So I just read this and decided to put off any reviews for this truely depressing announcement. Geneon is leaving america!!! In an article by animenation, they announced that after september of 2007 they would no longer be selling anime in america. Now I've been watching this company put out some strong titles since they got started, when Pioneer merged, and I couldn't even imagine that they would be going out of business in the US. I went and checked on their site and, wouldn't you know it, there are no titles after october 7th of 2007! These being the people to put out Tenjou Tenge (whihc I guess I'm one of the few who like), Samurai Seven, Elemental Gelade, Ergo Proxy, Paradise Kiss, Saiyuki (there are many titles), along with rereleases of older titles, and well known popular titles like Black Lagoon, and Hellsing Ultimate (along with the original too). Plus being one of the few companies to have a large music section I didn't think it was likely. The most enigmatic part of this whole puzzle is that while I was at the Otakon I went to a panel/trailer showing of some of thier new titles. During the Q&A they did't even hint on leaving the business, they made it sound like they had plans for the pretty distant future in terms of titles and what they wanted to do with the company. Overall I guess I'm just a bit shocked that this woulod happen so suddenly, but who knows what could happen to them. the thing I'm most concedrned about is how the third Hellsing Ultimate is being released if they're not doing it? Hopefully it'll have the same voice cast and direction, but who knows.
The article-
(http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-26/geneon-usa-to-cancel-dvd-sales-distribution-by-friday)
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
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