Month: January 2008

Question: Do you think “Sword of the Stranger” and “Shadow” will ever be released in America? The reason I ask about “Shadow” is because I remember you wrote

The NHK television network now hosts the first two seasons of its series of “Ani-Kuri 15” (“Anime Creator 15”) minute long anime short films directed by 15 of

Bandai Visual has formally announced plans for a domestic release of the 2004 Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~Hachiyo Shou~ anime television series under the American title “Haruka:

Publishers Weekly reports that manga artist Yoshinori Natsume, bset known for his supernatural manga series “Togari” and his work as a visual designer for the Metal Gear Solid

Question: When are American licensors going to decide to release thier anime TV shows on Blu-ray? So far there are a few anime movies to pick up, but

Space Adventure Cobra creator Buichi Terasawa’s homepage has formally announced the first details about the revival of the “Cobra the Space Pirate” anime. Coming 26 years after the

Following on the heels of an announcement that continued production of the live action TV series adaptation of Masato Fujisaki’s manga series Wild Life would be canceled, which

Question: Is there any hope for “Kodomo no Jikan” to be picked up by any manga or anime company since it’s been dropped by Seven Seas? I’ve noticed

The official Japanese homepage for the Naruto Shippuden television series has formally announced that the fifth Naruto theatrical film (the second Naruto Shippuden movie) will premier in Toho

Acclaimed anime and live action film director Mamoru Oshii has accepted a guest instructor post on the faculty of the Tokyo Keizai University. Beginning in April, Oshii will

The Nippon Television Network has reported that the NHK television network has canceled its plans to produce a live action television series adaptation of Masato Fujisaki’s award winning

Question: A lot of anime in the US seems to look similar, as in, it seems as if American anime fans have started to grow some sort of

An official website has appeared to announce the April premier of an anime TV series adaptation of the late Kaoru Tada’s modern classic shoujo romance manga series Itazura

AD Vision has revealed that Newtype USA Magazine, which will cease publication with its February issue, will be replaced by a new magazine titled “PiQ,” which will cover,

Del Rey Manga Associate Publisher Dallas Middaugh has formally announced Del Rey’s acquisition of translation rights to Keito Koume’s two volume Kujibiki Unbalance manga story, a spin-off from