ACen09: ADV & Funimation
I'm posting on my iPod from the convention, so this'll be a quckie.
ADV was hoping to announce six new titles today, but due to golden week things on Japan's end progressed slowly. Matt was refreshing his email till the last minute to see if he could get the go ahead, but no luck. They should be announced soon though, and most likely they're all license rescues from CPM or Geneon. Matt said he sees ADV getting brand new titles again in the future (as opposed to rereleases), but it didn't sound like anytime too soon. Meanwhile, Sentaii Films is looking at about 30 potential titles, which of course ADV would release for them.
Sadly, no new titles from FUNimation either. The biggest announcement was that the FUNimation Channel will soon be coming to Comcast Cable via VOD. No actual linear channel, though. Adam did say that Sgt. Frog was definitely on the way & DVDs should start coming out this summer for it. Finally, they showed a brand new dub trailer for the FullMetal Alchemist OVA set that's coming out soon. Looks like a fun buy (post-puberty English Alphonse, LOL).
EDIT: Here's a cool Samurai Champloo trailer Funi showed at their panel:
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