Month: October 2004

The official website for the live action Tetsujin 28 motion picture now hosts a 30 second teaser trailer in QuickTime and Windows Media formats. Source: Ain’t It Cool

The first volume of PhD: Phantasy Degree will be released on January 11th, and the first volume of Visitor will be released on April 12th. Source: ICv2 News

Yahoo News has reported that Godzilla will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at the world premiere of Godzilla Final Wars on November 29th at

The Washington Post has published an article on Japanese actor/director Takeshi Kitano. Source: Anime News Service

Question: How did anime get to be the way it looks today? If you look at anime the way it was in the 60’s through early 80’s, regarding

Galaxy Anime has reported that G4TechTV has picked up broadcast rights for Gad Guard, which will air every night at 12:00AM ET/9:00PM PT beginning Monday, November 8th. Source:

Anime on DVD has received word from FUNimation that the release date for Fullmetal Alchemist DVD 1 has been pushed back to February 8th, 2005. Source: Anime on

Moon Phase has reported that Negima will make its Japanese television debut on January 6th at 1am on TV Tokyo. Source: Moon Phase

Galaxy Anime’s Basil Powell talks to Gail Salamanca of Atlus Games about the soon to be released Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, and Darran Walker of Midway Games discusses

MSNBC.com has published an article about the ‘robust market’ of cartoon pornography on the web, which makes mention of hentai.

According to Anime on DVD, DreamWorks has announced that the Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence DVD will be released on December 28th at a retail price of

ICv2 News has reported that Shochiku Co., the oldest film studio in Japan, is creating an anime division which will produce up to five animated features and TV

TOKYOPOP has announced that In Dream World GN 1, Sokora Refugees GN 1, and CLAMP’s RG Veda GN 1, will be released on April 12th, 2005. Source: Jagged

New reviews for the live action films Bullet Ballet and 9 Souls have been posted at DVD Vision Japan.

Question: Putting aside giant robots, magical girls, super-powered martial artists, etc., has there ever been any anime or manga that has tried to stay as close to real