Month: February 2004

Bandai has scheduled release dates for a pair of American series debuts. Dragon Drive DVD volume 1 will premier on May 11 as a $24.98 standard DVD and

Konami has officially announced plans to develop a new hero anime multimedia project titled “Get Ride! Amdriver.” The project will include an anime TV series produced by Studio

Toei Animation now hosts full length movie trailers for the recently released St. Seiya Hades Chapter movie in streaming Real Media & Windows Media and the upcoming fifth

The Yomiuri Newspaper has confirmed that Innocence (Ghost in the Shell 2) will screen theatrically in 10 major American cities this fall. The film will also see a

Question: What series started the whole cosmic battle anime genre like DBZ and S-cry-ed?

Del Rey Books representative Dallas Middaugh has confirmed for ICv2 News that the forthcoming American release of Ken Akamatsu’s Maho Sensei Negima manga will contain approximately 10 panels

Madhouse has officially announced that its anime TV series adaptation of the popular Tenjoh Tenge (known by fans as “TenTen”) manga will premier on Japanese television this April.

The official Japanese homepage for the Inuyasha: Juso no Kamen action RPG for the Playstation 2 now hosts three streaming Windows Media TV commercials for the game, which

The Cartoon Network has announced a pair of major programming revisions scheduled to go into effect on April 17th. The present weekday afternoon Toonami programing will be replaced

Metrocon, Tampa, Florida’s only anime convention, has revealed plans to hold a “Cat Girls versus School Girls” human chess match during the July 9-11 convention. Metrocon 2004 is

Question: In your opinion, would you recommend it to be wise for an American to live and work in Japan? I’m wondering because I would really like to,

Creator Ken Akamatsu has reported, in his February 22nd website diary update, shock over the degree of censoring that will be imposed on the American release of his

Viz, LLC has announced that its Rurouni Kenshin volume 3 graphic novel has sold over 8,500 copies since its January 24, 2004 release, and become the top selling

Weekly Shonen Sunday Magazine has announced that the popular golf manga Dandoh!! will be adapted into anime. The top article of the February 24th update on Moon Phase

A 2:36 Real Media trailer for the upcoming Phantom the Animation OAV series is now available for download. The OAV series is based on the popular DVD-ROM adventure