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Mark Holtz
05-30-03, 05:40 PM
According to Anime News Network (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=3669) and TechTV (http://www.techtv.com/animeunleashed/story/0,24330,3439569,00.html), the following series will be in the rotation starting June 24th:

* The SoulTaker (Premieres June 24th)
* Gatekeepers 21 (Premieres July 16th)
* Boogiepop Phantom (Premieres July 28th)

I have no comment about Soultaker or Gatekeepers, but I can comment on Boogiepop Phantom. I picked up the series on DVD a few months ago as part of a Right Stuf special.

Boogiepop Phantom is, like Lain, extremely wierd and slightly depressing. While on the surface, it appears that it's 12 individual stories with a Twilight Zone feeling, there is a common thread that runs through the 12 episodes.

Mark Holtz
06-21-03, 10:24 PM
Thread bump.

Mark Holtz
07-13-03, 10:52 AM
Thread bump. It appears that they are running a single episode at midnight ET/PT, and repeat the episodes as a block on Friday evenings. So, the schedule appears to be:

midnight: Soul Taker/Gate Keepers 21
12:30 AM: Silent Morbious

Much better schedule, and avoids burning up episodes on what is already short-run series.