Japanese pop group Morning Musume is now sponsoring an “Original Promotion Video Contest” for its song “3,2,1 BREAKIN’ OUT.” Participants can download the song and 82 “green screen”
Question: What [do] American anime fans, especially fanzine fans, expect from doujinshi? How popular is doujinshi and how is it consumed in the U.S.? How do American anime/manga
Yaoi anime producer PrimeTime has released a new trailer for its upcoming Hyakujitsu no Bara (Maiden Rose) OVA, an adaptation of the manga series by Fusanosuke Inariya. The
Comix Wave Films has launched a webpage and trailer for the Japanese TV broadcast of “Watashi no Coffee Samurai ~Jihanki Teki na Kareshi~” (My Coffee Samurai ~My Boyfriend
Continuing its “Kadokawa Tuesdays” programming line, Crunchyroll has announced the English translated online premier of an additional 7 live action feature films from Kadokawa Pictures: The Beast to
Korean news agency Yonhap reports that the 2007 Korean live action television series The Legend (Tae Wang Sa Shin Gi) will be adapted into a Korean-Japanese co-produced 26
Digital Manga Publishing’s online manga rental service eManga has redesigned its homepage. The site now offers free previews of titles from Digital Manga’s entire catalog, and has implemented
During a public speaking appearance in the Netherlands on April 25th, actor James Marsters, who played Piccolo Daimaoh in the live action Dragonball: Evolution motion picture, shared some
The Teikoku Databank financial research firm reports that Japanese toy and figure manufacturing company Jun Planning ceased Japanese and American distribution operations and began bankruptcy filing procedures on
An official Japanese website has launched to announce an August 22 theatrical premiere for the Gekijouban Yatterman: Shin Yattermecha Osu gou! Omocha no Kuni de Dai Ketsudan da
The official homepage for the first Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha motion picture is now open. The site features the Tokyo Anime Fair promotional trailer first released last December.
Weekly Shonen Jump Magazine has revealed that One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda is personally assisting in the development of the 10th One Piece theatrical film, One Piece: Strong
The Japanese parliament is currently debating the expenditure of 11.7 billion yen (US $118 million) on the construction of a national manga & anime museum to be located
