Month: September 2009

The official Japanese website commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Yu-Gi-Oh anime franchise has added a streaming teaser trailer for next year’s Gekijouban Yu-Gi-Oh! ~Chou Yugo! Jiku wo

About.com now hosts an exclusive interview with Hollywood, California based Meltdown Comics about its observation of trends in domestic manga sales and demand. Much of the interview deals

Question: I’ve noticed the use of the word “monagatari” in quite a few anime in this year alone. Here is a list of the titles I am aware

Kadokawa has formally released the first trailer for the upcoming Kobato TV anime. The Madhouse adaptation of CLAMP’s current manga will premiere on October 6th. Source: Moon Phase

The official website for the upcoming Break Blade ~ Broken Blade anime television series has launched with 3 streaming teasers. None of them contain any anime footage. The

Yahoo is now streaming a full theatrical trailer for Dai Kaiju Battle ~ Ultra Ginga Densetsu The Movie (Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend the Movie). The trailer

Crunchyroll has begun streaming the 2007 iyashikei (healing type) slice-of-life anime television series Sketchbook ~full color’S~. The show is accessible to viewers in the U.S., American Samoa, U.S.

AnimEigo will release a DVD set of first 4 “Tora-san” movies next month. Shochiku’s beloved film franchise had 48 movies released from 1969-1995, all staring Kiyoshi Atsumi as

Veteran voice actor Akira Kamiya, who has played Mouri Kogoro in the Detective Conan anime franchise since it started in 1996, has apologetically announced that unspecified personal reasons

The official website for the Light Novel no Tanoshii Kakikata motion picture has revealed that the film will be shot in live action. The movie, initially announced earlier

Fresh and talented German animator Moritz Mayerhofer has released a short trailer for his original ten-minute long animated film Urs. Mayerhofer spent three years working on the film

Question: Tentacles, rape, bondage and similar fetishes seem to constitute the overwhelming majority of adult anime that reach Region 1 via legitinate distribution. Is there any indication from

For those that have been to Tokyo, or those just interested in the ‘land of anime’ culture, here’s some very cool video of Shibuya. Be sure to check

Japanese multimedia website Livedoor is now streaming one three-minute chapter of the upcoming Flash anime OVA Kemono to Chat (Chat With Animals). The adaptation of Takayuki Mizushina’s 4-koma

Japanese entertainment producer/distributor Avex has released a new 100 second trailer for Madhouse’s upcoming anime film Mai Mai Miracle (Mai Mai Shinko to Sennen no Maho). The film