By Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews

According to a report in Japan’s Nikkei business daily newspaper (subscription required), the Nintendo Wii will get its own video distribution service in 2009.

Unlike the services offered on the PS3 or Xbox 360, which offer existing movies or TV programming, Nintendo is going to create original programming, cartoons and family-oriented programming, for its video service.

Nintendo will team with Dentsu Inc, Japan’s largest ad agency, with some of the programming free and some of it ad-supported.

According to the Nikkei, the service will launch in Japan in the spring. It will expand worldwide “later.” I wonder how much anime we’ll see on that service? Hey, how about some new Inuyasha episodes, Nintendo?