So, for the past month or two, Bandai Entertainment USA has kicked off “Nebula Project ‘08”. Through Nebula Project, BEI has considerably raised their standing in the R1 anime market. They effectively rescued Gurren Lagan after ADV lost the rights to it, licensed Gundam 00, changed over to collections instead of singles for their releases, got Gurren Lagan on Sci-fi channel, absorbed their sister company (Bandai Visual), and licensed Sword of the Stranger.

That’s not to mention the source code opera that the webmaster and fans seem to be having fun with. The webmaster himself interacts with the AoD community by referencing things said in the discussion threads about BEI.

BEI has managed to take a step up this year. Seeing as how the Nebula Project is far from over, I can’t wait to see what else they have in store for us.