July 5, 200817 yr FUNimation Entertainment Awarded Rights to Titles Previously Held by AD Vision Jul 4th 2008 Sojitz's ARM Corporation Transfers Rights to More Than 30 Titles FLOWER MOUND, TX, July 4, 2008 -- FUNimation Entertainment, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Navarre Corporation, and the ARM Corporation, announced today their agreement to transfer ARM's interest in select series to FUNimation. FUNimation Entertainment will distribute and release these DVD titles in North America and other territories around the world. Under the terms of the deal, FUNimation Entertainment obtains varied rights to these titles including home video, broadcast, digital and merchandise to such international successes as "Devil May Cry" and "Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor TV". The complete list of acquired titles follows below: * 009-1 * Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy * Air Gear * Air movie * Air TV * Blade of the Phantom Master * Comic Party Revolution * Coyote Ragtime Show * Devil May Cry * Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor TV * Jing, King of Bandits: Seventh Heaven * Jinki:Extend * Kanon * Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora * Le Chevalier D'Eon * Magikano * Moeyo Ken TV * Moonlight Mile * Murder Princess * Nerima Daikon Brothers * Pani Poni Dash! * Project Blue Earth SOS * Pumpkin Scissors * Red Garden * Sgt. Keroro 1st & 2nd * Tokyo Majin * UFO Princess Valkyrie * Utawarerumono * Venus Versus Virus * The Wallflower * Welcome to the NHK * Xenosaga “We are very enthusiastic about these titles,” said Gen Fukunaga, president and CEO of FUNimation Entertainment. “Not only are these excellent series, but they also fuel FUNimation's major initiatives in social networking, the FUNimation Channel and internet VOD. These new titles cement FUNimation as the leading anime provider for television broadcast and legitimate online content. These shows allow us to increasingly provide the best anime to our fans on their own terms.” FUNimation Entertainment will begin releasing ARM titles later this year. Anime News Network
October 11, 200817 yr This is from someone on the Japan-Legend.com board. . . Starting Friday October 10thFUNimation.com will begin streaming episodes of your favorite shows, for FREE. This week we are releasing episodes 1-4 of School Rumble Season 2 as well as Ouran High School Host Club episodes 1-2, before you can buy it. Then every Friday we'll be releasing between 2-4 episodes of additional shows. In the coming weeks, we'll be releasing episodes of Black Blood Brothers 1-3, Gunslinger Girl 1-2, and Guyver 1-2. So remember to visit FUNimation.com, for your FREE dose of anime! More, More, More Guyver!!! They should do a better job then ADV... Looks like FUNimation is really starting to cater to us fans
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