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ADV Confirms Cable Anime Channel

Juanvaldes writes "ADV Films has confirmed reports that they are working to create a cable television channel dedicated to Anime. Currently they are releasing very few details about the channel itself. All that has been publicized at this time is that the channel will run 24 hours a day and will break its content into four categories, Action Zone, Sci-Fi, Comedy Incorrect, and Horror/Martial Arts." Hope I can get access to this one as soon as it comes out.

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  1. In other news by nizcolas · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hundreds of geeks have been confirmed missing. The last statement heard was "Anime channel you say?"

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  2. Subtitles by Iffy+Bonzoolie · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think they need two channels... one in original Japanese + subtitles, and one in crummy dubbed format. Otherwise there's gonna be riots and killing in the streets, meteors will fall from the sky, Linux will finally replace Windows on the desktop, and other crazy stuff. Mostly by my hand.

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  3. Re:What about... by isorox · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... the tentacled monster sex category?

    You can't leave that one out and call yourself an Anime channel.


    Hell, you could have an entire channel with tentacle monster sex

  4. Ah, anime... by Ron+Harwood · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...it's one of those things you can guage how truly geeky a person is...

    Score points for:

    1. They watch anime.
    2. They correct you if you call it something other than their preffered name (japanimation, manga, whatever)
    3. Two words: "Anime Hentai"... (score triple points on this one - add one to that if they try to correct my usage of the words in this question)
    4. They learned japanese so they could watch original anime without dubbing or subtitles.

    1. Re:Ah, anime... by Twid · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...it's one of those things you can guage how truly american a person is...

      Score points for:

      1. They only speak english.
      2. They assume watching the Japanese equivalent of Powerpuff Girls when they are pushing 40 is "cool" and "alternative".
      3. Two words: Morbidly Obese (score triple points if they say they are on a low-carb diet)
      4. They assume that a person who admits to watching anime is geeky when statistically it is much more likely that they are japanese.

      8-) 8-) 8-)

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  5. Re:How about by Kenja · · Score: 3, Funny

    Manga? How the hell do you expect the cable service to provide printed comic books?

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  6. Re:I agree, what's wrong with Bugs Bunny by Torgo's+Pizza · · Score: 4, Funny

    Daffy Duck has left Warner Bros. and joined the Dark Side of Disney!?! Will Elmer Fudd be next?

  7. skinime? by supabeast! · · Score: 3, Funny

    How about rolling over to soft-core hentai after 23:00, like skinemax.

  8. Re:How about by pizza_milkshake · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was hoping for the Tentacle Rape Hour, perhaps around dinner time.

  9. Time for a karma bonfire... by Loki_1929 · · Score: 3, Funny

    But we already have the cartoon network...

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  10. Re:How about a Channel for the 80s kid? by Artifex · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've talked to some who consider some shows to be anime - like branding The Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to be "live-action" anime.

    You seem to be thinking of only certain types of anime. Anime is not just fighting, space ships, kids battling with tiny creatures/machines/elemental forces, and/or giant robots. If you expand it out to include other types, you could substitute one or two sitcoms with magic in them (Bewitched, for example) for Kimagure Orange Road (but I'll hit you with my 500lb. hammer if you say Alf is anything like NieA Under 7).

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  11. Re:How about by Xaoswolf · · Score: 3, Funny

    They would print one page per minute, unless there was a lot of talking, then they would have to hold it up for several minutes. Of course, I don't really know why they would have to wait until midnight to do so.

  12. details...lacking details.... by phaderphox · · Score: 3, Funny

    First a note: I didn't read through all the posts, as I have a test on my mind that is given in a 24 hr period, and, well, I haven't exactly attended that class...feel free to mod me down due to my bitching about this. on to the post. More details are needed before I, along with many other anime geeks, will be truly excited. Will there be subs, dubs, or both? will it all be censored to hell a la Cartoon Network? Will, as many others have questioned early on, there be times that "adult" content is shown? (I personally like it because it is nonsensically funny...ok...you saw through my lie.) Will these blocks be time based, or day based, or what? Will it only be anime licensed by ADV? Will there be anime movies, such as the popular well known Akira? My only suggestion is to market this like HBO, which has different channels with different purposes. A family channel with censored crap, A sub channel for "purists" (no comment, I like both types in different cases.) , a dubbed channel for "non-purists" (see above) a movie channel, etc. Hell, with enough capital they could have each "block" be a seperate channel. I am sure that there are enough people that would pay (yes pay....a term I don't like either) for this fabulous service. So if you work for ADV and read this, and think it is a good idea, just send me some dvds and pocky. I am running low and, being a college student, have no money.

  13. Re:How is this garbage "stuff that matters"? by MoneyT · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because Ecology is a bunch of garbage that doesn't matter?

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  14. Funny story by Frank+of+Earth · · Score: 3, Funny

    So I had puter setup and for some crazy reason I had anonymous ftp set to read and write.

    Well, one night I'm in bed and I can hear the server hard drive going crazy. I go over to the server and the console is slow as crap. I check the log and I'm out of diskspace on a 8gig drive that had nothing really on it but a bare bones install of redhat.

    So I start searching around doing du and I notice that my ftp folder has about 7gig of data. I look in the folder and there are hundreds of anime porn videos!

    I do a search on the internet for my ip and find out that I got flagged as the anime porn hub of the internet. Needless to say, I shut down ftp and made a lot of anime porn fans unhappy.

    Personally, I don't get the infacuation with anime porn.. but hey, people also like to watch beastiality and bukkake.