Month: January 2006

Japanese anime studio Office AO now hosts a small resolution video sample of its artistic, experimental animation Ukihune. Source: Moon Phase

The official site for Square Enix’s sword & sorcerery MMORPG Fantasy Earth: The Ring of Dominion hosts three streaming Flash trailers. Japanese gaming news site 4Gamer hosts large,

Question: Is lolicon still legal in the U.S.? It seems that recently the topic has become heated on various forums that there was a change in 2005 to

Bandai Visual USA has announced that its first DVD release, Patlabor the Movie, will be released on April 25th. Reportedly the movie will be released as a $29.98

Central Park Media has revealed that the Animation Runner Kuromi 2 OVA will be released on American DVD on May 9th. CPM will also be releasing a domestic

Harmony Gold now hosts a QuickTime teaser trailer for its Korean/American co-produced animated series Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles. Source: Anime on DVD

Seven Seas Entertainment has announced plans to publish a 5 issue mini-series of original Speed Racer comics beginning this July. The Speed Racer mini-series will mark Seven Seas’

e frontier has announced the release of Manga Studio 3.0, a manga and comic book creation software program designed for aspiring and professional artists. Manga Studio contains everything

Bandai Games has opened its official website for the Japanese IGPX game. The game will be released for the Japanese PS2 on March 30th. Source: Moon Phase

Japan’s D3 Publisher has announced plans to release Xbox 360 versions of its budget line PS2 games Oneechanbara and Chikyuu Boueigun. Oneechanbara X (the name is a pun

Question: It seemed like in the early part of the decade there was a huge rush to license everything under the sun, but it seems of late that

Ain’t It Cool News has published a lengthy interview and editorial with Dark Horse Comics’ manga editors Philip Simon and Carl Gustav Horn.

WOWOW has opened an official website for the upcoming anime TV series adaptation of Fujisawa (GTO) Tohru’s action/horror manga serial Tokko. The series will premier in April. Source:

Japanese television network NTV has opened its official website for the Ouran High School Host Club anime television series, based on the manga by Bisco Hatori. The series

Galaxy Anime now hosts an exclusive interview with Ken Berry, Marketing Manager for XSEED Games. XSEED’s first console game releases are Wild Arms 4 and Shadow Hearts: The