11:16 AM: They are starting late, as per AX tradition.
11:19AM: preliminary Q&A.
- More original stuff in the works for ADV. No outside submissions.
11:23 AM: new title announcements.
- Makoto Shinkai’s Byousoku 5 cm. Showing tonight at 11:30 PM and 1 AM at a nearby theater.
- Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora (Kyoshiro and the Eternal Sky). Wordless trailer, which fails to redeem a show we MST3k’d. 🙂
- Gurren Lagann. Big cheer from the crowd.
- Devil May Cry. More cheers, not as big as for Gurren Lagann. They sure snapped this one up fast.
11:35 AM: the real Q&A.
- Somebody asks what they will do with the remake of Eva and whether they will reform the original dub cast if they do. Matt Greenfield is non-committal.
- What happened to the Evangelion live-action project? Apparently it’s just taking a while, and no dates are given.
- How do they pick the titles for licensing? From fan feedback mostly, at cons, online, etc.
- What about bringing over light novels? The translators are too busy right now.
- Lots of Air questions.
- Very strong hint that they have licensed other Key Animation works (Kanon 2006?). Pay attention to other con announcements?
- Re:Cutie Honey currently not for sale by Gainax.
- Why has ADV’s turnaround time gone down? Creators and licensors in Japan are struggling with piracy.
- Are they going to use the voice actors from the game of Devil May Cry? Too early to say; need to talk to Capcom.
- Will they change “Gao” in Air to “Grr”? No. (I think–couldn’t hear well.)
- Voice acting is a tough business. Even tougher than regular acting because it’s specialized.
- Last question: do they have the rights to use the full song on Air? They have the rights to everything.
That’s it! Thanks everyone. Screening of DMC tomorrow, Byousoku tonight.
DMC to ADV? Yay, another good series ruined by their sub-par adaptation methods…
Damn, they sure are fast getting DMC, though it isn’t really much of an interesting title for me.
Gurren-Lagann licensing is BIG news.
Didn’t expect ADV to get it though…
Licensing DMC was/is a no brainer. You have a built in audience of people who have literally grown up with Dante.
Since the game has a broad appeal for both anime and non-anime fans alike, it’s a sure thing as far selling it to the North American market.
Gurren Lagann was a surprise only because I didn’t think it would be licensed this soon. But it is a Gainix property after all and given ADV’s whoring of another popular Gainax series — can you say Evangelion? — it would make sense.