Funi News You Need to Know This Week

1) Soul Eater main cast confirmed yesterday: http://www.funimation.com/souleater/
Death the Kid - Todd Haberkorn
Liz - Jamie Marchi
Patty - Cherami Leigh
Death Scythe - Vic Mignogna
Black☆Star - Brittney Karbowski
Tsubaki - Monica Rial
Franken Stein - Chuck Huber
Maka - Laura Bailey
Soul - Micah Solusod
Death - John Swasey

The main cast and director Zach Bolton are guests of the New York Anime Festival later this month – where we will premiere the first few episodes of the English track.

FUNimation will release the first 13 episodes on the supernatural series on DVD in early 2010.

2) Upcoming EVANGELION 1.0: YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE screenings continue to be booked across the country. Please see http://www.funimationfilms.com/events.html for upcoming dates.

3) Tomorrow (9/3) Sony will start screening episode one of Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino in its PlayStation Home Theater from 9/3 until 9/10. The episode will run continuously 24 hours a day so fans can stop in anytime and watch it. If perhaps they don't have the time to watch it then, Sony is also offering the first episode free to download from 9/3 until 9/17.
http://www.us.PlayStation.com/PSN/Home

This is the first time Sony is screening anime in their theater.

4) Also tomorrow, FMA: Brotherhood episode 21 will stream via www.funimation/video. As it did not air in Japan last week it has been held over until tomorrow. No episodes have been lost.

5) We'll be at AnimeFest in Dallas and Anime Vegas (in Vegas) this weekend.
Highlights include premieres of Blassreiter, Spice and Wolf and Dragon Ball.
We'll also be selling Dragon Ball Season One at our booths.
FUNi panel at AnimeFest is at 4pm CDT on Saturday.
FUNi panel at Anime Vegas is at 10 am Vegas time.

6) We'll also be announcing the Rin and Bamboo Blade casts at those panels.
I expect also that we will have information about what our Blu-ray titles are for December and the fall schedule for the FUNimation Channel.