Month: January 2010

Actress Chiaki Kuriyama, possibly best known to Americans for her performance as Go Go Yubari in Kill Bill Volume 1, will make her professional singing debut as “CHiAKi

On February 1st Japanese online game development studio Gonzo Rosso will formally change its name to “Rosso Index.” The studio, founded in 1963, was acquired by Gonzo Digimation

Japan Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection in one of the biggest corporate failures in Japanese history. Asia’s biggest airline reported last October that it faced 1.5 trillion

I love sites like this, they remind me of my trips to Tokyo. Tons of beautiful pictures, well organized, browsing here makes me wish I could go again

Media Blasters has revealed its acquisition of distribution rights to the 2008 risqué supernatural romantic comedy anime series Kanokon by way of an announcement that the first DVD

Hulu has begun offering free streams of subtitled Kekkaishi episodes 1, 2, & 5. Viz announced its acquisition of the 52 episode supernatural adventure anime series in July

The advertising obi on copies of the second collected volume of Namori’s bishoujo manga series Yuruyuri announces the development of an anime TV series based on the manga.

The Nikkei Newspaper reports that Sega Toys will begin distributing Zhu Zhu Pets artificial hamster toys in Japan this April. An original Japanese manga based on the franchise

Daisuke Gouri (real name: Yoshio Nagahori), the voice actor best known to American anime fans as the voice of Dragon Ball Z character Mr. Satan, was found lying

The homepage for the upcoming Insect Detective Yoshida Yoshimi (Konchu Tantei Yoshida Yoshimi) live action motion picture has added a streaming trailer. The nonsense gag comedy about a

We wanted to pass along notice to and from our South Australian friends that the Angus & Robertson Edwardstown book store now carries a full selection of manga!

Question: Who are the best female villains of anime? Off the top of my own noggin, I’d have to say Medusa of Soul Eater and Cassa from Black

Japan’s Bandai Visual has announced that the first bilingual Blu-ray volume of the Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn OVA series will be available exclusively through online retailer Amazon for

Voice actor Isamu Tanonaka passed away due to a heart attack in his Tokyo home on Wednesday, January 13. He was 77. Tanonaka is best known as the

British online retailer Play.com has unleashed a full trailer for the live action Tekken motion picture. The movie will get a Japanese theatrical release in March and hit