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I don't agree with Master Jiraiya dying damit! He was too cool! and powerful. I would of prefer that old hag Tsunade to die instead.. besides! Itachi and that fish dude with the shark sword, they said that both of them at the same time wouldn't be able to beat Jiraiya! I know he was killed by six but I don't agree with it!!!! He was the toad mountain SAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  AAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!! :( 

why???! I mean he might have been a old perv but that's exactly what was cool about him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope he is alive... it is possible since the body was never found..





















Ok I'm done whining...

Flower Mound, TX –   December 23, 2008 – FUNimation® Entertainment today announced that it has acquired broadcast, digital, mobile, merchandise and home entertainment rights to the 26-episode mech action-adventure anime series Gad Guard from GDH.  

Gad Guard was directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori (Jyu Oh Sei) and produced by Studio Gonzo (Afro Samurai, Witchblade, Samurai 7). The animation director was Masahiro Aizawa (Hell Girl)

About Gad Guard    Many people have searched for it, many have stolen it, and many will kill for it. The Gad is a seemingly magical stone that, once making a strong spiritual connection with someone, will grow into a very powerful robot known as a Techode: a mechanical being that embodies the will of the bonded person.  
This is the story of Hajiki Sanada, a boy struggling to help support his fatherless family in an electricity-impoverished city known as Night Town. One day he encounters a Gad. Now his life will never be the same...  

FUNimation Entertainment will release the series on DVD in 2009.

CRUNCHYROLL UNCOVERS DETECTIVE OFFICE 5

Online Media Distribution Leader to Stream North American Premiere of
Japanese Live-Action Detective Franchise

San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan (December 23, 2008) ­ Crunchyroll and
Dream Kid, Inc. have announces a partnership to premiere the Japanese
live-action drama franchise DETECTIVE OFFICE 5 on Crunchyroll for North
American audiences. More information can be found at www.crunchyroll.com.

³Crunchyroll is the perfect place for fans who want to 'feed the need' for
Japanese drama to uncover D-5,² states Dream Kid, Inc. founder and DETECTIVE
OFFICE 5 producer Hiroki Ohwada. ³We are extremely excited about the
opportunity to premiere the program to a North American audience and will
continue our global licensing initiative.²

³DETECTIVE OFFICE 5 is an important property to us,² states Rob Pereyda,
senior director and head of licensing at Crunchyroll. ³By expanding our
licensing portfolio and leading this new genre category with such an
exciting piece of engaging, live-action Japanese drama, we are able to
fulfill the needs of fans and continue our international licensing efforts.²

Program will launch today at the official Crunchyroll D-5 community and
feature videos, interactive chat, forums, photos, and more. A suite of
virtual goods for Crunchyland, Crunchyroll's browser-based MMO, will follow
shortly after the launch to help sustain D-5's awareness and promote it to
Crunchyroll's gaming fans.

About Dream Kid, Inc.

Dream Kid, Inc. was established in 2004. Hiroki Ohwada is the central member
of this company and due to his prior experience in the IT business, he began
producing both short and feature films for the Internet. Since 2005, he
started the DETECTIVE OFFICE 5  project (100 short episodes, and some
feature films) with director Kaizo Hayashi. The project has attracted a lot
of attention in Japan and it has been also released in Taiwan, China, Korea
and many other countries since 2007. We have introduced the DETECTIVE OFFICE
5 project at the Japan booth during AFM 2007 and EFM 2008.

About Crunchyroll

Headquartered in San Francisco, California ­ Crunchyroll is hailed as a
leading online entertainment brand with the largest international online
community and destination focused on Asian entertainment including anime,
drama, music in addition to electronic entertainment and auto content.
Crunchyroll's distribution channel and partnership program delivers content
to over five million passionate fans worldwide. Crunchyroll is funded by the
premiere group Venrock. More information can be found at its website
http://www.crunchyroll.com <http://www.crunchyroll.com>

In the winter, they set up the Pioneer Courthouse Square downtown with a ski slope. Although this year there was so much snow, they didn't even really have to do anything....

How awesome is that?

(excuse the spelling and gramma this was done at 5am)

Merry Christmas everyone.

Hope the holidays bring you all the joy you deserve...

Or if your like me they bring pain and misery in the following forms.. (what i have to look forward too)

1. You arrive christams eve at your sisters place who lives 2 hours from your city, where you have spent the last two hours swearing at other drivers who shouldnt attempt country roads with caravans if they CANT MANAGE TO STEER THE FU*KING THINGS
2. You arrive to be pounced upon, almost dumping all your presents out of the car as your sisters children attempt to rummage through the box to find THEIR PRESENT
3. On heading to the spare room your informed your sleeping on your nephews floor on a air mattresss... now here is where i always wonder what horrible thing i did to my sister for her to enflict this upon me, but of course you dont argue... you know how stressed she is so you rise above it and feel all high and mighty that you are there at all as your selfish brother couldnt make it cause of his whore girlfriend.
4. You then start to help with Christmas lunch so its all ready... now here is where my teeth start to grind, see years of practice (30 to be exact) of peeling a potatot would give you the impression i know how too right? OH NO.. my sister watches me... "you dont go up and down you go around, its better for roasting" this is yelled in my ear as she sweeps past, so i do it her way and finish them off, then move onto the pumpkin... oh dear god... no ... how DARE I ATTEMPT TO PEEL OF THE RIND IN A NON CLOCKWISE WITH MY HAND TWISTED SLIGHTLY TO ONE SIDE AS THE MOON IS IN THE RIGHT ANGLE AND DOING A SMALL DANCE BEFORE WORSHIPING THEM AND THEN CUTTING.... so i eventually scream at her and wander off to see my mum ....
5.  Mum and her new boyfriend are so all over each other you want to shove a key in their hand and tell them to get a room, then you worry she actually would cause she is that kind of mother... hmm not a good plan best to just cough a lot til they stop
6. OMDG did i attempt to sneak off for a cigarette???? HOW DARE I, so i go out for one to calm my nerves and then i get a diatribe of coughign and omg you stink hand waving as i enter the house and feel as if i have just gone out to rub in the muck with teh pigs..
7. Finally bed time... oh dear god... bed time... both nephews repeating your name so much your eye starts to twitch as you imagine their gory deaths..
8. Christmas morning... Now.. dont know about you guys but i like to bum around in my pjs for as long as possible.. OH NO.. we are dressed and ready no breakfast or tea of course.. but dressed.. SO WE LOOK NICE FOR THE PICTURES -_- i rebel and wear a nice top with pj pants and look like a bridget jones extra.. but i get a glee out of my small rebellion..and watching my sisters lips purse with annoyance.
9. Opening those OH so wonderful.. just a little something presents from rellies you dont remember and who give you soap on a rope.. or worse.. $2 perfume, and you ahve to look happy about it..
10. Wishing your boyfriends package had arrived so you had at least ONE thing to open of his... and not being able to call him as he is asleep and you have to be with the family.... GAH
11. . You watch your family open your presents, and see the looks of dissapointment on their faces when they realised that even though you told them you were broke and could only afford so much, they still seem shocked.
12.  You watch your nephews rip apart your presents with an almost ungodly look in their eyes then upon realising you bought them a book causre your THAT aunt who refuses to buy into the mass consumerism of ben 10 products you bought them a book, one that you carefully picked out cause you loved it at their age. Then watch as they sneer at it, throw it aside and move onto the next present
13. Your sister ASSURES you that you look great next to her, even though you know your about 30 kgs (sorry folks dont know that in pounts) heavier than her as she is a barbie dolll goddess who spends an hour every day looking that way and you can bareley manage to brush your hair your so freaking tired from being woken up at 5am by your nephews who want to show you all the great things santa got them.. once again you get an adverse amount of pleasure in the knowledge you could  crush their tiny hearts with three words.. SANTA DOESENT EXIST.. but of course you dont, you smile blearly and grin at the chocolate coins and huge amounts of Ben 10 products..
14. You finally get to have breakfast before the mad rush to get everything set up for lunch... setting the table as you painfully wait on your nephew to create his elaborate napkins that he folds so carefully it takes him 3 hours to finish it.. and you ahve to gush and awe when he is done..
15. At lunch you watch you family eat, desperatley wanting to dig into everything but feeling like the goodyear blimp next to your barbie doll sister you sigh and try to just eat salad by passing the ham and potato bake.. until finally you get annoyed at her for being so attractive and you have a boyfriend who loves you as you are so you may as well eat... its all there anyway... so you dive in like a woman on steroids.. pracitcally inhaling all the food, dodging your nephews hitting you with their bon bons... oh the bon bons.. having to look happy about wearing a pink paper crown, that was sureley invented by Martha Stewart to cause pain and misery to those who have fringes.
16. After lunch all you want to do is relax and possibly get your stomach pumped or a good nap would do too.. and omg you crave a cigarette but toss up the idea of being abused and made to sit in the corner with a dunces hat if you do.. then your nephews drag you outside to play on their new waterslide.. which is basically a thing bit of plastic with a hose attached... and force you to play with them.. you beg them to leave you be as you are certan you will vomit all over the thing if you slide down it..... after your turn you get an absurd amount of glee at them grossing out about the mess on the slide... well you told em.
17. Apparnelty even though you helped cook, you now have to help with the massive amount of dishes when all you want to do is roll into a ball and go to sleep your so tired.. but you slave away doing the right thing as you watch you mum sitting on her boyfriends lap and get annoyed that she is not helping, but that you are cause you are the only awesome an caring family member.. so you feel all self righteous again
18. FINALLY the day is over and you sit at home, after driving back in the unnerving Australian heat.. that i swear is only this hot on christmas day.. and of course even though you hoped no one else would drive back that afternoon apparently you were wrong... awesome... and everyone is drunk apparently as you have to stop at a booze bus every 30km... at one point you swear at the policeman and he makes you get out and searches your car... you prey that  little bag you had for that party the other day was taken inside... so upon entering your cool flat, dropping your bag and flopping on the bed, hearing your cat cry out as you just fell on him. You start to think about your day.. and suddenly it all seems so far away that... you kinda miss them all... and you realise.. as dysfunctional and messed up as they are... they are all you have..
19. so in the long run... you realise that Christmas is actually all about family as those Coca Cola ads are always saying.. and you really do love the litte rascals and your happy your mums in love and you adore your sister.... 

So dear readers... Christams is about pain, fighting, annoyance, vomiting, bad presents and all the rest.. but yeah... its kinda fun as well.

Merry Christmas everyone! make it awesome! but enjoy the crap as well!


Maybe this year it will be different........ *sighs*

Now, I don't know anything really about this company or who's working on it...but I admit I don't have a lot of confidence in a site that requests donations and uses a free template and a gmail account.

Snobby? Maybe. But I had a donation page and used free (but customized) templates on giapet.net. But I wasn't trying to convince other companies to take me seriously enough to produce my DVDs and license their precious works to me. None of those things inspire confidence in another professional-- and those are the people that Midstream will need to convince, the people who will produce and distribute its DVDs, license it more materials, etc.

I absolutely wish it the best and I'm excited that I'll get an opportunity to do a short interview with the company in the near future! But I have my concerns.

Online Media Distribution Leader¹s Subscription Plan to Kick Off in
Conjunction with First Ever World Wide Simulcast of Naruto Shippuden

San Francisco, CA (December 23, 2008) ­ Looking for that holiday gift for
the finicky anime lover?  Looking for a gift for the anime lover within?
Look no further!  Crunchyroll has something for everyone and is providing
the ultimate gift for fans of NARUTO, DIGIMON, GATCHAMAN, GINTAMA,
LINEBARRELS OF IRON, SAIYUKI, SPEED RACER and over one hundred (100) other
fantastic anime titles by pre-ordering the Crunchyroll Anime Membership  at
a holiday special price of $6.95/month by January 8, 2009. Members will even
receive a limited edition NARUTO virtual headband. More information can be
found at www.crunchyroll.com <http://www.crunchyroll.com> /preorder.

Crunchyroll Anime Membership will begin on January 8, 2009-in conjunction
with the first ever world wide simulcast of NARUTO SHIPPUDEN and has a
SPECIAL pre-order price of $6.95/month.    Fans and gift-givers are
encouraged to pre-order the subscription plan by January 8, 2009 to lock in
the special holiday deal and begin enjoying over one hundred (100) fantastic
anime titles in January. All fans can enjoy all content on the site for
free, including the first eight episodes of NARUTO SHIPPUDEN on Jan 2, 2009,
but Anime Members will enjoy some additional special privileges.

³We are working hard to add more simulcast as well as amazing library titles
to our already immense online catalog², states Crunchyroll CEO Kun Gao,
³Prices are subject to change so we encourage fans to order early to lock in
this great special deal!  $6.95/month for all you can watch anime Š anytime
Š all the time.²

Crunchyroll Anime Member benefits include higher quality streams of all
shows (in some cases at 720p High Definition Video) with no advertisement
and early access to simulcast shows such as NARUTO SHIPPUDEN, GINTAMA, SKIP
BEAT, SHUGO CHARA!, WEB GHOST, LINEBARRELS OF IRON, and additional titlesone
(1) hour after its Japan Broadcast.  In addition, Crunchyroll Anime Members
will be awarded a special NARUTO Headband virtual item for their avatars in
the famed virtual world of Crunchyland!
About Crunchyroll
Headquartered in San Francisco, California ­ Crunchyroll is hailed as a
leading online entertainment brand with the largest international online
community and destination focused on Asian entertainment including anime,
drama, music in addition to electronic entertainment and auto content.
Crunchyroll¹s distribution channel and partnership program delivers content
to over five million passionate fans worldwide. Crunchyroll is funded by the
premiere group Venrock.  More information can be found at its website
http://www.crunchyroll.com.

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ANN tells me that FUNi licensed Gad Guard as part of its “New Show A-Go-Go” event.

Gad Guard is a show about a few kids and their respective giant robots dealing with growing up and dealing with responsibility. It was made in 2003 by Gonzo and licensed for the states by Geneon. It was then aired on TechTV's Anime Unleashed block, where I had the pleasure of watching it all. I hear Gonzo get a lot of flack for some bad shows, but I liked Gad Guard. Liked it enough that I later bought the whole series, which came with a ski cap like the one the main character Hajiki wears (it helps a lot in the winter).

Still, it seems like an odd title for FUNi to pick up. I don't know if it was a particularly good seller for Geneon, but it's not one of those titles that was still being released when Geneon fell. It's been done for a couple of years now. If there's demand for it though, I hope people buy it.

I also hope this means FUNi will pick up certain other Geneon shows that were done before the company died, ones that I actually never did get (I'm looking at you, Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure).

(Thanks, Geekanerd)

FMA - last 15 or so episodes
Hellsing - all
GTO - watched the first 3 epi seems interesting though onizuka gets on my nerves sometimes
melencholy of haruhi suzimaya - all (I haven't seen it yet, so sue me)
Code Geass - watched first episode, it intuigues me
Neon Genesis Evangelion - heard its good
Gurren Lagann - seems fun
chobits - watched first 3 episodes. The landlady scares me

I made quite the few fake cards on this one site and some people seem to be interested in having a card of their own.
So instead of making cards for people i`m gonna place a link here: http://www.yugiohcardmaker.net/
But ofcours if people are still to lazy to make one or have a little trouble with making the pic work right i`d be happy to help. :)
Also ofcourse post your cards here let us see what awesome cards you have :D

And as a finish here are couple of cards i made myself:

RIGHT STUF’S NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT Announces the ARIA The NATURAL – Part 2 DVD Collection for March 24, 2009
Box set to include final 13 episodes of ARIA anime’s second television season

GRIMES, IA, December 22, 2008 – Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to announce the ARIA The NATURAL – Part 2 DVD Collection will be released on March 24, 2009.

The ARIA The NATURAL – Part 2 DVD Collection will contain the second half of the ARIA anime’s second television season. (The box set containing the first 13 episodes of ARIA The NATURAL will be available on January 27, 2009.)

“a whimsical ride” – Active Anime
“simply magical” - Protoculture Addicts
“the latest crown jewel in [Nozomi and Right Stuf’s] catalog and deservedly so.”
– AnimeOnDVD at Mania.com
“a major phenomenon among fans attendant to slice-of-life series.” – Otaku USA

Based on Kozue Amano’s best-selling ARIA manga, the ARIA anime consists of three television seasons – ARIA The ANIMATION, ARIA The NATURAL and ARIA The ORIGINATION – plus an OVA (original video animation). The entire anime adaptation features direction by Junichi Sato (Princess Tutu, Sgt. Frog, Sailor Moon/ Sailor Moon R) and animation by Hal Film Maker (Boys Be…, Pretear, Slayers Premium, Sketchbook ~full color’S~).

The ARIA The ANIMATION DVD Collection – containing the franchise’s complete 13-episode first season – is currently available from Right Stuf and Nozomi Entertainment and was voted a “Pick of the Week” by the readers of AnimeOnDVD at Mania.com.

Amano’s 12-volume ARIA manga and its two-volume prequel, AQUA, are both published in North America by TOKYOPOP. In Japan, the ARIA manga was originally serialized in MAG Garden’s Comic Blade magazine.

Visit aria.rightstuf.com for more information about the ARIA anime and for the trailer, downloads and more.

About ARIA The NATURAL – Part 2 (Season 2, Part 2 - TV)

Akari, Aika and Alice continue to strive toward their goal of becoming Neo-Venezia’s top gondoliers. But as their skills improve, they find themselves faced with new challenges. On their journey to become Primas, the three girls will have to paint a palina, serve as hostesses at the Festa del Redentore, and even learn how to be brave in the face of a dangerous passenger! Contains episodes 14-26 of the second ARIA television season.

ARIA The NATURAL – Part 2 DVD Collection (Season 2, Part 2 - TV)
Pre-Book: 2/24/2009
Street Date: 3/24/2009
Runtime: Approximately 325 minutes, Dolby Digital Stereo, Color
Genre: Science Fiction / Drama
Suggested Rating: 13+

Format: DVD (Japanese Audio, English Subtitles, English On-Screen Translations)
Catalog #: RSDVD0904
ISBN: 1-57032-784-X
UPC: 7-42617-0904-2-4
SRP: $49.99

Discs/Set: 5
Case Qty: 10

DVD Features:
Scene access, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo audio for Japanese dialogue, English subtitles and English on-screen translations. PLUS: Special features to be announced!

* Cover Art: http://outgoing.rightstuf.com/
ARIA The NATURAL © 2006 Kozue Amano / MAG Garden - ARIA Company.
* To view this image, cut and paste the URL into your Web browser.

** Product specifications and content may be subject to change.

ABOUT RIGHT STUF, INC.
Currently celebrating its 21st year in business, Right Stuf, Inc. was one of the first players in the U.S. Japanese Animation ("anime") industry, as both an anime producer/distributor and a retailer. Right Stuf works to promote knowledge of its own products, as well as the anime and manga industry, in general, through its online storefront at RightStuf.com and a variety of media including podcasts and special publications.

Nozomi Entertainment, Right Stuf’s production division, is dedicated to the highest quality releases. True to the Japanese word that inspired its name, Nozomi’s focus is on “what fans want.” By focusing on a limited number of anime properties each year, the Nozomi production team ensures each release receives the care and attention to detail it deserves.

So, we just ran our first contest-- a semi impromptu, very brief, half-experimental sort of contest, as it happened. It went quite well, considering how last-second and short it was, although I was surprised I didn't get more entries by people who brought friends onto the site.

Of course, whatever we do next will have a different format, but I wanted to get some feedback about this one. Was it too difficult or too short, did it need a bigger/better prize, that sort of thing?

I'd also love to hear some ideas from you guys about what sorts of contests you'd like to see run. We tend to favor the kind that mandate some kind of activity on the site (wiki edits, blog posts, forum comments, etc), but I'm pretty open-minded, and I'm sure we'll occasionally have some very easy giveaways as well.

Also, I know a lot of you aren't in the US. If I recall correctly, my sibling sites still allow non-Americans to enter and win prizes-- but they have to agree to take legal responsibility for the item they win being legal to own and send in the mail in their communities, and they also have to cover their own shipping. Obviously we'd love to be able to ship to everyone everywhere, but those international rates REALLY add up.

So! Thoughts, comments, questions, concerns, and suggestions?

I really really want 3 things

1. Rockband
2. a nice person to pay off my library card dues :)
3. Flat iron WITH!!!!!!!!  attachable features,

I think ill get

1. Some "Oh , I'm sorry i forgot all about you, dont worry ill get you your present....errm sometime soon"
2. A lot of hugs and food and ummm food
3. And, someone to pay off my library card dues

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season full of good food, and family, and friends, and fun, and good gifts, and so on  :)

I've just finished volume 2 of Osamu Tezuka.  I'm surprised that a fictionalized story of the rise of one of the world's LEAST offensive religions is so gripping, but the drama and humor, combined with the quirky translation and art that is sometimes fluid and sensual and other times breathtakingly detailed, make for a truly unique work.  I have not seen anything like this in any form.

I have to admit I was a bit put off by Osamu Tezuka's art style, which to me fudged too many important traits that help ground a character as at least resembling human.  The bendy limbs and flexible faces bugged me.  But I think this was my fault for not actually paying attention to the stories his characters were attached to.  I'll probably always be drawn to the more realistically drawn figures I think, but as you read you see such personality and vibrancy attached to simple, random characters that it feels as though the tone of the work could not have been achieved any other way.

While it follows Siddhartha Gautama's life and times, there are many fictional characters that help give the work depth and humanity that a simple retelling of the facts and myths fall flat or feel like propaganda.  There are genuine philosophical stances taken in the book, but they don't feel one-sided.  You see people in the book suffering under the vagaries of their own social system, and you find yourself rooting for Siddhartha's enlightenment so he can help ease these people's suffering.

This is a letter, I guess, to people who, like me, might discount the work because of the art style, or the subject matter.  I just happened to check this out at my library and was just floored by how well it was done.

This snippet is regarding the mid 2000's English language release, which uses some modern references that are obviously not possible given the time frame of the story.  Too many of these would be jarring, but there are just the right amount of references to modern technology or sensibilities to add funny punctuation to what is generally a solidly period-based story. 

Ranking# - Title/volume - Approx # sold - Place on the overall sales list
1. Naruto 32 (5302) - 9
2. Fruits Basket 21 (4518) - 10
3. Trigun Maximum 13 (2383) - 41
4. Warcraft Legends 2 (2321) - 42
5. Yu Gi Oh GX 2 (2311) - 44
6. Tsubasa 19 (2228) - 48
7. Chibi Vampire 11 (1919) - 56
8. Ouran 11 (1764) - 64
9. Evangelion 11 (1516) - 81
10. D.Gray-Man 11 (1465) - 84
11. Code Geass 2 (1444) - 86
12. Oh My Goddess RTL 10 (1372) - 90
13. Claymore 13 (1351) - 91
14. Trinity Blood 8 (1238) - 97
15. Nana 13 (1217) - 100

Naruto Ultimate Ninja storm, is what i want most. Other than that im not to bothered..........I actualy hate getting loads of presents because ive never done anything to deserve them. Even if i dont get the game who cares right LOL I can just get it any other time., and for a nice price which is good. As long as my stomach bursts from the ammount of food and i get drunk, i'll be happy ^_^

OH AND MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE ;D

HUGS ALL THE AMAZING PEOPLE

My top request for a Christmas gift this year was an HDTV, since I have a PS3(/Blu-Ray player) and (I think) access to some HD channels by default. My parents are more than coming through; they've given me a large allowance with which to select my own. And they're even going to let me use any leftovers towards buying a Netbook, which will be SO nice to have at cons this coming year! *_* I lurve my folks. They spoil me like crazy.

I think I'm going to put together a weekly movie night or something like that for my friends once I have the new TV. <3

On the geekier front, I'm hoping my friends get me plenty of gift cards to Best Buy, Amazon, or ideally Right Stuf to buy plenty of anime and manga and merch. (Almost anything that isn't anime or manga, I buy used or just Netflix). :D

Flower Mound, TX –  December 22, 2008 – FUNimation® Entertainment today announced that it has acquired rights to the 13-episode action-

This is battle-action series is based on the popular manga comic entitled "Ikki-Tousen" created by Yuzo Shiozaki and inspired by the classic novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The anime was directed by Takashi Watanabe (Slayers, Desert Punk, Wallflower) and produced by J.C. Staff Co.

About Ikki Tousen  

FUNimation Entertainment will release the series on DVD in 2009.

Please visit www.funimation.com/ as FUNimation makes one acquisition announcement each day for the ten days leading up to New Year's Eve.