2009-06-10 12:48:56

[ Licensing.... ]  -   bayoab
As announced in their typical fashion, TRSI has licensed Rental Magica.

As will be announced at Anime Boston (announced by animevice.com) FUNi has licensed Spice & Wolf.

Media Blasters has announced Blade of the Immortal through a DVD solicitation.

Crunchyroll is now streaming School Days and Happiness from Marvelous Entertainment.

Animeboston and AnimeNext live con feeds at http://bayoab.info/live/live2.php

2009-04-23 11:54:41

[ March and April news (Update 7) ]  -   bayoab
Since we don't participate in any foolish holidays, here is a quick catchup:

Bandai licensed the Lucky Star OVA.

Crunchyroll is now streaming:
Katekyoushi Hitman Reborn from d-rights.
La Corda d'Oro seasons 1 and 2 from Aniplex.

The following shows will be streaming legally this season on Crunchyroll:
From Gonzo: Shangri-la
From TV Tokyo: Mom's Life(Mainichi Kaasan), Saki, Chi's Sweet Home Season 2, Hayate no Gotoku Season 2 and Natsu no Arashi.
From AIC: Kigurumikku
From Fuji Creative Corporation: Ristorante Paradiso

FUNimation has acquired the rights to Fullmetal Alchemist 2 and will be streaming it on their site starting on April 9th at noon in some US timezone.

FUNimation acquisition train rolls on with Strike Witches and Linebarrels of Iron.

Episodes will be listed here on the date when the free version is available for streaming.

Update 4/23: FUNimation has picked up Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ for simultaneous streaming on their video platform.

2009-02-20 15:10:16

[ NYCC, Site Reveal, and stuff. ]  -   bayoab
Our coverage of New York Comic-con 2009 is available at http://bayoab.info/live/live2.php. (Yes, this was last week. I had forgotten to make the news post.)

Licenses, in no particular order:
At Ohayocon, FUNimation announced the license to the Fullmetal Alchemist OVAs.

TRSI has announced the license to Maria-sama ga Miteru Season 4.

Bandai has confirmed that they have Season 2 of Gundam 00 at NYCC.

Like with Shikabanehime Aka, FUNimation is also streaming Shikabanehime Kuro on Youtube, Funimation.com, Hulu and Joost.

More info on where to find episodes is available at the new site, which doesn't have a name or domain yet, located for now at http://bayoab.info/enviro2/. The new site is a work-in-progress list of all of the legally available anime on the web for your computer. (Again, this site isn't replacing envirosphere. It is simply running on an experimental version of a new backend.)

Update 1:
FUNimation has announced Bamboo Blade, both seasons of The Tower of Druaga, Blassreiter, and Dragonaut the Resonance at Katsucon.

Update 2, no 3, make that 4:
Kadokawa is streaming Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuutsu and Nyoro~n Tsuruya-san with english subs on Youtube. It appears Kadokawa will be removing the episodes after a week so watch them when you can.

FUNimation has announced Seto no Hanayome on their blog.

And another announcement from their blog: El Cazador de la Bruja. And yet another announcement: Mnemosyne

2009-01-25 16:09:20

[ New Year, New News ]  -   bayoab
あけおめ

Viz has apparently licensed I''s and I''s Pure based on a few DVD retailer listings.

The Tower of Druaga: The Sword of Uruk is streaming on Youtube and Crunchyroll.

Also, the following series are now legally streaming on Crunchyroll and their premiere episodes will be listed on the site when they go free (for now):
Naruto Shippuden, Gintama, Shugo Chara! (Season 2), and Zoku Natsume Yujincho.

Naruto Shippuden will also be on Hulu.

All of the above series are available to most of the world.


And now a quick teaser about the site mentioned in the last post:
In the first week of February, there will be a launch of a site (currently known by many names) which is a prelude to the next version Envirosphere. I just want to emphasize now that the site is a complement to Envirosphere, not a replacement.
Edit2: The public beta is live and launch is delayed till NYCC. Here's a uncensored preview image. (Note: Layout is very subject to change.)

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