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So Mother’s Day is this weekend in the US. I’m going to spend the weekend taking my mom out for shopping. She loves shopping. She also loves Case Closed and Monster. Moms can be so awesome. Has your mom surprised you with an anime title you thought she wasn’t going to watch? Feel free to share your tales below. I’m sure there’s a mother out there who doesn’t mind watching a bit of Nana with a dose of Tsubasa Chronicle.

Here’s what’s up today on Comcast VOD:

On Demand –> The Cutting Edge –> Funimation Anime –> Funimation Platinum (PPV VOD)

• Evangelion 1.11
• Genghis Khan
• Case Closed movie 3 The Last Wizard of the Century
• Slayers Revolution ep 13 and re-air of ep 10
• Soul Eater eps 24 – 26
• Strike Witches eps 11 – 12 *Series ends June 4
• Hunter X Hunter eps 29 – 31 re-air

On Demand –> The Cutting Edge –> Funimation Anime –> Funimation Free (Free VOD)

• Case Closed eps 79 – 80
• Monster eps 6 – 7
• Kenichi eps 32 – 33
• Nana eps 6 – 7
• Tsubasa Chronicle eps 31 – 34
• Black Cat ep 24
• Buso Renkin ep 12
• Black Blood Brothers ep 12
• Gundam SEED Destiny eps 49 – 50

And for the latest on what’s airing on the linear service, jump to this link to get caught up. Stay tuned next week for some news and updates related to the linear channel.

* Programming Disclaimer: All Programming is subject to change at any time and without notice.

Last week was fun. The folks in Seattle, WA were very nice in welcoming me to their convention. Congratulations again to our $250 Anime Prize Pack winner from the show.  Stay tuned to this blog because in the near future, we will unveil a whole slew of new things for the channel. We will also have a dedicated site for the campaign we launched last week at Sakura-Con. Good times ahead!

A couple things this week on Comcast VOD. We had some delays in receiving some titles over the holidays so some shows are going to extend episodes for an additional week. I blame lots of chocolate for the delay. I’ll note the shows below.

This week on Comcast VOD:

On Demand —> The Cutting Edge —> Funimation Anime —> Funimation Platinum

• Evangelion 1.11
• Slayers Revolution eps 3 – 5 (extended for an additional week)
• Soul Eater eps 16 – 18 (extended for an additional week)
• Strike Witches eps 3 – 5 (extended for an additional week)
• Hunter X Hunter eps 32 – 34

On Demand —> The Cutting Edge —> Funimation Anime —> Funimation Free

• Case Closed eps 69 – 70 (extended for an additional week)
• Black Cat ep 20
• Buso Renkin ep 8
• Black Blood Brothers ep 8
• Gundam SEED Destiny ep 46

And highlights this month on linear include El Cazador De La Bruja, Monster, Nabari No Ou, Nana and Honey and Clover. For the schedule jump here.

Here are some pics from Sakura-Con. I might be attending C2E2 in Chi-town next week. Still waiting for final confirmation on that. If you are attending, give a shout-out! And keep checking this blog for latest updates on the I Want My FUNimation Channel HD campaign. It will be an all out effort.

Don’t let these cosplayers efforts go in vain. Let your cable or satellite operator know that you pay a lot for your service and that adding The FUNimation Channel to your linear lineup will make all your bitterness go away (or at least some of it go away).

I got a program highlight this month for linear viewers. El Cazador De La Bruja starts airing this month – Monday, 3/22. Jump here for the latest schedule. Its listed at 1 AM eastern.

Today’s refreshes on Comcast VOD are the following:

On Demand –> Cutting Edge –> Funimation Anime –> Funimation Platinum

• Evangelion 1.11 (continues airing through the month) *Also under Movies – Animation – Anime category
• Hunter X Hunter eps 26 – 28

On Demand –> Cutting Edge –> Funimation Anime –> Funimation Free

• Case Closed ep 68
• Solty Rei ep 21 (re-air) *series ends 4/2
• Buso Renkin ep 05
• Black Blood Brothers ep 05
• Gundam SEED Destiny eps 41-42

That’s all for the week. I got a couple of pics to share from Tokyo that I’ll post on here later. Gotta skip out. Be good folks!

What a week. Being trapped in your house makes you realize you have stuff you can watch on TV besides AccuWeather forecasts. If you were affected by the weather, I hope things are good on your end.

Comcast viewers who sent emails and left comments last week regarding their VOD menus, please be assured that Comcast operations are working to fix it (if they haven’t already) and dealing with your headends directly.

Big day today… its the US broadcast premiere of Evangelion 1.11 on Comcast VOD! Curious about this rebuild? Check it out and spread the love!

Here’s what’s up for the week on Comcast VOD:

• Evangelion 1.11 <——-US Broadcast Premiere !!!!!!!
• Case Closed movie 3 The Last Wizard of the Century
• Hunter X Hunter eps 21-22
• Case Closed ep 60
• Air Gear eps 23 – 25 (final weeks)
• Negima! ep 21
• Shuffle! ep 21
• Solty Rei ep 19
• Glass Fleet eps 25 – 26 (final weeks)
• Gundam SEED Destiny eps 33 – 34

And to find out when your favorite show is airing on the linear service, jump here. I’m still waiting on final details on a newly re-branded FUNimation Channel. So stay tuned!

It is Valentines Day this weekend so why not cozy up with that special someone in your life and watch a little anime together? :bloody:

And don’t forget President’s Day on Monday in the US. Like Columbus Day, its one of those days that morphed into a three-day sale at your local mall or car sales dealerships. It wasn’t intended for that purpose, but economics will dictate the way we do things. (and I just heard more snow sliding off my roof and nearly impaling someone outside)

It is coooold out there! And worst part is I’m still fighting a cold.
This will be a quick post anyway since its the final week of the month and not much happens in the land of refreshed content. So here’s what’s up on Comcast VOD:

On Demand —->The Cutting Edge—->FUNimation Anime

• D. Gray-man eps 46 – 48
• Negima! ep 19
• Shuffle! ep 19

Pretty light huh? Don’t worry though, next month we’ll have this movie up on your menu starting FEB 12 -

Only, the version we will air is 1.11. Show details:

After the second impact, all that remains of Japan is Tokyo-3, a city that’s being attacked by giant creatures that seek to eradicate the human kind, called Angels. After not seeing his father for more than eight years, Shinji Ikari receives a phone call, in which he is told to urgently come to the NERV Headquarters, an organization that deals with the destruction of the Angels through the use of giant mechs called Evas.Shinji’s objective is to pilot the Eva Unit 01,while teaming up with the Eva Unit 00 pilot, Ayanami Rei.

And here’s a review from the cool folks over at Anime TV:
http://revision3.com/player-v4372

This version just made Miley verklempt. Awe. What’s the difference between 1.01 and 1.11? 1.11 contains additional scenes not found on 1.01 and higher resolution.

And to see what’s up and airing on linear, jump to this link.

Right, now I’m off to fend off more cold symptoms.