[07:38] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> Ara! hi Hi!! And Welcome to another Edition of Ginga Network News' weekly look into the world of anime!!
[07:38] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Because facts are for losers.
[07:38] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> The August installment of Broccoli's Brocomi is now online. This month features two chapters from Leave it to Piyoko.
[07:39] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Tenchi fans all over the world ordered several new pairs of shorts until someone realized Newtype had deliberately misspelled "Piyoko" "Ryoko"
[07:40] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> Ahh newtype-san, what bulls[BLEEP]ttery won't you come up with next??
[07:40] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> ..... Aya!
[07:40] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> That's what they get for getting my hopes on on Haruhi Season 2!
[07:41] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> ♦ Newtype!! YOU ARE ON NOTICE
[07:41] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Mmm-Hmm..
[07:41] * [gTV]Aya_Reiko takes a big drink of water
[07:41] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> Anyway
[07:41] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> According to TV Asahi's official website for Maison Ikkoku, Misaki Itou has been cast for the part of Kyoko Otonashi in the upcoming Maison Ikkoku live-action drama
[07:43] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Who cares, they'll end it halfway anyhow when Godai decides he just wants new shoes.
[07:43] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> Funimation's Basilisk site is now live.
[07:44] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Smart money says Pat Robertson gets the PTC to pressure them to change the name from the "Satanic" Basilisk to "Happy Sunshine Fluffy Pet"
[07:45] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> Sunrise will adapt the IDOLM@STER arcade game into an anime series called IDOLM@STER: Xenoglossia.
[07:45] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Following in the proud tradition of .hack, another anime with funky characters in the name to appeal to the internet generation.
[07:46] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Well we here at G1ng4 Know a trend when we see one, so we've got our resident l33t ball of Death, Luna-P, to come up with some more anime names for us
[07:46] <+luna_P> b[b133p]cH455 53n5Hi 54i10r m00n
[07:47] <+luna_P> Hyp3r1337 gur1 u73n4
[07:47] <+luna_P> gund4m 53x
[07:47] <+luna_P> 73H m314ncH01y H4x0ring 0pH 5uzumiy4 H4ruHi
[07:48] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Thank you so Much.
[07:48] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> Read or Die creator Hideyuki Kurata will attend Anime Vegas, September 2-4 at the Cashman Center.
[07:48] <+luna_P> p3rpH3c7 5p100g3
[07:48] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> THANK YOU, Luna-P
[07:49] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> And I would like to encourage everyone to fly up to Vegas, find Kurata and kindly BEAT HIM OVER THE HEAD WITH THE DVDS OF THE TV SERIES BECAUSE WTF WAS HE THINKING?! WAS HE THINKING?
[07:49] <+luna_P> b133d 4nd di3
[07:50] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Someone escort the ball off the set please, thank you
[07:50] * @spiritflame punts the luna-p away
[07:50] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> Yielding to "numerous requests from [their] attendees to move the convention off Father’s Day weekend", AnimeNEXT 2007 will be held July 6-8 in Secaucus, NJ
[07:50] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Father's day.
[07:50] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Riiight
[07:50] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> As if Otaku ever had a chance in hell of breeding
[07:51] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> That's the one suckup day they have a year to beg their parents to give them money for the life-sized bandaged Ayanami Rei pillows.
[07:51] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Freaks.
[07:52] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> China bans Anime from Prime Time TV starting September 1st
[07:52] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Gee, what will they ban next, let's find out!
[07:52] <@spiritflame> [gTV]Karasuma_Akane rolls 1d20 [ 8 ]
[07:53] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Next up: China bans OXYGEN!
[07:53] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> For without Oxygen the enemies of Mao cannot breathe!
[07:53] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> Negima series 2 begins Ocober 4 in Japan. The series will reportedly have a new story, rather than an further adaptation of Ken Akamatsu's manga.
[07:54] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Called "Mahou Sensei Excerable Asshattery II" the anime will further beat Akamatsu's popular manga into the ground, the character designs going even further off model until everyone looks like sexy bishounen stick figures. Pactios will be achieved by copious amounts of Yaoi.
[07:55] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> Tokyopop Licenses Slayers Novels 7 & 8
[07:56] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> In keeping with the mores of the American market the title will be renamed "Players" and have collectable POGs attached to the covers.
[07:56] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> According to Media Create and Dengeki Online, SD Gundam G Generation Portable sold over 150,000 copies in the first week of its release, making it not only the #1 selling game (all platforms) for the week ending July 31, but also making it the best first week seller of any PSP game to date
[07:57] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> No, no, they meant to say "SD Gundam G Generation Portable was COPIED over 150,000 times in the first week of its release"
[07:57] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Emulation FTW
[07:57] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> Funimation has launched the official website for Crayon Shin-chan
[07:58] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Texans call it "Marker boy Thighmaster."
[07:58] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> The new slogan: "Woudl you like to see a little elephant? Ya'll know you dew~"
[07:58] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> Production I.G's clappa! website now hosts a 2:48 second trailer for the upcoming Stand Alone Complex movie, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society.
[07:59] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Soul Society is already suing for trademark infringement
[07:59] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> Marvel's Halo only non-manga in Bookscan Top 10 Graphic Novels
[07:59] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> A manga. About an FPS.
[07:59] * [gTV]Karasuma_Akane is away: shooting herself in the face
[07:59] * [gTV]Aya_Reiko pulls Akane-san back
[08:00] * [gTV]Karasuma_Akane just has NO WORDS.
[08:00] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Oh wait yes I do
[08:00] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> HERE KIDS READ THIS AD FOR OUR GAME FOR WHICH WE ARE BRAINWASHING YOU TO BUY THE SEQUEL
[08:01] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> WE ARE TOO CHEAP TO DO IT IN COLOR SO WE WILL BLACK AND WHITE IT AND CALL IT MANGA BECAUSE THAT WORD IS HIP WITH TODAY'S INTERNET CONNECTED YOUTH
[08:01] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> According to ICv2, Score Entertainment is acquiring the rights to release a Bleach collectible card game. The game will be released in 2007.
[08:01] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> But will the release by Shikai or Bankai?
[08:01] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> Lions Gate Entertainment has announced that the final volume of Speed Racer will be released on October 31. The DVD will retail for $19.98, and will include the last 8 episodes of the 52-episode series (184 minute run time). For a limited time, the DVD will also include a miniature metal license plate labelled "Go Speed Racer Go!"
[08:02] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> And in related news, Ten'ou Haruka just stole money from Kaioh Michiru's wallet.
[08:03] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> Kitty Media has licensed Poison Cherry Drive and Crimson Spell, both hard yaoi.
[08:04] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> Reports have DMI Executives howling with rage at the moon.
[08:04] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> Apparently 4kids Profit has fallen to $34,000.
[08:05] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> What the HELL I know PEOPLE who make more than that company
[08:05] <[gTV]Karasuma_Akane> and we;ll just end it here because... a Halo Manga... I need a stiff drink.
[08:06] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> Ara, at least it wasn't "Kingdom Hearts"...
[08:08] *** [gTV]Karasuma_Akane [redcrow01@upperdeck.ginga.tv] has quit IRC (GOD THEY HAVE A MANGA OF THAT TOO)
[08:08] <[gTV]Aya_Reiko> Have a nice week, everyone!!