According to the official Cybersix FAQ, if "a great number of the viewers request a second season, there may be a possibility of creating the next season."
Vincent Fr�d�rick has created a Petition to encourage TMS to do so.
The petition statement reads: The official CYBERSIX website has created a FAQ at http://www.telecom-anime.com/cybersix/english/faq/faq.html which clearly states that if enough people write in, they will consider creating a second season, but only if enough people want it. I have searched the internet and haven't come across a petition, so I have taken it upon myself to start one. We need to see more of this wonderful series which is created by the talents of Japanese artists and Canadian audio producers. Please, spread the word, we need all the signatures we can get! (But please only sign once.) Please mention it on your webpages, we all have to work together to make this happen.
There has been a slight change reported on the third Evangelion DVD. It has been reported that there will be three episodes instead of four. The release date is set for Januaray 23.
Source: Anime News Network
Planet Namek's Weekly Q&A Session
Two weeks have passed since Infogrames has announced their intent to produce Dragon Ball Z games. Although it has been just a short amount of time, Planet Namek has started a weekly Q&A session with Roger Arias, from Infogrames
The press release from Infogrames can be read at their website here. Source: Anime News Network
December 12, 2000
Gundam Wing Leaving Toonami
The final episode in Gundam Wing will be airing on Toonami today. Some say it will be the last...for a while at least. For a show that brought Cartoon Network their second highest ratings ever (Endless Waltz, November 10), only being topped by the premiere of Dragon Ball Z season three last year, it will be a fond farewell. An encore presintation of Endless Waltz will air on December 22, just in time for X-mas. GW's replacement will be Batman.
Is it really so? We will just have to keep our eyes open tomorrow. As for the encore Endles Waltz...it only seems natural to give the second highest rated show in the Network's history a second run for its money.
Possibly in March to complete the cycle, Toonami will be airing Mobile Suit Gundam, the origional 1970s series that started the revolution.
Source: Anime News Network
Reiji Matsumoto to Direct Daft Punk Video
Reiji Matsumoto, creator of Galaxy Express999, has signed on to direct the "One More Time" music video by the group Daft Punk ("Around the World", "Da Funk")
In Additioin to Direction the video, Matsumoto will also provide the designs and story boards and oversee other aspects of the video's production.
Source: Anime News Network
L.A. Times Discusses Tenchi
The L.A. Times has posted this article about Tenchi Muyo.
The article, which discusses Tenchi with some of the lead voice actors for the English Dub gives a good preview of the series, from the VA's perspective, for non-anime fans, as well as some information about the dubbing process which may be of interest to Anime fans.
Source: Anime News Network
December 10, 2000
AnimeNation.com Down
AnimeNation.com's website is having a delay in transferring their domain name to their new system, and are not sure if it will take one more hour or 48. The store is still there, you can get there from http://store.yahoo.com/animenation/ until the main domain is routing correctly again.
Source: Anime News Network
December 9, 2000
Godzilla Director Passes Away
Japanese director Jun Fukuda died December 3, 2000 at the age of 77 of lung cancer, an illness he suffered for quite some time. Fukuda directed the following Godzilla films: GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER (1966); SON OF GODZILLA (1967); GODZILLA VS. GIGAN (1972); GODZILLA VS. MEGALON (1973); and GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA (1974).
Source: UMJAMS
DBZ Model Kits
Irwin Toys has released a line of 6�" Dragon Ball Z Model kits that will include the following characters, Goku, Super Saiyan Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Super Saiyan Vegeta, Trunks, and Super Saiyan Trunks.
Source: UMJAMS
Shenmue: The Movie
Sega has announced that the cinematic Dreamcast adventure Shenmue will be making its way to the movie theaters. The movie will debut in Tokyo on January 20, followed by showings in four major cities around Japan. THe film will be retelling of the first chapter of Yu Suzuki's epic and will use actual footage from the game itself. It will employ the English voice acting heard in the American release, with added Japanese subtitles.
Source: UMJAMS
Tenchi In Spanish
Univision has begun showing Tenchi Muyo as part of the De Cabeza block starting at 9:00 a.m. The Spanish dub is done by Cloverway, the same people who made the latest season of Sailor Moon.
Source: UMJAMS
Toynami?
This is a new company that has just come out in the late 2000 year. They will be leaning more on anime, but will be attaining licenses for films and popular video games. They will be making products that range from statues, dolls, action figures, and transformable toys, to impulse items like keychains and figurines. Currently they have a line of Tenchi Toys that will appear in stores January 2001. Go to Toynami.com for more info and the latest product.
December 7, 2000
A New GUNDAM Saga Comming - March 2001!
CNX: Toonami Revolution, has posted out News that The airing of Gundam Wing was part of the master plan to introduce the Gundam saga to the United States. In 2001, we'll see exactly how this saga begins. A modern classic, Mobile Suit Gundam will join the Toonami lineup in the first quarter of 2001, likely around March (good things tend to happen in Toonami in March), and this is the series long-time fans of the franchise consider the best of the Gundam series, but be the judge for yourself when it premieres next year. more info... Source: Dragon Ball Z Kingdom
Princess Mononoke In, but Not Out
Various retailers are reporting that they have received copies of the Princess Mononoke DVD, but cannot release it until it's street date. Although some releases by anime publishers are allowed to slide, retailers do not want to risk violating the street date of a large company like Buena Vista.
Source: UMJAMS
