Month: July 2010

Bandai has officially delayed the domestic release of its The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2nd Season DVD collection from August 17 to September 14.

The seven American branches of Japan’s Kinokuniya Bookstore chain have ceased selling five Japanese “bishoujo” (pretty girl) anime and manga magazines as a “precautionary measure” related to fears

Reportedly during the “Cultural Typhoon” academic conference held at Komazawa University earlier this month, Ergo Proxy & Wolf’s Rain screenwriter Dai Sato made a number of harsh, and

This isn’t anime, but any anime fan that isn’t just a little bit intrigued by the first trailer for director Zac Snyder’s next picture, Sucker Punch, isn’t an

To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the opening of the 1987 cooking boy television series Mister Ajikko. The theme

Question: Why do people keep calling Inception “original” when it’s clearly “inspired” by Paprika and, even if it wasn’t, has been done before in the cyberpunk genre, much

The G4 television network now hosts a streaming trailer for the Madhouse animated Iron Man anime television series, along with a confirmation that Madhouse’s television series adaptations of

Tokyopop has announced its acquisition of domestic publication rights to Yuna Kagesaki’s Sakura’s Number One (Sakura no Ichiban), Koge Donbo’s Pavane for a Dead Girl (Naki Shoujo no

Drawn & Quarterly has announced its acquisition of publication rights to Shigeru Mizuki’s Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths (Soin Gyokusai Seyo!) and NonNonBa (Nonnonba to Ore) manga series.

The head of the 5pb. game production company, Chiyomaru Shikura, has publicly announced that the 5pb & Nitroplus co-developed Xbox 360 “hypothetical science adventure” visual novel game Steins;Gate

To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the opening (and ending) of the 1974 magical girl television series Majokko Meg-chan.

Question: I was a big anime fan a few years ago and I’m getting back into it now. I was wondering if there were any newer anime you

Beginning today, Crunchyroll will begin simulcasting new weekly episodes of the ongoing Mitsudomoe slapstick comedy anime television series. The series’ first three episodes will become available to viewers

Bandai Entertainment, at the ongoing San Diego Comic Con, has announced its acquisition of the 1999 Turn A Gundam and 2008 Tales of the Abyss television series and

Top Shelf Productions, the American publisher of the AX: Alternative Manga anthology, has announced plans for an English language publication of the late Masahiko Matsumoto’s 2009 collection of