AnimeSuki recently got a letter from a Tokyo law firm indicating that all animé from a certain producer needed to be removed - a Cease and Desist, despite the fact that the series are not licensed for distribution here in the states. Animesuki has complied with those demands.
In the meantime, Suprnova has disappeared, and the MPAA has started suing people who run Bit Torrent trackers. Is this the end of fansubbed animé being distributed through the net?
The landscape has certainly changed in the last two years. With the success of various animé series on Cartoon Network's adult swim, the increase in manga distribution here in the States, Animé Network, etc., etc., etc., we're seeing manga and animé distributed here in the States faster and more broadly. That doesn't mean this weekly primer will change, though. If anything, with the flood of stuff that's out there for people to watch, it's more important to direct people to quality anim&eacte and manga.
With that in mind, one of the series that was removed from AnimeSuki is a recent discovery of mine - "Gankutsuo", a sci-fi animé re-telling of The Count of Monte Cristo. Trippy. Trippy as all get out.
Currently up to episode ten. It's not available on AnimeSuki, and who knows if the fansub groups will be continuing to distribute it. There's some heavy implication that the Count is a Vampire (different color skin, pointy ears, fangs, you never see him eating...), but nothing confirmed yet. The story actually starts after the Chateau d'If, at the point where the Count saves young Albert from kidnapping during Carnival. Told primarily from Albert's point of view, Gankutsuo is not appropriate for children.
The animation style is really, really interesting also. Almost impressionistic. Keep your eyes open, hopefully this will be available here in the States soon.
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