Month: June 2008

The trailer for Hayao Miyazaki’s upcoming film Gake no Ue no Ponyo (Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea) broadcast during the June 27th episode of NTV’s Zoom

The official Japanese homepage for the recently announced ef – a tale of melodies anime television series is now online. The site features a 50 second trailer available

Geneon Entertainment has formally announced the development of a second Ichigo Marshmallow (“Strawberry Marshmallow”) OVA series. The ToHeart 2ad OVA series has issued a formal announcement of development

The short stop-motion animated film Stephan, produced by Japanese studio Muku, is now available on YouTube in 10 languages, including English. The short children’s film is designed to

Question: Why do anime have next episode previews? Even anime full of stand alone episodes have them. Why do you think next episode previews are so popular in

The official Strike Witches homepage now hosts 4 short, streaming trailers for the upcoming TV series. Click the website’s top left red button to access the video clips.

During its Rondo Robe 2008 publicity event, Geneon Entertainment formally announced development of “ef – a tale of melodies,” an anime television series sequel to the 2007 TV

Reportedly animation studio TNK will produce a TV anime adaptation of Feng’s 2007 adult PC game “Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka.” Source: Moon Phase Diary

Newsarama has published the second and third segments of its three part exposé on TOKYOPOP’s restructuring and the effects of these changes on artists whose work is published

ICv2 has published a spoiler-free positive review of the upcoming Japanese animated Batman anthology film Batman: Gotham Knight.

The 2006 anime series Demashitaa! Powerpuff Girls Z, a Japanese remake of creator Craig McCracken American animated series, will premier on the Cartoon Network serving Latin America on

Question: Why doesn’t Bandai Entertainment care about the Western fans? It seems like all of the DVDs they’re putting out are in subtitle form, and not the dubbed

Triad Toys has secured rights from Geneon Entertainment to produce toys and collectibles based on the 2004 anime television series Samurai Champloo. 12 inch tall, highly articulated collectable

ronically, despite 4Kids Entertainment CEO Al Kahn publicly proclaiming in December 2007 that “Japan is over,” 4Kids Entertainment has secured American distribution rights to the 50 episode Japanese

The Zannen, Canada fan site now hosts an audio interview with anime director Hiroshi Nagahama, conducted by HiSciFi. Nagahama is currently directing the anime adaptation of Wakasugi Kiminori’s