Bandai has introduced its protoype for its dubbing machine that uses its brand new Afrec! technology at the Tokyo Anime Fair recently. Supposedly the machine will allow you to dub anime scenes instantly with the karaoke style machine. They will start selling the machine sometime this year and Bandai is hard at work on a machine for dubbing films.

This is a really interesting idea but does it actually work? Are any Japanese studios actully going to use this or is it just an expensive toy? If this does ever come to America I wonder if any American studios will be able to use this to produce dubs faster.

Do you think this Afrec! machine has some real promise or is it just an expensive toy?

Source: ANN

Anime Genesis is back for another week full of anime goodness. Benu runs through the weekly news as usual and takes a look at a 1980’s remake of a classic anime Astro Boy.

Show Notes

News

• Media Blasters Gets A Geneon Title
• Clannad Gets A Sequel
• Clannad Sequel 18 Second Trailer Out
• Megumi Anime Has Been Posted
• Shokotan Draws Ayatan
• Shoko Nakagawa Is Coming To AX 08

DVD Review

• Astro Boy: Greatest Astro Adventures

Final Verdict: A

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Bandai Entertainment Leads with Most Nominations Followed by Viz Media,
Geneon Entertainment, Bandai Visual and FUNimation Entertainment

Anaheim, California (March 27, 2008) ‹ The Society for the Promotion of
Japanese Animation (SPJA), the overseeing body of the nation¹s largest
anime/manga convention (Anime Expo®), announced the SPJA Industry Award
finalists for 2008 at the SPJA Symposium held at Tokyo International Anime
Fair held within Tokyo Big Sight¹s Special Theatre 2(Thursday; March 27,
2008; 16:30-18:00-Tokyo time). More information can be found on the website
www.spja.org.
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SHOKOTAN “FEVER” TO SHAKE UP ANIME EXPO® 2008

Song Siren to Perform at Nation’s Largest Convention

Anaheim, California (March 26, 2008) — The new Japanese “It-Girl”,
television celebrity, blogger, voice actress and illustrator Shoko Nakagawa
(“Shokotan” as her fans call her) joins the hottest line up of Anime Expo®
2008 Guests of Honors for the highly anticipated 2008 convention July 3-6,
2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. More information can be found on
the website www.anime-expo.org.
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Benu is back and ready to rock! In this episode of Anime Genesis, Benu explains why there hasn’t been an episode in awhile and tells a story about a flaming garage. Then Benu runs through the weekly news, makes some predictions for Anime Expo 2008, and finishes up by reading your comments and feedback.

Show Notes

News

David Hayter To Be At Anime Expo 2008

Crunchyroll Gets $4.05 Million In Capital, American Anime Industry Freaks Out

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Aya Hirano Wins Seiyuu Award

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Anime Expo 2008 Predictions

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