Anime News Service - May 1998 Anime News
5-19-98---- Sony To Start Up Anime Channel
Sony Pictures plans to launch a 24-hour satellite animation channel in Japan on June 1. The channel, called Animax, will air on the Sky PerfecTV satellite service and is expected to have 2 million subscribers by the year 2000. Toei Animation Co. Ltd., Sunrise Co. Ltd., TMS and Nippon Ad Systems Co. are onboard providing programing from they're respective studios.
5-11-98---- X Japan Guitarist Hide Commits Suicide
X Japan guitarist Hide was found dead in in his Tokyo appartment, April 1st, later ruled a hanging-suicide. Buried just a few days ago, Hide's funeral drew tens of thousands of mourning fans, spanning nearly 2 kilometers. X Japan played they're last Live concert on New Years Eve, Dec. 31 1997 at the Tokyo Dome. He is and will truly be missed. All
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