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AstroNerdBoy
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Rewrite: I'm surprised the channel is going to apparently air OAVs and movies in the block. CN did that for a while (OAV's at least) but gave it up because it throws the scheduling timing off.
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penguintruth
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I wish they could air the stuff that they used to, remastered where available. Galaxy Express 999, Armitage III: Poly Matrix, Dominion Tank Police, Venus Wars, Project A-Ko, Demon City Shinjuku, etc. That's the stuff that really helped along my anime fandom at the beginning.
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Manga Entermainment
Anime which this company has licensed: company#10 [EDIT:Changed list to link.~Zalis] |
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Calculusman
 Posts: 309 Location: Virginia |
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While anime on TV is always good, I gave this one a big large sigh. Because Manga Entertainment has so many well known titles...
See...my point is shown. Of course, most of the shows that I'd probably bother watching on TV almost certainly won't be or I already own them anyway. I'm wondering if Geneon ever plans to do anything on the TV front , since ADV and Funi both have their own networks (though we don't get either where I am, other than Anime Network on demand, which seems to only have a fraction of the shows it did before the switch from Adelphia to Comcast) and now ME has signed this contact.
US Manga Corps is part of Central Park Media, which who knows if they'll ever put anything new out since they're in the middle of bankruptcy I believe. I wouldn't necessarily mind a block of theirs. Yes, my weekly anime tv block of DNA2 and World of Narue... |
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onreload
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If SciFi does it right at ALL (which they might not), then this will be a good thing, because even if it's not as successful as AS's block used to be, it will begin competition; competition is always better for the consumer, or in this case, the viewer. It will encourage more networks to try anime, which means newer American license-holders, more anime, etc...
Of course...If it's dubbed...I won't care. 
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Calculusman
Posts: 309 Location: Virginia |
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Well, if its on American TV, it's probably gonna be dubbed. The vast majority of people who live in the US do speak English, after all. Maybe someone can start a 24/7 anime network which actually uses anime series from all the distributors. Then they could re-broadcast their popular shows at night with dubs instead of subs. *sketches out my idea CLAMP 2-hour block would be. Let's see...Chobits at 6. Angelic Layer at 6:30. A double of Cardcaptor Sakura (the sub, not Cardcaptors) at 7...then after Chobits you can start Tsubasa...after Angelic Layer, they could start xxxholic. After CCS they could start Magic Knight Rayearth....* |
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LydiaDianne
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I think that this is going to be a great move for the Sci-Fi channel! Good choice on getting more viewers. Lifestyle channel indeed! The Geek Lifestyle!
As for the shows, well of course anything Science Fiction or even Fantasy would be good. A few titles that I can immediately think of are Last Exile, Martian Successor Nadesico, Witch Hunter Robin, Vandread, Coyote Ragtime Show, Geneshaft, Kiddy Grade and all 3 Full Metal Panic!s. And for sh*ts and giggles, Galaxy Angel But what I think would be nice is if Sci-Fi does a mix of new and Classic. New being anything 2000 + and Classic anything 1999 and earlier. That might be fun and would help introduce older series to people who may have not wanted to take a chance on them before. |
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Ataru
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EDIT: Left a few words out. Last edited by Ataru on Sat May 05, 2007 11:14 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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ryusaki
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June 11th - GHOST IN THE SHELL: SOLID STATE SOCIETY
June 18th & 25th 11PM - NOEIN 11.5PM - TOKKO 12AM - MACROSS PLUS I love you Sci-Fi Check the Sci-Fi Schedule - http://www.scifi.com/schedulebot/index.php3?date=11-JUN-2007&feed_req= http://www.scifi.com/schedulebot/index.php3?date=18-JUN-2007&feed_req= |
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ChronoBall X
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This is awsome that Sci Fi is bring back Anime to that channel, I Remember when that Channel used to Show Project A-ko on saturdays during the mid 90's
and yes, G4 and Adult swim are going downhill fast, ever since G4 started airing all that Man oriented crap, and the only thing good on adult swim is Bleach and Eureka 7 G4 used to show animes like Silent Mobius, Duel, Betterman, Boogiepop Phantom,Crest of the Stars,Geneshaft,Gad Guard and R.O.D the Tv, it would be nice to see these titles on the Sci fi Channel. |
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Otakuboy T
 Posts: 59 Location: Morris, IL |
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Crap...my local cable company got rid of Sci-Fi a year ago.
But the good news is that we now get even more sports and religious programing 
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LydiaDianne
Posts: 5633 Location: Southern California |
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WOW! Some people in earlier posts nailed the shows accurately! And I'm actually looking forward to seeing Noein. It's a title I'm considering getting when it comes out in a box set. And watching Macross Plus will be interesting; I've never seen it before. Not so sure about Tokko. Oh, and at least this won't be interfering with my CSI: Miami! |
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eomdal
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I never thought I'd see this happen! I've always wondered why Skiffy (What the Sci Fi channel is known as on its boards) dropped anime in the first place, and why they've taken until now to bring it back.
The Sci Fi Channel is what brought me back to anime after many years. It came to my local cable provider jut in time for them to start showing new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000, and I saw an ad for a company that was selling VHS tapes of various titles, including Akira. A year later, my work/sleep schedule changed so that I was able to watch in the early mornings and starting watching the Satruday Anime block, and became a fan again. Because of them, my first anime DVD purchase-and second ever-was Iria. IIRC, Skiffy abruptly pulled the plug on anime in late October 1999. Roujin Z was the last title shown. Strange, considering that the medium was on the rise in popularity in the States. The titles that they ran into the ground were: [1] 8 Man After Adieu, Galaxy Express 999 Akira (Streamline Pictures dub) Armitage III: Poly-Matrix Cashaan: Robot Hunter Demon City Shinjuku Dominion Tank Police E.Y.E.S. of Mars Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture Galaxy Express 999 Gall Force Green Legend Ran Iria: Zeiram the Animation Lily C.A.T. Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight Project A-ko Record of Lodoss War (1990 OAV series, first three episodes only.) Robot Carnival Roujin Z Tenchi Muyo! in Love Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer Vampire Hunter D I just wonder if they would be able to renew the broadcast rights to Robot Carnival? Here's hoping that Skiffy is thinking outside of the box and not just jumping on the bandwagon. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sci_Fi_Channel_(United_States)_programs |
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Tenchi Saotome
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Thats great to hear, hopefully the Sci-Fi will clean up their act with the reast of their schedule so I can watch their channel again. Also Crying Freeman was released on DVD by ADV Films and on VHS by Streamline
anime#1023 |
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Deltakiral
 Posts: 3338 Location: Glendora, CA (Avatar Hei from Darker than BLACK) |
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Ryusaki nice job with the schedule, did anyone see how the GITS: SSS airs a week after the DVD is released. That's pretty insane I wonder if that list is correct I think Sci-fi might have a winner on it's hands. Especially if Tokko and Noein are going to start airing, I think that this is a nice start......at least this will be in the summer when Heroes and 24 isn't on, so now I have something to watch.
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