Category Archives: Anime Industry

Hurry Up, Already!

Posted on November 9, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Don sends this bit of good news: Negotiations are underway with several companies for the R1 rights to Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. The entire package; manga, novels, & animé, may be licensed here, to one company or several. (See 11/6/06 … Continue reading →

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Newtype = Old Media?

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Several weeks ago, I was browsing around my animé pusher’s blog when I ran across a post about the trials and tribulations Robert had gone through trying to get a simple advertisment placed. It seemed that Newtype, which bills itself … Continue reading →

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Melancholy Mentioned in Newsweek?

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Ubu Roi

I kid you not. It’s an article about the insane popularity of YouTube, which now hosts over 2,000 clips on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimaya, whether from the series or parodies of it, such as the famous Gundam Robot ED. … Continue reading →

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Co-incidental Oddities

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Two of the several animé fansubs I’ve downloaded recently are Inukami and Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan. (The latter translates as “Beat-to-Death-Angel Dokuro-chan” and it’s about that bad after the first couple of episodes). What caught my attention was that Dokuro-chan sounded … Continue reading →

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