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Super Techno Arts No Longer Offering Jojo Anime in USA

posted on 2008-05-14 14:13 EDT by Egan Loo

Anime distributor's website taken down

AnimeOnDVD.com points out that the website of the distributor Super Techno Arts has been taken down, and AnimeNation confirmed with Super Techno Arts that the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime is no longer being distributed in America due to an unspecified "issue" in Japan. Between 2003 and 2004, Super Techno Arts released six volumes of this OAV adaptation of Hirohiko Araki's manga.

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