Geneon, formerly Pioneer Entertainment, has been among the busiest of the American anime distributors in 2004.  At Otakon Geneon announced a number of new acquisitions, several of which are quite notable.  The Petit Cossette OAV series (Cossette no Shozo in Japanese) is a prime example of the so-called 'Gothic Lolita' style, which is now quite popular in Japan.  In Petit Cossette an art student who works at an antique store develops an unhealthy fascination with the image of pretty girl, with blonde hair and blue eyes, whose reflection he sees in an antique cut glass vessel.  The object of his affection is small, but well developed and dressed in black -- the epitome of the 'Gothic Lolita style, and her effect on his life is hardly salutory.

Kyou Kara Mao, another new Geneon property, is equally adventurous and trendy, though its basic premise is one of the most outrageous in anime -- a teenage boy who is being given a 'swirlie' by a gang of toughs finds that the toilet his head is immersed in is actually a portal to bishonen middle European fantasy land populated by all sorts of beautiful male characters.  This well made TV anime from Studio Deen should demonstrate whether or not the popularity of bishonen and yaoi manga titles will translate into sales in the anime market.