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PR: Anime Network Launches New Broadband Service




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Cartoon Jay



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:43 pm Reply with quote
Very cool. Quality's pretty good... still wonder why no anime distributor's hooked up with itunes yet (or why Japanese companies don't just do it and cut out the middle-men.)
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:51 pm Reply with quote
Cartoon Jay wrote:
Very cool. Quality's pretty good... still wonder why no anime distributor's hooked up with itunes yet (or why Japanese companies don't just do it and cut out the middle-men.)


You mean aside from Funimation?
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luhead



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:43 am Reply with quote
Ah, this answered my main question about this service--the series will be shown in their entirety. That's good news for the financially challenged among us.

I hope this works out for ADV. It looks like a win for everyone if it does.
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bglassbrook



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:08 am Reply with quote
Hooray, a cure for the common Comcast ... I can hear my wallet crying now.
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ikillchicken



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:54 am Reply with quote
Gotta love ADV. I really think they're going to be the forerunner in the future of anime. They seem to be a smart company that isn't afraid to adapt. Hopefully other can follow their example.

I'm a little unclear though, the article mentions RahXephon but I don't see it.

Also, I hope when they say they will be rotating 5 episodes out every thursday it doesn't mean that we will be losing episodes 1 - 5 by only this thursday. I'm gonna be busy with Christmas and won't have time to watch everything I want to.

Hopefully though, they will either just add some first without removing any so they have 10 or so or maybe they mean 5 total and not 5 per series.
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hentai4me



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:19 am Reply with quote
Great and all...but it's not available to anyone outside US/Can...

Also, note if doing a google search for animenetworkonline the top link is for hardcore porn...well of course!...what else would it be?
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Crystal Hoser



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:29 pm Reply with quote
ikillchicken wrote:

I'm a little unclear though, the article mentions RahXephon but I don't see it.

It's owned by ADV, so I guess it's available on the TV channel but not the website for now.

ikillchicken wrote:

Also, I hope when they say they will be rotating 5 episodes out every thursday it doesn't mean that we will be losing episodes 1 - 5 by only this thursday. I'm gonna be busy with Christmas and won't have time to watch everything I want to.

Episodes 1-3 of every series except for TTGL have actually been up since the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, and the fourth episodes have been up since Thanksgiving. I'm surprised they're still there, I'm pretty sure it's been 28 days by now...
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MorwenLaicoriel



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:29 pm Reply with quote
Crystal Hoser wrote:
ikillchicken wrote:

I'm a little unclear though, the article mentions RahXephon but I don't see it.

It's owned by ADV, so I guess it's available on the TV channel but not the website for now.


No, It's on the website. I saw it yesterday under the 'Giant Robots" section.
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Crystal Hoser



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:48 pm Reply with quote
MorwenLaicoriel wrote:
Crystal Hoser wrote:
ikillchicken wrote:

I'm a little unclear though, the article mentions RahXephon but I don't see it.

It's owned by ADV, so I guess it's available on the TV channel but not the website for now.


No, It's on the website. I saw it yesterday under the 'Giant Robots" section.

Well, there's info on it of course but it's not available on the web player.
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ikillchicken



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:24 am Reply with quote
Yeah, its definitely not there.

I guess maybe its a mistake in the article?
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Egan Loo



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:48 am Reply with quote
ikillchicken wrote:
Yeah, its definitely not there.

I guess maybe its a mistake in the article?


I just double-checked John Ledford's direct quote to ANN:

"We 'soft launched' Anime Network Online about a month ago with a minimum of fanfare, and the response has been very interesting to say the least. For one thing, there's a much smaller gap than we expected between some of our new, ongoing series like AH! MY GODDESS: FLIGHTS OF FANCY and popular series like RAHXEPHON, which has been out for a while."

We'll ask for a clarification.
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mistress_reebi



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:16 pm Reply with quote
I tried playing an episode a few times and I kept getting errors. Sad

EDIT: it's working now

This is great! It's nice to sample anime online for free without resorting to fansubs.
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ConanSan



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:17 pm Reply with quote
I'd be more inclided to give a damn if it actualy let me watch the damn thing.

Adverts are great! But I came for the actaul show, goshdarnit!!
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ikillchicken



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:12 am Reply with quote
Yeah this thing is massively buggy. I find it works okay if you can get it running initially. It lagged occasionally but that could be fixed by just pausing it a minute.

Unfortunately most of the time you try and play it, it plays the comercial and then just stops. I was able to fix it by just returning to the menu and trying again a couple times the other day, but then yesterday i couldn't get it to work at all.

This system isn't going to make a bit of difference if it doesn't work at least most of the time.
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ConanSan



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:52 pm Reply with quote
Course, nothin's gonna load quickly if your video is double the standard .flv norm.

Jus' saying
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