After more then 10 years of stupidity and low ratings Scifi Channel brings back 2 hour Anime Block. At the beginning of the early 90's the Scifi Channel was king when it came to anime. At one point being the first in the U.S. to air such anime classics as Akira, Robot Carnival, Dominion Tank Police, Vampire Hunter D, Gall Force, Project A-ko, Record of Lodoss War, 8 Manafter, etc...
Toward the late 90's, Scifi was looking for a more mature audience (aka old people), so it canceled its animation block. But now seeing there's a big market for anime, its trying to reach out to younger audiences (18-20's). And from the look of it, their coming out with both barrels blazing.
On June 11, Scifi will begin airing the first of a weekly anime block from 11:00 pm to 1:00 am. Anime for the new block will be provided by Manga Entertainment.
The first anime to be airing on the new block well be the world premier of the English dub of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society. Scifi Channel's airing will be June 11 and the DVD for the movie is scheduled for release in mid July 2007.
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