E3 2008: Bones Brings Exclusive Anime to PSN

A major feature wasnt announced during Sony's E3 conference :

In a surprising announcement at E3 2008, Sony Computer Entertainment revealed a partnership with Bones Studios for a TV series called Xam'd: Lost Memories that will be available exclusively in the PlayStation Network. Availability has not yet been announced for Xam'd, but pricing in North America has already been set -- users can download episodes for 2.99 for SD video and 3.99 for HD video of episodes.

This is a full-fledge anime series – two seasons of shows for a total of 26 action-packed episodes, all of which can be downloaded to your PlayStation 3 and/or PlayStation Portable game systems.

1080p and 720p versions of the brand new Xam'd: Lost Memories trailer can be found on the US PSN service right now, with more details about the release format coming either later today, or on Friday at the official site: http://www.xamdou.com

[Baka-akaB]

I can't believe that with such emphase toward video store , Sony failed to mention that !!

I do want anime on video stores , and hope we'll have access to subtitled versions and plenty titles .

[Tetsuryu]

Xam'd will include subtitles along with the original Japanese voice cast. ;)

[Chad Warden]

They have a lot of anime in HD in the store right now. Afro Samurai, Astro Boy, Basilisk, Burst Angel, Desert Punk, Gunslinger Girl, Kiddy Grade, Moon Phase, Samurai 7, Trinity Blood, Xam'd: Lost Memories, and Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles.

A lot of cool stuff.

[Baka-akaB]

Cool i'll go check it out .

[B-Rein]

holy moly hd NAIME I FREAKIN WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG OMG i really wanned hd animes at last :D

[B-Rein]

HD Animes, i looove XD, this mite be popular in japan if they releas the video store there

[sinncross]

wait, you cna only watch this n the psn?

[Siesser]

Well there's my first video download then; love Eureka Seven and FMA. Given that I can typically have any movie arrive in the mail tomorrow thanks to Netflix (darn you MS!!!), I think I'll mostly be using this to purchase hi-def versions, or to rent something on a weekend.

Kind of sucks about the hard drive restriction though. I was planning on just buying a 1TB external and storing movies on it. What's the max internal that we're at now-a-days? Somewhere in the 300gig range?

[Masta_Killa]

Xam'd not only costs more than the other animes, but its just a rental. Thats BS. Samurai 7 is the sh*t though.