Month: December 2005

American manga style comic strip Aoi House will be published monthly in Newtype USA Magazine beginning with the just released January 2006 issue. Aoi House will be printed

ICv2 News has published an interview with Anime Network representatives Stacy Slanina and Chris Oarr. Some of the main points of the interview include: The Anime Network is

Canada’s Shaw Communications has announced the availability of the Anime Network on a paid subscription basis. Shaw customers may now access up to 20 hours of anime content

The official Japanese website for the upcoming anime TV series Ray the Animation, based on Akihito Yoshitomi’s manga homage/spin-off to Osamu Tezuka’s Black Jack, has opened, although the

The double feature live action Chou Sei Kantai Sazer-X Tatakau! Hoshi no Senshi Tachi and Kabutomushi Ouji Mushiking: Greatest Champion e no Michi motion pictures opened in Japanese

Pop Japan Travel has extended its registration deadline for its Winter 2005 Tour to December 30th.

Question: These authors of the anime, do they actually draw and construct the storyline? In no way am I saying they are not able to do it, but

Question: Is an anime T.V. series in Japan always considered successful if it does have a corresponding motion picture? Taking those T.V. series out of the equation whose

Home Theater Magazine has published a revealing and informative interview with anime creator Satoshi Kon in which Kon explains his role in creating anime, why Japanese anime and

Digital Manga has opened job listings for numerous professional and unpaid intern positions. Source: Anime News Network

An official website has opened for the Lovege Chu ~Miracle Seiyuu Hakusho~ anime television series. The series will be animated by Radix (Divergence Eve, Sakura Taisen) for broadcast

CPM has made the entire first Patlabor OVA available for download. The Quicktime file is formatted for iPod viewing, but can be watched on a home computer. Source:

The Yomiuri Newspaper has published an article detailing the increasing popularity of the “shinigami” (roughly equivalent to “grim reaper”) in contemporary Japanese fiction. Manganews has published an English

Netcomics, an affiliate of Korean online comics publisher Ecomix, will begin publishing English translated Korean manwha graphic novels in the U.S. next month. Netcomics first three releases are

The Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs has announced it’s 2005 Media Art Festival prize winners. The grand prize in the animation category was awarded to Sumito Sakakibara’s latest