Month: May 2004

AnimeNation and AN Entertainment will officially attend this weekend’s Animazement convention, along with the primary English dub cast of AN Entertainment’s upcoming release Miami Guns. As a result,

The official Japanese Re: Cutey Honey website now hosts the show’s 2 minute long opening animation in streaming Real Media format. Source: Moon Phase

Geneon will release the first DVD volumes of Gregory Horror Show, re-named “Gregory Horror House,” and Stellvia on September 21st. Both DVDs will contain 4 episodes and retail

The Japanese web pages for upcoming anime TV series Genshiken and Kujibiki Unbalance are now open. Genshiken is based on the “otaku manga” (manga about otaku) by Kio

Impress Corporation has announced that the full CG rendered Digimon movie “Digital Monster X-evolution” (pronounced “zevolution”) will be released next year, along with new video game and toy

Media Blasters has apparently expressed some interest in licensing “tokusatsu” (Japanese live action special-effects show) programs for American release. But Media Blasters is hesitant to license such programs

J-pop supergroup Do As Infinity will perform live on June 7th at the The Cutting Room in New York City. Admission is free to those 21 years and

Evangelion director Hideaki Anno’s live action directorial debut, 1998’s Love & Pop, a film about Japanese teen prostitution, will finally be getting an American DVD release from Kino

In anticipation of the currently filming American re-make of Ju-On, Lion’s Gate has announced plans to release the original Japanese horror film to American theaters this July. The

ArtsMagic DVD has acquired American DVD distribution rights to Blue Spring, a live action adaptation of Taiyo Matsumoto’s manga of the same name, and Takeshi Miike’s Sabu. New

Ain’t It Cool News has published the first promotional image of the upcoming film Godzilla Final Wars.

Question: I got a question about why Japanese people seem to love those transform stuff. Transform like in Salior Moon, Ultra Manic and etc. All the people I

Media Works has announced that Tanaka Kunihiko’s Ichigeki Sacchuu!! Hoihoi-san manga, based on Konami’s Playstation 2 action game, will be released as a tankoubon (collected volume) on September

Japanese book retailer Chuosha has revealed that Yumeta Company (Animation Runner Kuromi) will produce an anime TV series adaptation of the manga/video game/OAV anime Harukanaru Toki no Naka

Japan’s National Tax Administration Agency has released its lists of highest income tax payers for the 2003 financial year. No professionals in Japan’s anime/manga industry number among Japan’s