Anime Network and Right Stuf
Anime Network, America’s #1 Anime Channel, has teamed up with anime distributor Right Stuf to add seven new shows to its VOD lineup, beginning with Boogiepop Phantom TV, Gravitation TV, and Shingu on August 7th, 2008.
Four more Right Stuf shows will be added to the lineup through Fall 2008, including Boogiepop Phantom and Others, Gravitation OVA, Piano, and To Heart.
WHERE: Anime Network, America’s #1 Anime Channel
HOW: Don’t have VOD? Don’t worry! Catch To Heart on DVD, available at www.rightstuf.com or wherever home media is sold! Shows and airdates are detailed below:
Boogiepop Phantom
Boogiepop Phantom TV Returns to U.S. TV
In a world where monsters rule the night, young girls should be extra careful. Because some urban legends are terrifyingly real. Horror meets anime in Boogiepop Phantom. 12 episodes.
- WHEN: Episode 1 available beginning August 7th, 2008
Gravitation Returns to U.S. TV
Shuichi always dreamed of becoming a pop star. A chance encounter with a mysterious stranger changes both his career and his love life for the better. 13 episodes.
- WHEN: Episode 1 available beginning August 7th, 2008
U.S. VOD Television Premiere of Shingu
When a long-held secret begins to unravel, Earth’s future will fall into the hands of the unlikeliest of heroes. Get ready for twists, turns, and intergalactic mayhem in the most exciting anime invasion ever. 26 episodes.
- WHEN: Episode 1 available beginning August 7th, 2008
U.S. VOD Television Premiere of Boogiepop Phantom and Others
Five students try to piece together the puzzle of a new drug and recent disappearances among the student populace. While the teachers believe them to only be runaways, the female students whisper among themselves about the urban legend of Boogiepop.
- WHEN: Episode 1 available beginning September 3rd, 2008
Piano
U.S. VOD Television Premiere of Piano
Miu Nomura is a 14-year-old 8th-grader who has been playing piano since early childhood. She grows up gradually while her friendship, kinship, and love affairs evolve around her, but those relationships inevitably affect her piano performance. 10 Episodes.
- WHEN: Episode 1 available beginning September 3rd, 2008
U.S. VOD Television Premiere of To Heart
Life flies by for two high school students. And a childhood friendship turns into something more. Will love bloom? Or will their eyes stray? Find out as a classic dating sim is brought to life. 13 episodes.
- WHEN: Episode 1 available beginning October 1st, 2008
U.S. VOD Television Premiere of Gravitation OVA
Love trouble causes Bad Luck’s Shuichi to fall into a writing slump and thanks to his big mouth bragging to the press about how talented he is, the band can’t even hire someone else to write the lyrics for them. If they don’t manage to break Shuichi out of his slump soon, it could mean the end of Bad Luck for good! 2 episodes.
- WHEN: Episode 1 available beginning October 2nd, 2008
About Anime Network
Anime Network, a subsidiary of A.D. Vision Inc. (parent company to ADV Films), is America’s #1 Anime Channel, reaching more than 43 million households with thousands of hours of exciting, eye-catching serialized programming. Launched in North America in late 2002, Anime Network is the nation’s top video-on-demand (VOD) offering, and is also available on mobile and broadband platforms. The network continues to broaden its national roster of multi-system operator (MSO) agreements, bringing the elusive 18–34, tech-savvy male demographic back to television and driving demand for additional digital services offered by MSOs. For more information, visit www.theanimenetwork.com.
About Right Stuf, Inc.
Currently celebrating its 21st year in business, Right Stuf, Inc. was one of the first players in the U.S. Japanese Animation (”anime”) industry, as both an anime producer/distributor and a retailer. Right Stuf works to promote knowledge of its own products, as well as the anime and manga industry, in general, through its online storefront at RightStuf.com and a variety of media including podcasts and special publications.
Nozomi Entertainment, Right Stuf’s production division, is dedicated to the highest quality releases. True to the Japanese word that inspired its name, Nozomi’s focus is on “what fans want.” By focusing on a limited number of anime properties each year, the Nozomi production team ensures each release receives the care and attention to detail it deserves.
From anime classics like Astro Boy, Kimba and Gigantor to modern comedies, dramas and favorites such as The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, His and Her Circumstances, Gravitation, Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars, Ninja Nonsense, To Heart, The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eye, Emma: A Victorian Romance, Maria Watches Over Us and ARIA, Right Stuf and Nozomi Entertainment produce quality programming for fans of all ages and interests. For more information, visit www.rightstuf.com and www.nozomient.com.
