Month: September 2007

Question: In your opinion, which anime shows must an anime fan definitely watch before he dies?

The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming Rental Magica anime television series now hosts a streaming 90 second long trailer. The anime is scheduled to premier next month.

The current issue of Japan’s Comic Ran Twins Magazine has formally announced that the “Sengoku Gakudou Nikki: Sensei no Chonmage” (Diary of a Student During the Warring States

Japanese television network MBS has opened its official homepage for the Shakugan no Shana Second television series, which is scheduled to premier on October 4th. Broadcaster TV Tokyo

An unverified, anonymous post on the Japanese Moon Phase message board claims that the first issue of Dengeki Kuro Maoh Magazine will include an announcement that an Ichigeki

The official homepage for the upcoming Night Wizard anime television series now hosts a streaming trailer in low and high Windows media and low and high Real Media

ICv2 now hosts a lengthy interview with Viz Media’s Senior Vice President Liza Coppola, discussing the current state of the manga and anime markets, and what’s coming from

Question: Today’s question was submitted by a reader in Japan. Welcome back from Japan, John-sama! I enjoyed a lot of photos of you at many otaku spots in

The official Kodomo no Jikan television series homepage now hosts a streaming version of the upcoming television series’ home video exclusive OVA episode. The DVD version of the

The official Nasu: Suitcase no Wataridori OVA homepage now hosts a new streaming trailer for the October 24th DVD release. Source: Moon Phase

The official Kara no Kyoukai movie homepage now hosts a streaming version of the Comic Market 72 trailer. The movie is scheduled to open in Japanese theaters in

Weekly Young Sunday Magazine has announced that Takeshi Natsuhara & Kuromaru’s crime/suspense manga series Kurosagi, and Motaro Mase’s dramatic manga series Ikigami will both be developed into feature

Japanese publisher Media Works has confirmed that an anime TV series adaptation of Shungiku Nakamura’s boy-love manga series Junjo Romantica is now in production. Source: Moon Phase

Question: At the end of the movie “Steamboy,” during the credits it shows steamboy going on various different adventures and fighting different enemies. It looks as if the

Based on a popular shoujo manga series, Glass no Kamen (The Glass Mask) will become a new stage play directed by Yukio Ninagawa, who also directed the Kiki’s