The homepage for the upcoming anime television series Working!! has released its third character trailer, this one focusing on Wagnaria restaurant manager Shirafuji Kyoko. The show is scheduled
Weekly Shounen Magazine has announced that the current Mahou Sensei Negima: Mou Hitotsu no Sekai OAD series will be extended by a fifth bonus episode adapting the manga’s
The TBS television network has revealed the surprising announcement that the second season of the cult hit K-On television series will premiere in April. The main staff and
Keiko Tobe, creator of the acclaimed manga series With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child (Hikari to Tomo ni… ~Jiheisho-ji wo Kakaete~), passed away on Thursday at the
This year’s New York International Children’s Film Festival will host the U.S. theatrical premieres of Madhouse’s Summer Wars and Mai Mai Miracle (Mai Mai Shinko to Sennen no
Nintendo today announced that a new “main entry” game in the Pocket Monster franchise will debut later this year for the Nintendo DS. The game will be the
Question: What’s your opinion of anime/manga that have anti-war themes like Azumi/Barefoot Gen/Grave of Fireflies and what titles of the latest generation continue their tradition?
The March issue of Ciel magazine, which goes on sale in Japan this weekend, will reportedly announce the development of an anime TV series based on Shungiku Nakamura’s
Reportedly the first Japanese DVD volume of the current Nodame Cantabile: Finale anime television series will include the show’s first two broadcast episodes plus an unaired bonus episode.
Japanese music label Lantis has officially uploaded the full length music video for Minori Chihara’s new single “Yasashii Bokyaku” (“Kind Forgetfulness”) to YouTube. The song is the theme
An unconfirmed Japanese promotional image that’s just surfaced states that the Strike Witches 2 television series will premiere this summer. Source: Moon Phase
The Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan has announced that box office revenue for domestically produced Japanese films hit an all-time high in 2009. More interesting to manga
The Kyoto High-Tech Crime Task Force yesterday arrested a Japanese man suspected of uploading anime episodes, including episodes of the current Fullmetal Alchemist television series, to the internet
Hong Kong-based animation studio Imagi Animation laid off approximately 100 of its 450 employees last month. Now the company has announced the closure of its Los Angeles office
The Disney owned film production & distribution company Miramax Films officially ceased operations today. The producer/distributor’s New York and Los Angeles offices close today, leaving 80 former staffer
