Category: Anime
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Sony Pictures to Acquire Majority Stake in Funimation, Daisuki to End Anime Streaming
Why is that the cover image for this article? We’ll get to that later. First, let’s talk about the two major announcements this week. Yesterday Sony Pictures TV announced that will acquire a majority stake, at 95%, of Funimation for $143 million dollars. That means they valued Funimation at $150 million. Funimation CEO Gen Fukunaga
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Sentai Filmworks Licenses Initial D Film Trilogy
As the title suggests, Sentai Filmworks has acquired the rights to all 3 Initial D movies that retell the beginning of the manga and anime. Initial D Legend 1: Awakening, Initial D Legend 2: Racer, and Initial D Legend 3: Dream are finally coming stateside. They were all released theatrically in Japan with the first
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Summer 2017 Anime Preview
Watch: These are the ones I suggest you watch after only one episode in: Castlevania What is it? Castlevania is a super gory adaptation of classic NES game…Castlevanaia. In this case, Castlevania 3. Not sure what that is? Well, it’s about a vengeful Dracula who has raised an army against all humans for burning his
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IBIF Podcast 4: Static on the Line
Join 2/3 of the IBeatItFirst crew for fun, drinking, gaming, and anime.
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IBIF Podcast 3: E3 Hangover
Join Eric and Jason, sans Chris, for a recap of E3, some thoughts on recent gaming news and exploits, and discussions of Anime both new and old.
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Shelter The Animation Short Released
Porter Robinson, an electronic music producer from North Carolina, along with Madeon, a songwriter and DJ from France, collaborated on their first ever single together, titled Shelter. Why am I writing about electronic music on a gaming and anime site you ask? Well, they decided to team up with A-1 Pictures and Crunchyroll to create
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Rurouni Kenshin Part 3: The Legend Ends
I once again made my way out to FilmBar in Phoenix, Arizona to see the conclusion to the Rorouni Kenshin live action trilogy. How does Part 3 stack up to the first two? Not very well. It was still a very good adaptation mind you, but the bar set by Parts 1 and 2 left
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Funimation Announces Fall SimulDubs
We are now entering the first anime season after Funimation and Crunchyroll’s partnership, and now we get a better idea of what that means. As Crunchyroll has started rolling out the subbed simulcasts, Funimation has announced which ones from the Fall, and even Summer seasons, will be getting the dubbed treatment, and its quite the
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Rurouni Kenshin Part 2: Kyoto Inferno
I was able to see Rurouni Kenhsin Part 2 at FilmBar in Phoenix, Arizona. Part 1 was a great adaptation, and Part 2 proved to be as well. Part 2 was far better, mainly do to packing more action that Part 1. Fans of the anime could see this coming as the action in the
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Crunchyroll and Funimation Partner Up
Anime streaming services Crunchyroll and Funimation Now have joined up to bring you more anime to you. Funimation Now will focus on bringing you dubbed anime as Funimation always has, while Crunchyroll will be your destination for subbed anime. So what does this really mean? Crunchyroll will begin carrying subbed versions of Funimation shows. On
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It'sreally great and cool post.
This podcast review sounds exciting! I love how it combines anime discussion with a unique hero system based on trust.…