05.20.08

Gurren Lagann 1+2 to air on Sci-fi channel

Posted in Anime, Television tagged , , , , , , , at 2:21 am by kagamynn

From AnimeNewsNetwork (Article Link):

The Sci Fi Channel in the United States lists two episodes of the Gurren Lagann science-fiction anime series on July 28 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT during the first hour of the Ani-Monday programmng block. Bandai Entertainment announced in April that it had acquired Hiroyuki Imaishi and Gainax’s anime, after ADV Films had announced Gurren Lagann last July but then removed the anime from its catalog. Both Bandai Entertainment itself and its newly hired producer Toshifumi Yoshida had indicated that he would be working on the localization for this anime on an accelerated schedule for July.

Impressive, although I’m a bit surprised it’s Sci-fi airing episodes and not adult swim. I wouldn’t doubt the possibility of AS picking it up in the future though. I remember hearing somewhere though, that Bandai wouldn’t be releasing a dubbed version untill sometime near 2009. Maybe that’s just misheard on my part, or maybe they’re dubbed episodes, since it’ll only be the first 2? The article does say they’ll be ‘working on the localization at an accelerated rate.’ I highly doubt we’re lucky enough to get a subbed version to air on Sci-fi. Here’s to praying for good dubs.