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Enraged otaku took the virtual streets this past weekend with pitchforks firmly in hand when it was discovered that anime distributer, FUNimation, had chosen to censor one of its newest releases for content that it deems too controversial. In a statement sent to Anime News Network, FUNimation had this to say about the matter:

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Woah! Talk about something that totally makes my day. When I saw the announcement on my Facebook page and on the official FUNimation blog, my heart nearly exploded. Seriously, words fail to express how much I LOVE the Dance in the Vampire Bund manga. In the past, I’ve given the first two volumes of the manga glowing reviews. When I discovered that it was going to be turned into an anime a few months ago, I figured that it would NEVER see the light of day over here. Especially, when I read some of the articles on Sankaku Complex (complete with screen caps) the anime was continuing the manga’s long running endorsement of nude loli vampires and other rather taboo subject matters.

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Okay, maybe I’m a bit harsh. I must admit that I’ve known for a while about Funimation acquiring the rights to the Trigun TV series. Since mid-February to be exact. I saw a post about it on ICv2. No, I’m not bitter or anything about not being able to get on their press release list or anything. I mean, Lord knows that I haven’t got anything better to do with my time then stalk their blog on a daily basis just so I can stay abreast on whatever is going on with them. Not like an email would be nice or anything…

Oh wait, I remembered I did get an email. It showed up in my mail box this past weekend as part of their monthly newsletter. My bad. Hold on while I put my petty bitterness aside…

Okay, the long of the short of it is that Funimation has acquired the rights to the Trigun anime series. Hurray! Additionally, it will be receiving a DVD re-release as well as a Blu-ray release. Hurray, again. All info concerning pricing, packaging and release dates are still not available. Boo.

Okay, that’s all I have to say on this. To be honest, all of this was just a clever ruse for me to be able to run a rocking Trigun AMV today, so nyah

Yes, it’s true. The newest film from Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli finally releases today here in the U.S. Known as “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” in Japan, the American release has been shorted to just “Ponyo.” The film will be released simultanously on both DVD and Blu-ray, but sadly Disney has chosen to screw Blu-ray fans by denying them the chance at something similiar to the special deluxe DVD edition release that comes complete with a cute Ponyo plushie.

Anyway, the film looks to be awesome and set to be another classic. I suggest you run out and score yourself a copy today…even if it means pushing down that old woman in the video store who was just wanting a copy for her kids to watch tonight. Not that I’m saying I did anything like that. I’m just saying that old biddy was trying to keep me from my Ponyo and she got what was coming to her…

Considering how much time I’ve spent lately talking up the Bokurano manga, I figured it was time I posted some video from the anime too. Not only is the anime awesome, but it has an awesome opening song as well. Titled “Uninstall,” this hauntingly beautiful song by Chiaki Ishikawa will be stuck in your head for days.

Your welcome. XP

I do apologize for the poor quality of the video, but I felt the opening made a better impact when the translated lyrics were included. Make sure to watch it in 480p if possible, it cuts down on the squinting =^_^;;= Anyway, if you’d like to hear the full version of the song and/or oggle the beautiful Japanese lady who sings it, check out the original PV from Japan that I’ve so thoughtfully posted after the jump. (Because I’m awesome like that =^_-=). Enjoy!

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