Month: October 2009

Question: Is Aoi Hana likely to be released on American DVD? And how successful does it seem to be, relative to other yuri anime?

Manga author Yoshitani has announced that an anime OVA adaptation of his autobiographical manga series Boku, Otaryman. (I, Otaku-salaryman) will debut in January. The bestselling 2007 & ongoing

Japanese animation studio dwarf and Domo-kun creator Tsuneo Goda have revealed their development of new Komaneko stop-motion animation. Komaneko no Christmas ~Maigo ni Natta Present~ (A Komaneko Christmas:

Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki revealed yesterday that Ghibli’s next anime feature will be helmed by a director that has not previously directed a Ghibli film. Early production

Canadian production company Corus Entertainment has announced that a third Bakugan television animation series titled Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders will premiere next year. Although not specified, presumably Japanese studio

The latest trailer for director Mamoru Oshii’s latest live-action sci-fi action picture, Assault Girls, contains more firepower, explosions, monsters, mecha, and visual style than ought to be allowed

Twitch has published new reviews of Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance, Ghost in the Shell 2.0, and Musashi: Dream of the Last Samurai.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Hong Kong based Imagi Animation Studios may develop a sequel to its new Astro Boy feature if the movie proves popular. Is this

Question: Could the Japanese TV industry ever be like the American TV industry? As in airing original programming ever year (roughly 45 new shows premiere yearly on US

For the benefit of the handful of people beside me that eagerly anticipate new episodes of Ontama, the fourth episode of the Nico Nico Douga exclusive anime series

Following the demise of Viz Media’s Shoujo Beat Magazine, a small group of enterprising fans led by Publisher/Editorial Director Garrett Boast have launched plans for ShojoBerry Magazine, a

Anime News Network has translated a summary of Square-Enix producer Kouji Taguchi’s analysis of the anime business, which he presented to an audience earlier this week at the

FUNimation has released the first 3 minutes of the Soul Eater television series featuring the English dub voices of Soul Eater and Maka. The series will hit American

Japanese producer/distributor King Records has tapped Crunchyroll to handle online distribution of both seasons of the White Album anime television series to viewers in the United States, Canada,

The first episode of the Flash anime series Licca-chan to Maho no Kuni (Licca-chan and the Magical Kingdom) is now streaming on Tomy’s official Licca-chan homepage. Tomy’s Licca