October 7, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Mill Creek Entertainment made a second agreement with Stephen J. Cannell Productions to distribute TV shows on DVD. 
The latest agreement is for seven more series: 21 Jump Street, Hunter, Greatest American Hero, The Commish, Renegade, Silk Stalkings and Tenspeed & Brown Shoe.
The two companies already had a deal on seven other shows.
Further details will be announced soon.

July 27, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Viz Media has brought the first four episodes from the new story arc of its Naruto: Shippuden anime series to iTunes for download-to-own "well in advance of the eventual DVD release," said Ken Sasaki, VP of strategy and business development for Viz, in an announcement made at Comic-Con July 24.

The company will spark the interest of the ninja series' teen and tween target audience by offering the first episode free until Aug. 31. Four more episodes will follow in October.

July 22, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Viz Media announced that some of its anime titles are available on Hulu.com. Episodes of the series Inuyasha, as well as Honey & Clover and Nana, can now be found on the Web site.

Inuyasha is about a Japanese high school girl who finds her destiny linked to a dog-like half-demon.

Honey & Clover is a romantic comedy about a group of art school students. 
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June 26, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

FUNimation is back from a brief hiatus from its Web portal (www.funimation.com). Fans can now stream the newest episode of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. The site now has more bandwidth, and the company said it will have other new features and functionality. They want fans to let them know about any issues by posting on this thread:  http://community.funimation.com/tt.aspx?forumid=40.

June 10, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Viz Media is getting its own channel under the new Anime category on the PlayStation Network video delivery service. The Viz Media Channel is launching with episodes of Bleach, Death Note and Naruto at $1.99 each for download via PS3 or PSP systems.