Post by Otaking66 on Aug 10, 2014 13:05:00 GMT -5
Taken from AnimeNewsNetwork:
Vertical Inc.
by Bamboo Dong, Aug 9th 2014
The Vertical Inc. panel was presented by marketing director Ed Chavez, who provided a unique look inside the publishing business, discussing the process behind how a manga gets from Japan to North American bookshelves. He detailed the various steps along the way, from the early research and development stages, to budgeting, to bidding, to contracting, to production, to scheduling, great for attendees curious for a peek behind the doors.
Prior to that, however, Chavez gave a summary of some of Vertical's recent and upcoming titles, including the popular Attack on Titan: Before the Fall light novel series, and Shinobu Hashimoto's Compound Cinematics: Akira Kurosawa and I biographical novel, which is available as both a hardcover and an eBook.
Notable upcoming releases include is Dream Fossil – The Complete Satoshi Kon, a 440-page trade paperback that collects the 15 short manga stories of the late visionary director Satoshi Kon. The book will include some of the projects that K-ON! did in his later teenage years, as well as some of the work that helped launch him into the film business. Featured works including his early "Toriko" manga (no relation to Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro's manga of the same name), which won the Tetsuya Chiba Award for new artists, but was never published in a magazine, as well as a follow-up work. The compendium will also include his color comic, "Picnic," which will be reproduced in full color. The book will retail for $24.95, and will be released in Summer 2015.
Vertical also had a new acquisition to announce—A Sky Longing for Memories: The Art of Makoto Shinkai, which will be available May 2015. The book will retail for $34.95 and will be 160 pages.
Funimation
by Eric Stimson, Aug 10th 2014
Justin Rojas, senior manager of social strategy and development, and MicH***e Lee, social media manager, presented Otakon's FUNimation panel. They began by advertising FUNimation's social media presence on their blog, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest and Tumblr. Then they reminded the audience of the revived Toonami block on Cartoon Network, which is heavy with FUNimation titles, as well as their formidable presence across video-on-demand services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Google Play. Then they played a trailer for “The FUNimation Show,” a commentary on anime fan culture available on FUNimation's website. Members of FUNimation's streaming service will receive exclusive access this month to the Dragon Ball Z Broly movies, Hal and A Certain Scientific Railgun S. The panelists proceeded to promote FUNimation's summer simulcasts, apps, and merchandise available on its online store (primarily T-shirts, which are predominantly Attack on Titan-related).
Turning to anime releases, Rojas and Lee began with Dragon Ball Z, Season 6 of which is now available on Blu-Ray. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods has also received a limited theatrical release, and the panelists urged the audience to try to see it in the hopes that the release will expand to more theaters. Other current titles FUNimation was eager to promote are Fairy Tail 10, A Certain Scientific Railgun S, The Devil is a Part-Timer!, Hetalia: The Beautiful World season 5, and Senran Kagura. All were previewed via trailers showcasing their dub casts.
FUNimation's forthcoming releases are Hal, a bittersweet robot love story, set for September 2; One Piece Film Z, scheduled for September 30; Attack on Titan 2, slated for September 23; Bayonetta: Bloody Fate, based on a popular video game, which is due in October; H***sing Ultimate 9 and 10, which are appropriately scheduled for October 28; and Black Butler: Book of Murder, a murder mystery film based on the anime series Black Butler. Its release date is yet to be determined. Two Titans, Eren, and Mikasa of Attack on Titan are also slated to be turned into Pop! vinyl figures.
Dub casts were announced for new characters in A Certain Magical Index II, Fairy Tail, and Ghost in the SH*** Arise. The latter will be available on October 21.
The ever-popular Cowboy Bebop has been set for a December release date. It will be available in multiple editions, with customers of Amazon and FUNimation's website receiving different features than other customers. Details were not given.
FUNimation has also acquired the home video rights for BlazBlue Alter Memory, D-Frag!, Freezing Vibrations, Riddle Story of Devil, and Unbreakable Machine Doll.
In conclusion, Rojas and Lee announced that FUNimation has acquired the licenses for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya, Nyorōn Churuya-san, Lucky Star, the Strike Witches movie, and Steins;Gate Fuka Ryōiki no Déjà vu.
Crunchyroll Manga
by Eric Stimson, Aug 10th 2014
Crunchyroll's billing manager Danika Harrod and software developer Evan Minto opened the panel dedicated to Crunchyroll's manga service by highlighting the new features mentioned in the previous panel.
They then presented the manga titles currently available on Crunchyroll Manga that they are most interested in. Inside Mari by Shūzō Oshimi is an intentionally creepy transgender body-swap mystery, whereas Miki Yoshikawa's Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches offers a sillier, lighthearted take on the formula. Ajin - Demi-Human by Gamon Sakurai and Tsuina Miura and King's Game: Origin by Nobuaki Kanazawa and J-ta Yamada are two horror manga that stand out among Crunchyroll's manga selection. YoS***oki Ōima's A Silent Voice was cited as getting favorable fan attention; it's a story of a kid who bullies a deaf girl, only to be bullied by his clA**mates in turn. Fuuka by Koji Seo is a love triangle story by the creator of Suzuka. Insufficient Direction is an autobiographical take on Moyoko Anno and her home life with the notoriously eccentric anime director Hideaki Anno. Her Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen is an elegant manga set in Europe about prostitutes that cater to men with bizarre fetishes. Sore de mo Machi wa Mawatteiru by Masakazu Ishiguro depicts a quirky, second-tier maid café in slice-of-life fashion, while Mysterious Girlfriend X by Riichi Ueshiba concerns a boy attracted to a mysterious girl through her drool. Doll: The Hotel Detective by Takao Saito (Golgo 13) is similar to Golgo in many ways, but focuses on a female detective who stops crimes rather than commit them. Finally, YoS***o Usui's infamous Crayon Shin-chan was shouted out.
Next, Harrod and Minto revealed Crunchyroll's latest acquisitions, some which were announced at previous conventions. GTO: Paradise Lost, by Tohru Fujisawa, continues the titular Great Teacher's story as he heads to prison; it was made available during the panel. August 12 will see Shindō, an Akira Saso manga about a cute love story; Murder Incarnation by Keita Sugawara and Shinji Inamitsu, notable for its unusual, CG-influenced art style; Azusa Itakura's Girl May Kill; and Ken Wakai's high school slice-of-life series Joshi Kausei, noteworthy for being devoid of dialogue, are all slated for release on August 12. Cronos Haze by Masayuki Takano will also be released at an as yet undetermined date.
Finally, the panelists revealed the winners of The Seven Deadly Sins artwork contest they had run. The winners will have their work printed in the Japanese release of Seven Deadly Sins and receive pencilboards.
Daisuki
by Bamboo Dong, Aug 10th 2014
Daisuki.net gave panel attendees a look at their new and improved website, showcasing new navigation abilities, playlists, community interaction, and overall improved site functionality. The website has an online web store as well, for those who can't get enough of collecting figures.
The panelists then talked about some of the anime series that were currently simulcasting on Daisuki, including Aldnoah.Zero, Persona 4 the Golden Animation, Sword Art Online II, and Black Butler: Book of Circus.
Attendees were then treated to a premiere of the English dub of Sushi Ninja, a computer-animated series that is currently streaming on Daisuki. They also showed a video greeting from music artists and JAM Project members Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, and Hiroshi Kitadani, who chatted about the ending theme, "Go! Go! Sushi Ninja."
Afterward, panel attendees played several rounds of "Rock, Paper, Scissors" for the chance to win figures.
Vertical Inc.
by Bamboo Dong, Aug 9th 2014
The Vertical Inc. panel was presented by marketing director Ed Chavez, who provided a unique look inside the publishing business, discussing the process behind how a manga gets from Japan to North American bookshelves. He detailed the various steps along the way, from the early research and development stages, to budgeting, to bidding, to contracting, to production, to scheduling, great for attendees curious for a peek behind the doors.
Prior to that, however, Chavez gave a summary of some of Vertical's recent and upcoming titles, including the popular Attack on Titan: Before the Fall light novel series, and Shinobu Hashimoto's Compound Cinematics: Akira Kurosawa and I biographical novel, which is available as both a hardcover and an eBook.
Notable upcoming releases include is Dream Fossil – The Complete Satoshi Kon, a 440-page trade paperback that collects the 15 short manga stories of the late visionary director Satoshi Kon. The book will include some of the projects that K-ON! did in his later teenage years, as well as some of the work that helped launch him into the film business. Featured works including his early "Toriko" manga (no relation to Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro's manga of the same name), which won the Tetsuya Chiba Award for new artists, but was never published in a magazine, as well as a follow-up work. The compendium will also include his color comic, "Picnic," which will be reproduced in full color. The book will retail for $24.95, and will be released in Summer 2015.
Vertical also had a new acquisition to announce—A Sky Longing for Memories: The Art of Makoto Shinkai, which will be available May 2015. The book will retail for $34.95 and will be 160 pages.
Funimation
by Eric Stimson, Aug 10th 2014
Justin Rojas, senior manager of social strategy and development, and MicH***e Lee, social media manager, presented Otakon's FUNimation panel. They began by advertising FUNimation's social media presence on their blog, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest and Tumblr. Then they reminded the audience of the revived Toonami block on Cartoon Network, which is heavy with FUNimation titles, as well as their formidable presence across video-on-demand services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Google Play. Then they played a trailer for “The FUNimation Show,” a commentary on anime fan culture available on FUNimation's website. Members of FUNimation's streaming service will receive exclusive access this month to the Dragon Ball Z Broly movies, Hal and A Certain Scientific Railgun S. The panelists proceeded to promote FUNimation's summer simulcasts, apps, and merchandise available on its online store (primarily T-shirts, which are predominantly Attack on Titan-related).
Turning to anime releases, Rojas and Lee began with Dragon Ball Z, Season 6 of which is now available on Blu-Ray. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods has also received a limited theatrical release, and the panelists urged the audience to try to see it in the hopes that the release will expand to more theaters. Other current titles FUNimation was eager to promote are Fairy Tail 10, A Certain Scientific Railgun S, The Devil is a Part-Timer!, Hetalia: The Beautiful World season 5, and Senran Kagura. All were previewed via trailers showcasing their dub casts.
FUNimation's forthcoming releases are Hal, a bittersweet robot love story, set for September 2; One Piece Film Z, scheduled for September 30; Attack on Titan 2, slated for September 23; Bayonetta: Bloody Fate, based on a popular video game, which is due in October; H***sing Ultimate 9 and 10, which are appropriately scheduled for October 28; and Black Butler: Book of Murder, a murder mystery film based on the anime series Black Butler. Its release date is yet to be determined. Two Titans, Eren, and Mikasa of Attack on Titan are also slated to be turned into Pop! vinyl figures.
Dub casts were announced for new characters in A Certain Magical Index II, Fairy Tail, and Ghost in the SH*** Arise. The latter will be available on October 21.
The ever-popular Cowboy Bebop has been set for a December release date. It will be available in multiple editions, with customers of Amazon and FUNimation's website receiving different features than other customers. Details were not given.
FUNimation has also acquired the home video rights for BlazBlue Alter Memory, D-Frag!, Freezing Vibrations, Riddle Story of Devil, and Unbreakable Machine Doll.
In conclusion, Rojas and Lee announced that FUNimation has acquired the licenses for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya, Nyorōn Churuya-san, Lucky Star, the Strike Witches movie, and Steins;Gate Fuka Ryōiki no Déjà vu.
Crunchyroll Manga
by Eric Stimson, Aug 10th 2014
Crunchyroll's billing manager Danika Harrod and software developer Evan Minto opened the panel dedicated to Crunchyroll's manga service by highlighting the new features mentioned in the previous panel.
They then presented the manga titles currently available on Crunchyroll Manga that they are most interested in. Inside Mari by Shūzō Oshimi is an intentionally creepy transgender body-swap mystery, whereas Miki Yoshikawa's Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches offers a sillier, lighthearted take on the formula. Ajin - Demi-Human by Gamon Sakurai and Tsuina Miura and King's Game: Origin by Nobuaki Kanazawa and J-ta Yamada are two horror manga that stand out among Crunchyroll's manga selection. YoS***oki Ōima's A Silent Voice was cited as getting favorable fan attention; it's a story of a kid who bullies a deaf girl, only to be bullied by his clA**mates in turn. Fuuka by Koji Seo is a love triangle story by the creator of Suzuka. Insufficient Direction is an autobiographical take on Moyoko Anno and her home life with the notoriously eccentric anime director Hideaki Anno. Her Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen is an elegant manga set in Europe about prostitutes that cater to men with bizarre fetishes. Sore de mo Machi wa Mawatteiru by Masakazu Ishiguro depicts a quirky, second-tier maid café in slice-of-life fashion, while Mysterious Girlfriend X by Riichi Ueshiba concerns a boy attracted to a mysterious girl through her drool. Doll: The Hotel Detective by Takao Saito (Golgo 13) is similar to Golgo in many ways, but focuses on a female detective who stops crimes rather than commit them. Finally, YoS***o Usui's infamous Crayon Shin-chan was shouted out.
Next, Harrod and Minto revealed Crunchyroll's latest acquisitions, some which were announced at previous conventions. GTO: Paradise Lost, by Tohru Fujisawa, continues the titular Great Teacher's story as he heads to prison; it was made available during the panel. August 12 will see Shindō, an Akira Saso manga about a cute love story; Murder Incarnation by Keita Sugawara and Shinji Inamitsu, notable for its unusual, CG-influenced art style; Azusa Itakura's Girl May Kill; and Ken Wakai's high school slice-of-life series Joshi Kausei, noteworthy for being devoid of dialogue, are all slated for release on August 12. Cronos Haze by Masayuki Takano will also be released at an as yet undetermined date.
Finally, the panelists revealed the winners of The Seven Deadly Sins artwork contest they had run. The winners will have their work printed in the Japanese release of Seven Deadly Sins and receive pencilboards.
Daisuki
by Bamboo Dong, Aug 10th 2014
Daisuki.net gave panel attendees a look at their new and improved website, showcasing new navigation abilities, playlists, community interaction, and overall improved site functionality. The website has an online web store as well, for those who can't get enough of collecting figures.
The panelists then talked about some of the anime series that were currently simulcasting on Daisuki, including Aldnoah.Zero, Persona 4 the Golden Animation, Sword Art Online II, and Black Butler: Book of Circus.
Attendees were then treated to a premiere of the English dub of Sushi Ninja, a computer-animated series that is currently streaming on Daisuki. They also showed a video greeting from music artists and JAM Project members Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, and Hiroshi Kitadani, who chatted about the ending theme, "Go! Go! Sushi Ninja."
Afterward, panel attendees played several rounds of "Rock, Paper, Scissors" for the chance to win figures.