FUNiCon 2.0
In case you missed the live webcast of FUNiCon 2.0, FUNimation's second online virtual panel was recorded & has now been uploaded to YouTube in four parts.
The panel itself was pretty entertaining & informative. Once again Funi didn't announce any new licenses during the webcast, but did promise that we'd be getting an end-of-year licensing blitz similar to last year's. What this webcast did have was lots of informative Q&A, interviews with Mike McFarland (dub director of Evangelion 1.0, FullMetal Alchemist Brotherhood) & J. Micheal Tatum (Lawrence in Spice & Wolf, director of Rin), & cool merch sneak peaks. It was announced that part one of FMA Brotherhood would be released in May 2010, which differs from the previous date we heard.
But perhaps most important of all was new info on Strike Witches! The entire dub cast of all 11 main girls were revealed, which surprisingly includes Stephanie Sheh (Orihime in Bleach, Eureka in Eureka 7, Hinata in Naruto) as Gertrud. Surprising because this appears to be the first time she's voiced for FUNimation. Oh, & make sure to check out their awesome looking & hilarious new Strike Witches trailer here, followed by the rest of the panel below:
http://funimation.com/strikewitches
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