004. Will be released in the US by Dreamworks
*GitS TV will be 52 episodes
*Immortal Grand Prix coming to Toonami in Sept. as a series of five 4-minute
shows


Right Stuf
- News: -
*K.O. Beast Volume 3 to be released on October 28
*Comic Party in spring 2004
*Comic Party will be on four DVDs, along with the minis and loads of extras
*Gravitation in spring 2004
*Muryou in summer 2004
*New Critical Mass titles: Bad End, Sei Sai, Gakuen no Shurosha