Month: January 2011

Question: What’s the rarest anime you’ve ever seen?

The homepage for the Kodomo no Jikan anime series has added a streaming trailer for the OAD that will be released with limited edition copies of the 9th

Anime studio Shaft and director Akiyuki Shinbo, who adapted Koji Kumeta’s Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei manga into a successful anime franchise, have announced plans for an adaptation of Kumeta’s Katteni

Gonzo has formally announced its development of an anime TV series adaptation of artist yukiusa’s self-published manga The Gothic World of Nyanpire. Creator yukiusa first published the Nyanpire

Although the 191 episode Pocket Monster: Diamond & Pearl television series ended last September, the series will make a brief return with a two-part TV special airing on

Warner Bros. has signed Kiss Kiss Bang Bang writer/director Shane Black to direct its live action Death Note adaptation of the popular manga by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi

Kazuyoshi Kumakiri (Freesia) is directing a live action adaptation of Hiroshi (“Badboys”) Tanaka’s 1994 “Bakugyaku Kazoku” manga. Yoshimi Tokui, half of the comedy duo Tutorial, stars as Tetsu,

To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the opening of the 1984 car tuning TV series Yoroshiku Mechadoc. The opening

Question: Why is it in so called “Harem” anime, the main character never ends up with an actual harem? I use the term harem in the actual sense

FUNimation will begin simulcasting the new Fractale anime television series on Thursday, January 13, at 11:45 am EST. The 11 episode Noitamina program is the latest show directed

Gainax has released a cute new trailer for its upcoming web anime series Hokago no Pleiades. The original magical girl anime is a co-production between Gainax (Evangelion, Re:

30-year-old Arashi band member Satoshi Ohno will reprise his starring role as Kaibutsu-kun, the prince of Monster Land, in a 3D live-action Kaibutsu-kun motion picture directed by Yoshihiro

To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the wonderful opening of last season’s Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru TV series. The

Question: Why doesn’t Heroman get the respect it deserves. I know it just my opinion, but I felt that Heroman was the best anime of the last year,

The homepage for the upcoming Saiyuki Gaiden OVA series now hosts the trailer from last month’s Comic Market 79 convention. The series’ first episode will be released on