Month: October 2002

The November issue of Newtype Magazine includes a brief statement confirming plans for the creation of an anime TV series adaptation of Yukiru Sugisaki’s popular D.N.Angel manga. No

Taiwanese newspaper The Nation has reported that Doraemon will debut in America sometime in 2003. Representative director of Fujiko-Pro Zenshow Itoh revealed to the newspaper that Fujiko-Pro (named

Manga Entertainment has announced that Masami Obari’s 12 episode cyberpunk anime TV series Virus: Virus Buster Serge will be released on 3 domestic DVDs at $24.95 each. Virus

Question: Was there an anime released before regarding Arsene Lupin I (grandfather of Lupin III)?

Viz Communications is currently in need of freelance comic book artists for lettering and touch-up assignments. Candidates need to have experience working with digital data and directly from

The 2002 Tokyo Fantastic Film Festival to be held October 26th-November 4th will be hosting a number of impressive world premier screenings including Jungle Wa Itsumo! Hare Nochi

Columnist Jack Mathews of the New York Daily News has published an editorial in the newspaper chastising Walt Disney Studios Chairman Richard W. Cook over Disney’s minimal promotion

Veteran Japanese film maker Kinji Fukasaku, perhaps best known to Westerners as the director of Battle Royale, recently announced that he has been diagnosed with bone cancer. Rather

Midnight Eye has published a very positive review of director Shinya Tsukamoto’s latest film, A Snake in June, as well as an exclusive interview with the director. Ain’t

Playmore officially opened its new American SNK Neo-Geo homepage today.

TOKYOPOP Announced yesterday its acquisition of translation rights to 6 manga titles: G-Gundam, Gatekeepers, Scryed, Rave, King of Bandits Jing, and Samurai Deeper Kyo. The Mobile Fighter G-Gundam

GameSpot reports that two young Korean men have died so far this month in unrelated instances, both due to obsessive video gaming. In the first case a 24

Question: Will G Gundam have a sequel? When the series ended it said “See You Again.” There should be a sequel since I heard it was a hit

Anime on DVD has confirmed that Bandai apparently has now acquired the American translation and distribution rights to the Love Hina Spring Special. The Christmas Special with bonus

The Anime No Editing Zone has confirmed that Viz has digitally altered footage in their upcoming release of the Trouble Chocolate TV series to overlay English text on