Soreike! Anpanman has formally attained the Guinness World Record for largest number of characters in an animated series. As of March 27, Guinness World Records credited the Anpanman
Japan’s otaku community was abuzz early this week when manga artist Yoshikawa Hideaki confirmed that publisher Square Enix had evidently expunged his risqué fantasy manga series Akuma to
In September 2008 anime studio Radix mobanimation filed suit against production company Micott & Basara, alleging that Micott & Basara had contracted Radix to create an Appleseed: Genesis
Popular online lesbian community website Afterellen.com has begun streaming the current girl-love themed anime television series Aoi Hana. The video is mirrored from Crunchyroll. The Afterellen website attracts
Nippon Animation has opened an official website for its upcoming anime adaptation of Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod and Olivier Tallec’s French picture book series Rita et Machin. The storybook series
Studio Ghibli’s official “Itsumo no Ghibli Nikki” (“The Habitual Ghibli Diary”) blog has announced that the studio’s next feature film will hit Japanese theaters next year. The studio
Viz Pictures has picked up domestic distribution rights to the 2009 live action fantasy comedy film Battle League Horumo. Director Katsuhide Motoki’s (Kitaro and the Millennium Curse) live
The Kyoto Seika University established Japan’s first formal curriculum in manga study in 2000. In 2006 the university established a formal manga and anime study department, known as
Question: Why do a lot of yuri anime/manga series feel the need to include a gimmick to sanction the relationship, such as an all-girl boarding school (e.g. “The
The official Japanese Gundam homepage has announced that the upcoming Japanese Blu-ray release of the 1986 Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ TV series will include two new “Gundam Frag.”
I want to point out to our adult readers that the official Japanese homepage for next month’s first 15 Bishoujo Hyouryuuki (15 Beautiful Girls Adrift) ero-anime OVA is
Serving as the latest reminder that Japanese gamers love Dragon Quest, IT Media reports that Square Enix has shipped over 3 million copies of the Nintendo DS RPG
Japan’s Good Smile Company has announced a November release for a Nendoroid figure version of Princess Drössel (19th Lord of Uranos’ Kingdom’s Tempest Domain, Drössel Juno Vierzehntens Heizregister
The official homepage for Production I.G’s new CG anime feature film Oblivion Island ~Haruka and the Magic Mirror~ (Hottarake no Shima ~Haruka to Maho no Kagami~) has added
