Trans World Entertainment Corporation, parent company of the FYE chain of music stores, has submitted a bid to purchase bankrupt Musicland Holding Corp. for $104 million in addition
Question: What are the chances of a title being picked up after a license expires? I recently heard that Manga Ent. had several titles that expired. For instance
The official website for upcoming anime television series Yoshimune is now open. The 24 episode series is scheduled to premier in April. Animate.tv reports that Gonzo will produce
The Yomiuri Newspaper has published an introductory article about graphic designer Takashi Okazaki’s Afro Samurai and plans to develop the franchise as an American/Japanese co-produced animated series and
Contrary to reports from last summer that director James Cameron’s next feature film would be a live action adaptation of Battle Angel, ICv2 reports that Cameron has told
Entries are now being accepted for Metrocon’s Anime Fan Film Festival, an exciting event debuting this year at the fourth annual Tampa, Florida anime convention. Creators are invited
Question: Are similarly named and iconic characters Binchou-tan, Habanero-tan, the OS-tans related in any way? I’ve also seen images of other, similar characters posted on the English-speaking 4chan
At this past weekend’s Katsucon convention FUNimation announced its acquisition of translation and distribution rights to the Kimi ga Nozomu Eien anime televsion series. The series will be
Galaxy Anime has updated with an interview with Namco Bandai Games representative Peter Garza about the Tales of Legendia RPG, ICv2’s Milton Griepp reviews 2005 and looks ahead
Media Blasters has announced that its first Kirameki Project DVD will be released on June 13th. The DVD will contain the first 3 of 5 episodes and retail
Japanese site Galge.com now hosts a streaming Windows Media trailer for the upcoming first Kyou no Go no Ni (“Today in Class 5-2”) OAV. Source: Rakuga Kidou
The official Japanese website for the Makai Senki Disgaea 2 Playstation 2 game now hosts a sample version of the game’s anime opening movie in streaming Windows Media