Anime Weekend Atlanta Announcements

At last weekend’s Anime Weekend Atlanta convention:

AD Vision announced that the Bubblegum Crisis 2041 anime series has not entered the pre-production stage in Japan yet.

AN Entertainment displayed the prototype of the Risky Safety Series Collector’s Box, announced that Miami Guns will be a 4 disc release beginning in the first half of 2004, and announced that the English dubbing for Miami Guns will be produced by Scott Houle and Phoenix Post Sound.

AnimEigo stated that a DVD version of the Macross movie will likely never be released in America because of disputes over ownership of the title in Japan. Likewise the Macross 7 TV series will probably never have an official English language release in part due to copyright ownership disputes over its music.

Bandai announced its acquisition of the 25 episode 2001 anime TV series Kaze no Yojimbo, an anime updating of Akira Kurosawa’s classic 1961 film Yojimbo.

Viz announced its acquisition of translation rights to the Angel Sanctuary and Hana Zakari no Kimitachi E manga series. Both are scheduled for bi-monthly release beginning next year.

Source: Anime on DVD and AnimeNation