Rapture TV: Air Date and First Series Revealed!!!

[ErutanXiku]

According to the forums on RapureTV, they will relaunch on 14th November, with anime being aired from the 17th...as for the channel, I have no idea (if anyone remembers, please stick it up ^_^)

Also, the channel can be expected to run as a free channel, on sky/cable/etc. which is uber-cool.

Now time for the good stuff, the moment you've been waiting for...*cue drumroll* the first series to be announced for airing is~

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WOLF'S RAIN!!!

Now go on people, yuck it up, a-hyuck! The second series will be announced around 29th/30th October...man I am so psyched!!!

[Beany]

WOOP!!! FREENESS!!! I think the channel was near to those God ones you get.

[~~Satsukiyami~~]

OOO Wolf rain is well worth the wait... I cried through the last episodes in the series!! I don't know if its just me... but i thought it was really sad... ill have my box of tissues prepared!! Tis a good anime!!
They showing the dubbed or subbed version you think?? probably the dubbed... might be well worth the watch cos i only saw the subbed version! Can't wait!! WOOOO!!!

[*Shadowfox Princess*]

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!

[~~Satsukiyami~~]

Hmmmm i found that the second seires they will be showing will be announced at the London Expo. Here's what was on the website... i can't be bothered reading and typing out bits of it!

Quote taken from Londonexpo.com

29th SEPTEMBER 2005

BEEZ & RAPTURE TV LAUNCHES

BEEZ the distributor for titles such as Wolf's Rain and Planetes has joined the ever increasing number of Anime distributors attend in London MCM Expo.

Rapture TV which will launch on Sky Digital in November will be attending the London MCM Expo. Rapture have acquired the broadcast rights for 'Wolf's Rain' from BEEZ.

They will be announcing the second of their Anime acquisitions exclusively at London MCM Expo.

Rapture is very pleased to confirm the first acquisition of its ‘Anime’ output; Keiko Nobumoto’s critically acclaimed series Wolf’s Rain. It will be scheduled on Thursdays at 8.30pm, and repeated on Sundays at 8.30pm.

Rapture will launch on the 14th of November in the entertainment section of Sky’s EPG, with Wolf Rain’s first episode screened on Thursday the 17th, and will be repeated on the 20th.

The second ‘Anime’ acquisition will be announced at the London MCM Expo, held in the ExCeL London, on the 29th & 30 th of October 2005.

This 26 episode series is set in a post-apocalyptic future. The human race is reduced to living in large dome-like cities surrounded by barren wasteland. Although wolves are supposedly extinct, they freely roam the cities disguising themselves as humans in order to survive.

Four of these human-like wolfs, Kiba, Tsume, Hige and Toboe are in search of a place they call paradise, which can be found by following the smell of Lunar Flowers. They follow a strong scent of the lunar flowers, which leads them to Cheza, a young girl who lives in an abandoned laboratory. Will they find paradise together?

This breath-taking piece of Anime was created by Keiko Nobumoto, who also brought us Tokyo Godfathers and Kingdom Heart. He started his career as Animation Photographer on Akira in 1988, a good place to start, and also brought us the Cowboy Bebop movies.

[ErutanXiku]

They're gonna be showing the Anime dubbed...something I approve of, since most viewers would avoid subbed anime (except for the hardcore fans), and if you're trying to get higher ratings and a larger audience, dubbed is the way to go.

[~~Satsukiyami~~]

oh yes... obviously... that does make sense!! lol! i cannot wait... i loved that anime.. but it was sooooo sad at the end!

[ErutanXiku]

Also, if it's your first time, you're most likely to pay attention if it's dubbed, rather than flip the channel...which could happen as soon as you see subs and a foreign language. I'm guessing that most of us got into anime by watching a dub, and then got into subs because you couldn't wait for the dub to come out lol.

[Beany]

I swear to God we had this same exact conversation yesterday on the phone Erutan.

[ErutanXiku]

Hehe lol ^_^;; I guess we did

[*Shadowfox Princess*]

wooohooo... i can't wait.. i just hop ethey don;t do anything stupid like show it in french by accident... like what the americans did with one of the naruto shows.. lol!!

[Beany]

Lol, that's Americans Princess, stupid as hell.

[*Shadowfox Princess*]

in it!!! apparently the channel got sued for it.. lol!!!

[ErutanXiku]

Really? When did this happen? You Naruto Episode right?

[Beany]

erutanx said:

Really? When did this happen? You Naruto Episode right?

Excellent use of english.