Month: February 2009

Marvelous Entertainment has opened an official website to formally announce the Sora no Manimani television anime, based on the manga by Mami Kashiwabara. The official Shin Mazinger Z

Question: How many episodes are in Shugo Chara?

The Japanese Anican Staff Blog reports on the voice acting recording of the freshly announced children’s anime television series Cookin’ Idol Ai! Mai! Main! (pronounced “Cookin’ Idol I!

Musician Masatsugu Shinozaki has revealed the development of an anime television series adaptation of the award winning historical manga Soten Koro. The story of Chinese warlord Cao Cao,

Confirming speculation from last month, a Japanese television commercial from Marvelous Entertainment has confirmed the development of a new Koihime Musou anime based on the “Shin Koihime Muso:

The official Japanese Fullmetal Alchemist homepage now hosts “Promotion Video #02” (actually the third released teaser trailer for the upcoming second series. The new series is scheduled to

Reportedly the April issue of Monthly Gundam Ace magazine, which goes on sale later this week, will formally announce the development of a 30th anniversary Gundam anime. The

Viz Media CEO Hidemi Fukuhara has confirmed that the publisher laid off an unspecified number of employees last Friday. Fukuhara stated, “Viz Media is in the process of

Japanese publisher Kodansha has revealed its 2008 fiscal results. Declines in advertising revenue and manga sales led to a 7.686 billion yen (US $81.2 million) drop from 2007

This is just cool! “It’s the first Nendoroid to have an interior design! – just as it appeared in the anime, the hair can open to reveal a

Question: So what’s up with anime characters and licking? Whether it’s in eager anticipation of something or licking the blood off their face or weapon, characters seem to

FUNimation has formally announced its acquisition of home entertainment, broadcast, internet and merchandise rights to the 2008 six episode Mnemosyne television series. The official announcement reports that the

Animator Kunio Kato’s anime short film Le Maison en Petits Cubes (“House of Small Cubes”) became the second Japanese animation work to win a major Academy Award last

Reportedly Studio Comet (Peach Girl, Steel Angel Kurumi) is now at work on a TV anime adaptation of Mami Kashiwabara’s romantic school comedy manga series Sora no Manimani.

Reportedly director Yasuhiro Imagawa (Giant Robo, G-Gundam) will helm the production of Shin Mazinger Shogeki! Z-Hen, a television anime remake of the 1972 Mazinger Z television series. The