Month: December 2000

Zoids Zero premiers on the 6th, again on TBS. This appears not to be a continuation of the first 2D/3D Zoid TV series but a new series in

Japanese Newspaper Ashai Shimbun has compiled a list of the ten most significant news events of the 20th century in Japan. Included in the very select list is

Final Fantasy X will return to the style of Final Fantasy VIII, with more modern settings and character design by Tetsuya Nomura. Further cementing the similarity between Final

Question: I’ve noticed that there are a lot of versions of “Journey to the West” (or Saiyuki) stories that have been turned into anime or manga, like Boku

New commercials on the Cartoon Network indicate that Outlaw Star will premier as part of the Toonami block starting January 15 at 6:30 PM. The 26 episode series

Anime on DVD has learned that the 13 episode Gundam 08th MS Team OAV series will premier on DVD in the US in mid to late 2001, “and

The New York Times has published an article claiming that Nintendo is in negotiations to buy Sega Enterprises for around $2 billion. Sega posted a loss of over

Medicom has released two Kubrick figures based on the famous Capcom girls Chun-Li and Morrigan as an exclusive to the Sakura-ya hobby shop in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Each retail

NewType Magazine online has updated its English language website for January. The online January issue features character information on Gundam: For the Barrel as well as a message

Question: How many volumes are in the anime Bastard, and how did they come up with the name?

Fanarts.net, one of the largest collectives of anime and genre inspired fan art on the web, has just inaugurated an English language version of the site. The German

Shoeisha has opened a web page devoted to the upcoming Dreamcast flight simulation/shooting game Macross M3. The site is entirely in Japanese, but does offer several large, clear

Director Hironobu Sakaguchi has confirmed that a second full CG Final Fantasy movie will go into production as soon as the current “Spirits Within” movie completes production. The

Even in limited release across America, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ranked #10 in last weekend’s box office returns, earning an estimated 4 million dollars.

Question: What’s all this talk about digital animation in anime? What part is the digital part? Why don’t people like it? In my opinion, it looks pretty good