Month: July 2005

Home Media Retailing magazine’s July 17-23 issue includes an article titled “Anime Taking Some Punches” which includes startling facts about the American anime industry. Some quotes from the

The official Japanese website for the To Heart 2 anime television series has gone online with a placeholder image. Source: Moon Phase

DVD Vision Japan has scheduled a press conference and photo shoot to debut the winner of its “Mascot Idol” contest. Anne R., winner of DVD Vision Japan’s first

The Des Moines Register newspaper has published a profile of online anime retail company Right Stuf International which provides fiscal detail about the company not usually available to

Mattel has announced plans for an extensive line of domestic “Zatch Bell” toys aimed at 6-10 year olds. The line will include 2″ collectable figures sold in twin

Yoshimitsu Banno, who directed the ecologically cautionary 1971 film Godzilla vs. Hedora, will once again direct a Godzilla film that warns of the dangers of a polluted environment.

Director Kousuke Suzuki’s film “Maicching Machiko! Begins” is scheduled to open in Tokyo on September 17th. The film is a live action adaptation of Takeshi Ebihara’s manga “Maicchingu

Question: I can’t believe that the Mario Bros. and crew, Link & Zelda, Samus Aran, or some version of Castlevania never made it to the small screen. I

CMX Manga has scheduled the debut releases of several new manga series. Chikyu Misaki volume 1 will retail at $9.99 beginning September 14th. Pieces of a Spiral volume

The Full Metal Alchemist motion picture debuted as the third highest grossing movie in Japan during its opening week, last week. The film trailed behind Star Wars Episode

A streaming Windows Media trailer for the Korean animated film Empress Chung is now available. The award winning adaptation of a traditional Korean folk tale is scheduled to

Question: What is the deal with Rahxephon? I have just finished watching Rahxephon and watched Evangelion a very long while ago and I see why a lot of

TOKYOPOP has confirmed its acquisition of translation rights to five manga series by creator Mitsukazu Mihara. Haunted House, Beautiful People, Shigeshoshi, and R.I.P. – Requiem in Phonybrian will

Digital Manga has announced release dates for a number of English translated yaoi manga debuts: Almost Crying volume 1 will retail at $12.95 beginning April 15, 2006 The

Sunrise Studios’ official Japanese Seikai World website now hosts a 1:40 streaming Windows Media trailer for Seikai no Senki III OAV 1, scheduled for Japanese release on August