Viz Media to launch 24-hour anime service on major game console

[EnigmaticWarrior]

Blue Exorcist English dub trailer. Episode 1 set to premiere on Neon Alley in September.

[WTK]

https://twitter.com/neonalley/status/223874474813030401

Just announced! #neonalley will debut on PS3

[WTK]

via Neon Alley Facebook page

Scheduling TV is hard to do, but its much better when its all anime. Our Fall Season is pretty much set in stone, but do you have any suggestions for our Spring 2013 season?

[Rootsofjustice]

Looks like they have a new acquisition to announce on Tuesday

https://www.facebook.com/neonalleyne...76887885654597

Originally Posted by Neon Alley on Facebook

Just getting the last few touches added to next Tuesday's newsletter. This time its an acquisition! Any guesses?

[Buckeye]

From the latest Neon Alley newsletter, Viz and Funi are teaming up to bring One Piece to Neon Alley.

BREAKING NEWS: We're teaming up with FUNimation to bring you the grand pirate saga One Piece to the Neon Alley line-up!

[Shirou Emiya]

Originally Posted by Buckeye

From the latest Neon Alley newsletter, Viz and Funi are teaming up to bring One Piece to Neon Alley.

Buckeye, is there also a FaceBook post from Neon Alley announcing this?

If so I'd love to get the link...

[unclee]

Originally Posted by Shirou Emiya

Buckeye, is there also a FaceBook post from Neon Alley announcing this?

If so I'd love to get the link...

They'll probably make some sort of post about it on their Facebook page today.

Consider my interest piqued. If Funimation is willing to partner with them for content then this might actually turn out to be a pretty good service. They've got their own back catalog to pick from plus partnering with Aniplex USA and Funimation. I'm kind of hopeful that this is profitable for everyone involved and that we see more content from their partners. Maybe they can even entice Sentai into licensing some content to them...

[Damius]

Originally Posted by Shirou Emiya

Buckeye, is there also a FaceBook post from Neon Alley announcing this?

If so I'd love to get the link...

It's not on their Facebook or Twitter at this point.

[Rootsofjustice]

Originally Posted by unclee

Consider my interest piqued. If Funimation is willing to partner with them for content then this might actually turn out to be a pretty good service. They've got their own back catalog to pick from plus partnering with Aniplex USA and Funimation. I'm kind of hopeful that this is profitable for everyone involved and that we see more content from their partners. Maybe they can even entice Sentai into licensing some content to them...

Sadly, Sentai probably won't bite. They have their own Anime Network to air their content and they're stubbornly adamant about propping it up.

[unclee]

Originally Posted by Rootsofjustice

Sadly, Sentai probably won't bite. They have their own Anime Network to air their content and they're stubbornly adamant about propping it up.

True. I guess I'm hopeful that they'll take a page out of Funimation's book. Funi's got their own channel and subscription model as well, but I guess they realized it's better to get their titles out there (at least OP) as opposed to only sticking with their services.

Then again, this could be a one time deal and we might not see any more Funimation titles on the service. I'd like to be optimistic though