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Netflix deal with Viz Media brings more anime with subbed eps of Inuyasha, Bleach, Naruto
As we noted when Netflix announced its expanded deal with Fox, there's some new anime available on Watch Instantly these days and now Netflix has revealed a deal with Viz Media made it all possible. This has brought hundreds of episodes of popular series including Bleach, Naruto and Inuyasha to the service and most importantly, they're uncut and feature the Japanese audio with subtitles -- a must for hardcore fans. There's also new eps of other series like Trigun and Fullmetal Alchemist available through a deal with Funimation, but unfortunately it appears those are dubbed editions. Clearly licensing issues play a role, but here's hoping we see more original audio, uncut releases in the future (trying to watch Ghost in the Shell dubbed is just painful) or in the best possible case -- an option to watch subbed or dubbed.
Manga characters meet in new Konami PSP brawler
How well would Inuyasha fare in a fight against Project Arms' Ryo Takatsuki? Will Samurai Deeper Kyo be able to handle GetBackers' Ban Mido? Who's more of a punk, Air Gear's Ikki or Cromartie High School's Shinichi? You'll be able to find out in a brand new manga mash-up fighter, reminiscent of DS's Jump Ultimate Stars. Konami's fighter, called Sunday x Magazine: Taisen Action, brings characters from two different Shonen anthologies: Shonen Sunday and Weekly Shonen.Considering the wide variety of licenses required for a project like this, it's unlikely this game will ever see a stateside release. You can check Siliconera for a full listing of characters.
DS releases for the week of January 22nd
Can you guess what title we're excited about this week? It shouldn't be too hard, since we have made it more than a little obvious that we're gung ho for Hotel Dusk, which is also making its Japanese debut this week.DS releases: Hotel Dusk: Room 215 Inuyasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel For releases in other major markets, check after the jump.
Inuyasha: Secret of the Divine Jewels screens
QJ has got a slew of new screenshots from the upcoming Inuyasha game Inuyasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel, a RPG game based on the popular anime. While we can't say we've watched the show with any kind of regularity, we can't get enough of those RPGs and the prospect of a new tickles our fancy something fierce. Join us in drooling over the screens, won't you?
Inuyasha RPG headed to DS
Namco-Bandai has announced they're planning on bringing the Inuyasha property to a DS near you. Called Inuyasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel, the game will take place in the Inuyasha universe. Also, the game is to feature a "divine jewel" which holds some sort of "secret." OK, we kid, we kid, the game is to feature a brand-new storyline to feature new, never-before-seen characters in the Inuyasha universe. Returning Inuyasha characters include Inuyasha (obviously), Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Shippo. In the trailer available (right-click, save-as), which is in WMV format, shows a turn-based combat system allowing the player to have up to six characters in battle at once.
