Sony Details Japanese Video Service

The surprise launch of Sony's video service on Tuesday did not apply to the company's home territory of Japan. Today, Sony revealed that a Japanese launch for the service will take place in September.

Sony will kick off the Japanese service with a major title. Set to launch with the zervice in September is Bounen no Zamudo, a new anime from Bones whose first episode is currently available through the North American store. The PS3 download service will have this anime exclusively, as it's not scheduled for television broadcast.

PSN users will be able to download the production on a rental basis in HD and SD. In HD, a three day rental of one episode of the anime will cost 400 yen. An SD version will cost 300 yen. Each of the anime's 26 episodes runs 30 minutes.

There will be more to the Japanese video service than just this one title, of course. More content will be announced at the Tokyo Game Show in October.

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