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Errata: Manga Ent. Titles Still Streaming on Netflix For Now

April 11, 2010 in Anime, Errata by Tom Langston (calaggie) | No comments

A new expiration date for Manga titles? (from instantwatcher.com)

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about Manga Entertainment titles expected to expire from Netflix’s instant streaming service on April 1st. It’s April 11th and a fair number of them are still available including Blood: The Last Vampire, Dead Space: Downfall, and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. (Thanks to an update ANN did on their story for reminding me to re-check.)

So, what is the current status of those titles? Instantwatcher.com, the source for the first post, shows April 30th as expiration dates for those same titles but there’s no corresponding indication on Netflix’s site; the latest date on instantwatcher.com that matches with Netflix’s date is April 18th (next Sunday) so I think Netflix only does alerts a week ahead. FeedFliks has an “expiring soon” listing that extends two weeks in the future – it reaches until April 25th when looking at it today so the Manga titles should show up on that list on Friday Apr. 16 if both sites are using the same data.

I guess we’ll have to see what happens at the end of the month but for now, enjoy the disc-less content if you’re a subscriber on an unlimited plan.

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Manga Ent. Titles To Cease Streaming on Netflix April 1st [Update 2]

March 28, 2010 in Anime, News by Tom Langston (calaggie) | No comments

UPDATE 2 – 4/11 3:40PM PDT: Manga Entertainment titles are still streaming as of April 11th.

While watching Ninja Scroll through Netflix’s Instant Watch service last night on my Xbox 360, I noticed that it and Blood: The Last Vampire were both expiring on April 1st. I decided to see how many other Manga Entertainment titles would no longer be streamed after that date and I came up with a list, thanks to instantwatcher.com.

It doesn’t look like there will be any Manga Ent. titles to remain streaming after April 1st but most of the ones that are expiring still have DVDs available through the mail. (Yes, physical discs that you send back when you’re done!) I’ve indicated which titles currently do not DVDs available with [ND] for “no DVD”.

  • Black Jack: The Movie
  • Blood: The Last Vampire
  • Dead Space: Downfall
  • Ghost in the Shell
  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (season 1)
  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: 2nd Gig: Individual Eleven
  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: The Laughing Man
  • Kai Doh Maru
  • Karas: The Prophecy
  • Karas: The Revelation
  • Macross 2: The Movie [ND]
  • Macross Plus [ND]
  • Ninja Scroll
  • Noein
  • Perfect Blue
  • Psychic Wars
  • Read or Die
  • Street Fighter Alpha
  • Street Fighter Alpha: Generations
  • Street Fighter II: Animated Movie
  • Street Fighter II: V
  • Sword for Truth [ND]
  • Tokko
  • Vampire Wars
  • Virus: Virus Buster Serge

I think these are part of a bigger deal that Starz Media, of which Manga Entertainment is a subsidiary, has with Netflix because Stan Lee Presents: Mosaic and Stan Lee: The Condor are also expiring Apr. 1st and both were released by Anchor Bay Entertainment, another Starz Media component.

UPDATE 9:15 PM PDT: I forgot to mention that Manga Entertainment is still streaming its series (such as Virus Buster Serge) along with other publishers’ series (such as Gurren Lagann) on its YouTube channel, on Hulu, and on Manga.com.

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The Anime Titles You Can’t “Watch Instantly” After This Week

September 28, 2009 in News by Tom Langston (calaggie) | No comments

A number of anime series will not be available for streaming through Netflix’s Watch Instantly service beginning on Wednesday and Thursday. Many of these began streaming on October 1st, 2007 (some ADV) and some others began December 31st, 2006 so these expirations seem contractual. Exceptions are Desert Punk (Oct 1, 2008), GitS: SSS (April 1, 2008), Castle of Cagliostro (May 1, 2008), Megaman Upon A Star (July 1, 2006), Parasite Dolls (Jan 1, 2007), and Super Milk Chan Show (July 1st, 2006).

I used instantwatcher.com to compile this list and get the dates each began streaming. The two dates given below are when a particular title will no longer be available to watch through their streaming service.

Sept. 30 (last day is Sept. 29):
Legend of Lemnear
Takegami: Guardian of Darkness: War God

Oct. 1st (last day is Sept. 30):
Ah! My Goddess 2: Flights of Fancy
Air Gear
Air TV
Ayane’s High Kick
BASToF Syndrome
Battle Arena Toshinden
Black Jack
Chance Pop Session
Comic Party Revolution TV
Descendants of Darkness
Desert Punk
Doggy Poo (Korean)
Dominion Tank Police Part 1 & 2
Ellcia
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
Garaga
Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society
Gilgamesh
Jinki: Extend
Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek
Kurau Phantom Memory
Lady Death
Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro: Special Edition
Magical Play
Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture: Prince of Darkness
Megaman: Upon A Star
Mezzo
Munto
Negadon: The Monster From Mars
Nurse Witch Komugi
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
Otaku Unite! (documentary on US fan culture)
Paniponi Dash!
Parasite Dolls
Project A-ko
Project A-ko: Love and Robots
Project A-ko: Uncivil Wars
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie
Saiyuki
Sin: The Movie
The Super Milk-Chan Show
Utawarerumono
Vermilion Pleasure Night: Vols 1-3 (live action)
Voltron
Xenosaga

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Netflix’s Lifting of Streaming Limits Means Easy (Dubbed) Marathoning

January 14, 2008 in News by Tom Langston (calaggie) | 2 comments

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Today Netflix announced that all subscribers, except for those on the bare minimum 2-discs-a-month plan ($4.99/mo), will have no restrictions on how many hours they can utilize the company’s instant watching feature, a move the company likely made to counter the expected announcement of iTunes movie rentals at Macworld tomorrow. Last month, I signed up for the lowest unlimited discs per month plan ($8.99) and thus had eight hours of instant watching per month so now I can see more movies aside from returning a disc and waiting a couple days for the next one to arrive. This news also allows for a more convenient way to watch some anime series in their entirety or at least a healthy dose of episodes. [UPDATE (1/15): Forgot to mention that instant watching still requires IE6 or higher and Windows XP/Vista. Thanks, Scott, for reminding me about the Mac crowd still being shut out from streaming movies on Netflix.]

In a cursory click-through of their listings, one can watch entire series including Mezzo, GitS: Stand Alone Complex, Gilgamesh, Comic Party Revolution TV, Jinki: Extend, and Chance Pop Session as well as large portions of series such as AIR TV (8 out of 13), Air Gear (21 out of 25), Pani Poni Dash (14 of out 26), Saiyuki (25 out of 50), Utawarerumono (14 out of 26 episodes), and Xenosaga (8 out of 12). [It seems that many of these are ADV titles but that may just be a coincidence.] Also some feature films that are available to be watched online include Perfect Blue, Blood The Last Vampire, and Ninja Scroll.

The obvious caveat is that these will be dubbed versions but for those who don’t mind that much, such as myself, this could be a good way to check some series for free if you are already a customer. However, I’m more inclined to use my now-unlimited streaming for movies and TV shows (30 Rock Season 1) since the anime selection is very limited and watching my physical library is a higher priority.

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