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CloverKuroba
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
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 Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:21 pm
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Yay, a channel I actually get! Even though, I've seen the FMA movie and Desert Punk doesn't really appeal to me... 
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MeggieMay
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:26 pm
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| samuraiwalt wrote: |
| MeggieMay wrote: | | Starz Edge is part of Starz Pak, which includes all the Starz Channels and sometimes the Encore channels as well (it matters how your cable/satellite has it all set up, I think) and is not the same channel as Encore Action. |
Starz and Encore are owned by Liberty Media Corp. according to this website. |
Well it's end result has been more like a merger with everything being rebranded to Starz! Media. Either way, here's what LMC has to say about themselves http://www.libertymedia.com/faq/default.htm#01 and here's what Starz! has to stay http://www.starz.com/features/corporate/
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Richard J.
Joined: 11 Aug 2006
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Location: Sic Semper Tyrannis.
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:27 pm
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| eyesopen0791 wrote: | | So now, you heard this unconfirmed piece of news from me again. |
Ah, and what a welcome bit of unconfirmed news it is. 
| eyesopen0791 wrote: | Although, considering that Basilisk and Samurai 7 were Gonzo properties, what company would IFC probably go with? Hmmm, easy guess, isn’t it…  |
Gonzo does get a lot of love here in the land of R1 DVDs. I wonder if it's because they have low licensing fees or if their series just sell that well.
We've had more than a few Gonzo shows show up lately. Given that Funimation was at one time trying to get Witchblade on [adult swim], perhaps it might be one of those 3?
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LeeBarnes
Joined: 11 Dec 2006
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:17 pm
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well pinch my toes and call me a jelly donut.
i just freakin canceled the starz package so i could say money. doesn't that figure. 
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RogueJedi86
Joined: 18 Aug 2006
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:50 am
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It seems a bit unfair that "Conqueror of Shamballa" isn't premiering on tv on Adult Swim, since FMA's popularity is due in large/medium part to its success on tv, on Adult Swim.
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MokonaModoki
Joined: 30 Oct 2005
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Location: Austin, Texas
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:45 am
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| RogueJedi86 wrote: | | It seems a bit unfair that "Conqueror of Shamballa" isn't premiering on tv on Adult Swim, since FMA's popularity is due in large/medium part to its success on tv, on Adult Swim. |
| Kelly wrote: | | I am surprised AS didn't pick it up though, since it had run the series. |
To run the movie without edits (105 minutes) plus commecials (at least 15 minutes, but probably 45 - or 30 if they just plug the 15 minute slot with Minoriteam at its usual time) Adult Swim would have to allocate 2-2.5 hours to showing new anime on Saturday night. In addition to pre-empting The Boondocks, this would apparently cause a rift in the space-time continuum, leading to the destruction of reality as we know it.
The broadcast of the FMA movie is pretty cool, but the DVD is a lot cheaper than Starz (and the extra features on it are pretty good too). If the rest of their programming goes with the same Manga Entertainment catalog that is making it to SciFi then I can't see this move as too earth-shattering (unless you really need to hear the characters in Tokko swearing... SciFi's silent edits are really annoying).
Now if Animax could pick up some anime in HD that isn't Samurai 7 then I could get excited.
(Oops... I'm doing the cynical internet forum posting thing. My apologies to all injured parties.)
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eyesopen0791
Joined: 01 Aug 2007
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Location: A Sleepy Town in California
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:25 pm
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| MokonaModoki wrote: | | Now if Animax could pick up some anime in HD that isn't Samurai 7 then I could get excited. |
If you mean Animania on Dish, then here's what upcoming on it: http://www.animationmagazine.net/article/7508
Looks like kiddie fare... 
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eyesopen0791
Joined: 01 Aug 2007
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Location: A Sleepy Town in California
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:36 pm
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| Richard J. wrote: |
| eyesopen0791 wrote: | | So now, you heard this unconfirmed piece of news from me again. |
Ah, and what a welcome bit of unconfirmed news it is. |
Did you like that? I saw a chance to mention it again. 
| Richard J. wrote: | | We've had more than a few Gonzo shows show up lately. Given that Funimation was at one time trying to get Witchblade on [adult swim], perhaps it might be one of those 3? |
Sadly, speculation that will go nowhere without any confirmation from the company. We'll have to wait for next year to find out. *Sigh*
I have another piece of old news, hopefully no one has heard about it much: http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/10576.html
icv2 reported that Petite Cossette will replace Ergo Proxy.
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samuraiwalt
Joined: 06 Jul 2004
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:28 pm
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On Friday November 16th Le Portrait de Petit Cossette, a series of 3 OVAs produced by Aniplex, will take over Ergo Proxy's spot. Based on a 2-volume manga series by Asuka Katsura, Petit Cossette is psychological horror series with "Gothic Lolita" overtones.
By my count there are 4 episodes of Ergo Proxy left. So if they replace it in 3 weeks on the 16th they'll be 1 episode short.
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eyesopen0791
Joined: 01 Aug 2007
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:06 pm
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| samuraiwalt wrote: | | By my count there are 4 episodes of Ergo Proxy left. So if they replace it in 3 weeks on the 16th they'll be 1 episode short. |
Yup, the Fuse website says they're on episode 19. Guess they'll run Cossette one week later than what they said they'll do on the icv2 press release.
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bglassbrook
Joined: 29 Aug 2006
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Location: Gaithersburg, MD
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:14 pm
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| Yoda117 wrote: | Now, they just need to expand it to their additional channels a bit more |
Additional channels nothing, they need to stick it on the flagship both to garner more viewers/attention and bring us some HD love (even if it is just really really really very pretty 4:3.)
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