Yes, yes, I know. We haven’t updated in ages and the entire “New Year’s Raffle” thing fell to pieces (However your forum ‘credits’ will have value sometime in the near future). The moment has finally arrived for Bleach fans - and sooner than many expected!

MediaWeek reports that Adult Swim has picked up the Bleach anime for its Fall 2006 line-up. Sadly, there will be only one other new anime Adult Swim will be airing this year (Eureka Seven starting in April). Many assumed, or rather hoped, that Adult Swim would be attaining the rights to more anime, but it doesn’t look like it will happen this year.

In a wild hypothesis, I predict this move to weaken both Naruto and One Piece, which missed the Adult Swim line-up and have been shoved off on Cartoon Network. I’ve seen fansites for both series drop in popularity over the past few months, and with slow US integration of merchandise, these series will not become the ‘next big shounen hit.’ Bleach on the other hand may finally overtake Naruto in world-wide popularity. Either way, something needs to change in able to head the US into a much-needed appreciation for anime again.

Other than that, Atreus and myself will be working behind-the-scenes on AnimeCorporation for the couple weeks in hopes to revitalize this site. More info soon!