Month: June 2010

Gonzo has produced a promotional 4 episode Flash anime based on Ruffian Games’s Xbox 360 action game Crackdown 2, known in Japan as “Riot Act 2.” The first

A gorgeous minute of new footage from Studio Ghibli’s upcoming film Karigurashi no Arrietty has appeared on YouTube. Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s first feature hits Japanese theaters on July

Limited first edition copies of the ninth volume of Masayuki Ishikawa’s lighthearted drama manga series Moyashimon will ship in Japan next month with a bonus six minute CG

To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit to you the opening of 1997’s Maze Bakunetsu Jikuu television series. The rockin’

The 36 member companies of Japan’s Digital Comic Association, Square Enix, VIZ Media, TOKYOPOP, Vertical, Inc., the Tuttle-Mori Agency, and Yen Press have formed an international coalition intended

Anchor Bay Entertainment has acquired the domestic distribution rights to Molot Films and Studio 4°C’s 2009 historical mock documentary live-action & anime film First Squad – The Moment

The Anime Network has acquired streaming distribution rights to the current Kaichou wa Maid-sama! romantic comedy television series. Anime Network premium subscribers will have access to the first

The homepage for next month’s Mitsudomoe television series has added a new, second streaming trailer. Source: Moon Phase

The July issue of Monthly CoroCoro Comic Magazine that goes on sale in Japan next week will formally announce the first Inazuma Eleven theatrical feature. The spin-off from

Twitch now hosts an official English subtitled trailer for the upcoming Japanese live action sci-fi/historical action movie Alien Versus Ninja and the previously unreleased “splatter” version trailer for

To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit to you the opening of the 1963 television series Okami Shonen Ken. Ansanburu

Question: WTF is wrong with Katanagatari??? Great art, good story but with no real fights!!! Why??? It is an anime about 12 swords, without real sword fighting. Also,

Last year’s award-winning and highly popular live action television series Jin will get a concluding second season early next year. The historical drama is based on Motoka Murakami’s

To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit to you the opening of the award winning 1998 television series Serial Experiments

Electronic Arts has announced that its subsidiary BioWare will develop an animated film adaptation of its popular Dragon Age RPG in collaboration with FUNimation. The production is described