Readers that have watched the Sky Crawlers movie may be mildly curious about my response to the film’s thematic significance. Readers that haven’t watched the film are advised
Yahoo! Japan’s movies section is now streaming the five minute long opening scene of the live action Blood: The Last Vampire motion picture. The film opens in Japanese
Bessatsu Hana to Yume Magazine has announced that a live action TV series adaptation of Aya Kanno’s romantic comedy manga series Otomen will premiere on August 1. Otomen
Dengeki Playstation now hosts a selection of screenshots from the upcoming AIKa ZERO episode 1: White Nights OVA. It’s scheduled for Japanese release on on August 25. Source:
During this past weekend’s Anime Boston convention, FUNimation announced plans for domestic distribution of the 2008 Spice & Wolf (Okami to Koshinryo) television series. FUNimation’s initial acquisition evidently
During this past weekend’s Anime Boston convention, FUNimation announced plans for a September 22 premiere release of Sgt. Frog (Keroro Gunso) season 1 part 1. The series’ numerous
At this past weekend’s FanimeCon convention, Gainax co-founder Hiroyuki Yamaga revealed that the studio is now developing two new anime productions. One is a special episode of the
The Japan Animation Creators Association held a symposium at Tokyo University last Friday to discuss the working conditions and status of Japan’s anime production industry. The discussion included
Question: Ishinomori Shotaro, Matsumoto Leiji, and Nagai Gou are (at least occasionally) fantastic and trail blazing storytellers, yet none of their modern works have ever taken off in
The Japanese government Saiban Inseido (public jury system) information website is now streaming the original 22 minute anime short film Bokura no Saibanin Monogatari (Our Jury Story) to
Viz Media has launched a web based English language version of Shogakukan’s seinen (for young adult men) manga magazine Ikki. The online magazine presently hosts the first chapter
Manga creator and character designer Yoshitoshi ABe (Serial Experiments Lain, Haibane Renmei) has confirmed on his personal blog that he and many of the staffers of the Lain
Bandai Entertainment has informed retailers that the release of Mobile Suit Gundam OO DVD volume 1, in both regular and special edition versions, has been delayed from June
The Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan in collaboration with the DC Anime Club will screen director Makoto Shinkai’s 5 Centimeters per Second and Voices of
