After the TBS television network reported earlier this week that Japan’s Ethics Organization of Computer Software (EOCS) would institute a ban on the manufacture and sale of adult
Digital Manga has put the first 25 pages of its English translation of Osamu Tezuka’s 1968 speculative thriller manga Swallowing The Earth online as free preview. The chilling
Japanese production company TYO has announced plans to merge its subsidiary anime production studios Yumeta Company and Hal Film Maker. On July 1 the two companies will join
During a press interview promoting the new Blood: The Last Vampire live action feature film, acclaimed film maker Mamoru Oshii revealed that he wants to shoot one of
Question: Recently you mentioned how the works of Madhouse for the past decade have been far above and beyond their previous works in creativity and quality. Are there
The TBS television network reports that Japan’s independent PC game review committee will prohibit the production and sale of all adult computer games prominently featuring depictions of rape.
The new issue of Dengeki G’s Magazine has revealed that PC game developer Key is now at work on an original anime titled Angel Beats!. The battle action
Japanese publisher Kadokawa has added the 8th episode of its 2009 Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi television series to YouTube. The episode is the first new episode expanding the
Japanese anime production company Aniplex has announced its launch of an English language mirror of its Japanese Nagi-sama Fan Club website devoted to the 2008 Kannagi ~ Crazy
Anime production studio Barnum Laboratory has announced that its experimental CG anime short film Hoshi ni Negai wo Cold Body x Warm Heart will begin streaming on Yahoo!
Reportedly next week’s issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine will officially announce the development of a live action television series adaptation of Osamu Akimoto’s long running police comedy
The official website for Production I.G’s upcoming historical anime documentary film Miyamoto Musashi: Soken ni Haseru Yume (Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai) now hosts a new
Novelist Kaoru Kurimoto, best known as the author of the long running Guin Saga fantasy series, passed away on Tuesday at 7:18 p.m. at a Tokyo hospital. She
Naoko Matsuda’s 2007 manga series “Shoujo Manga” will serve as the basis for the NHK television network’s tentatively titled live action drama “Haken no Oscar ~ Shoujo Manga
The 7-Eleven convenience store chain will offer an exclusive Domo Slurpee beginning October 1. The six week promotional campaign co-branded with Dark Horse Comics & Tokyopop will offer
