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#DVD: Remember the bad old days of the sub/dub wars, before the dual-language DVD became ubiquitous?  When there was actually a need to pick one over the other, because you couldn't have both on V...

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#japan: People really like Bakemonogatari. Besides Josh's plea to have the series licensed and seeing communities talk about it all the time, Japan has thrown its wieght behind the series by buying up 39...

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#free stuff: Ah, Queen's Blade. So ridiculous, gratuitous, and deliciously full of tits you are. We love you for it, and we love the idea that we can buy it all on a DVD and watch it over and over again. This...

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#K-On: It's a tough economy out there. Japanese otaku don't always have the free space (or cash) for a million billion volumes of DVDs, especially given that the typical Japanese DVD volume contains a c...

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#TV and Film: Import-friendly Ponyo comes to Blu-ray on December 8th in Japan. If you speak Japanese, you're shrugging your shoulders as if to say meh. If not, you still might want this, as it includes dubs an...

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#TV and Film: Oh, am I giddy this morning. First, I've got this bit about Criterion's Eclipse label putting together a collection of Nikkatsu films from the 50s and 60s, when Japan's oldest studio was trying t...

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#KyoAni: Remember when we (and the Japan Blu-ray Association) asked you what you wanted to see on Blu-ray? It seems that otaku have gone a tad off-list in their enthusiasm, running the first volume of K-O...

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#DVD: Blu-rays may have won the war to succeed the DVD, but they haven't quite gained the level of market penetration they need. It'll take a LOT more quality content to get burned on those discs for c...

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#K-On: Sad that K-On! is over? Well, while we wait for Bandai to hurry up and license the show so that we can all watch it again on Blu-ray, Pony Canyon has announced that there will be one more episode...

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#DVD: Now that I've wound up somehow buying two copies of Escaflowne: The Movie and losing one of them, Bandai has announced that they'll be bringing the film to Blu-ray, so that I can check it out in ...

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#TV and Film: In all the talk of Blu-ray this and Blu-ray that, we forget that some of the classic films will see a huge benefit in their transition to the high definition format. Digital remastering, improved...

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#Gundam: All jokes about the worst anime opening of all time aside, Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ will be the newest edition to the Gundam Blu-Ray lineup.  Several other Gundam series have already seen the 1...

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#Blu-ray: Anime Boston is one event I wish I could have made this year, but unfortunately my schedule wouldn't let up enough for me to fit it in. If anything, I'm sad about missing the Kalafina c...

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#OVA: I don't remember the last time I ever watched Saint Seiya but I can admit that the opening song has to be one of the best songs out there. Seriously, "Pegasus Fantasy" is the most addic...

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#TV and Film: Normally I don't throw up the PR reminding me of what's coming out in the next couple of weeks, but The Sky Crawlers is a title I really have an interest in. It's hitting shelves on May 26th, and...

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#FUNimation: Word comes from AnimeOnDVD about some of FUNi's latest Blu-Ray plans. In the insert for Shigurui on Blu-Ray, FUNimation lists several titles that they're planning on putting out. On the list are:...

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#japan: While poking my head in at Topless Robot in order to rage at the new Deadpool figure, I came across this little tidbit about the re-broadcasting of Dragon Ball Z in Japan.We already knew this new...

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#japan: Hey, what can I say? I love them Blu-Rays. So, bear with me as I report this news, since it'll mean all this stuff will be trickling down to the US market before not too long.So the news about Ne...

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#clamp: Card Captora Sakura is my favorite anime of all time. The fact that they're releasing a Blu-Ray version seriously just made me jizz my pants. You might recall the announcement back in December an...

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#New York Comic Con: Fun note to start off with. For some reason we havea full house of like 150-200 people in here and Adam Sheehan thought this panel was one of their screener panels. Gia was actually charged with ...

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#New York Comic Con: Now, I'm a big Robert Napton fan, but sometimes I wish he'd bring a friend to his panels. Compared to the upbeat festival Bandai put on at Otakon, I can't help but feel like having co-panelists m...

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#japan: Of course we need hentai on Blu-ray. There's no way I could live with myself if I wasn't watching those sexy 2-D breasts bouncing around in 1080p. Meanwhile, Simon, Kamina, and the rest of Team G...

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#Japanator Original: Physical media isn't going away anytime soon, especially with Japan's reluctance to digital services. So, I've started amassing a collection of Blu-ray titles, and have been sitting around waitin...

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#clamp: Cardcaptor Sakura is a series that has been near and dear to my heart for some time now. I always get a kick out of looking at her different costumes, as well as watching the story develop over t...

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#japan: Good news for those of you who are married to the Gundam, because Bandai Visual Japan is looking to put some of their older generation series onto Blu-ray for the 30th anniversary of Gundam. Righ...

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#TV and Film: Well, here's a story for all you Kitaro fans: the live action Kitaro film is going to be coming out for Blu-Ray and DVD in mid-November from BCI, a subsidary of Navarre (the people who own FUNima...

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#japan: Bandai Visual is changing gears, opting to release new Blu-ray titles simultaneously all over the world. This means that there will be no delays in release dates, as we'll all get our copies at t...