Director Kazuyoshi Yokota passed away on September 7 due to an unspecified cause. Yokota worked as an assistant or episode director on anime series including Jarinko Chie, Osomatsu-kun,
This December the NTV network will air a two-hour live-action Ranma ½ TV special, based on Rumiko Takahashi’s popular romantic comedy manga. Kento Kaku (Paradise Kiss, Gokusen) and
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the unique opening of the early 2011 television series Fractale. The opening theme
Question: While roaming online, I found the question, “What are some anime characters that will be fondly remembered years from now? You know, characters like Char, Lupin, Minmay,
A pair of Japanese TV commercials advertising the 36th collected volume of Kentarou Miura’s Berserk manga have premiered in Japan. Both short clips reveal previously unreleased footage of
An English narrated Japanese trailer for the full CG Dragon Age: Blood Mage no Seisen motion picture has premiered online. The production from anime studio Oxybot and producers
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the opening of the recently concluded Steins;Gate TV series. The opening theme is
Question: Why are Japanese anime companies reluctant to do sequels to manga adaptations, even when they have the material for them? Everyone’s been waiting for new Berserk in
Aniplex of America has announced that Niconico will stream next month’s Fate/zero television series worldwide with subtitles in Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), English, French, German, Italian, Korean, and
Right Stuf International’s adult anime label Critical Mass has acquired the domestic distribution rights to the 2002 three-episode adult OVA series The Urotsuki. The series is the fifth
A third OAD based on Yasunori Mitsunaga’s Princess Resurrection ~ Kaibutsu Oujou manga will be released with limited edition copies of the 16th collected volume of the manga
The November issue of LaLa Magazine will formally announce this weekend that Natsume Yujincho Shi, a fourth Natsume Yujincho television series, will premiere next January. The current Natsume
Anime production studio TMS will premiere its latest feature film, Hal no Fue (Hal’s Flute) at next month’s 24th Tokyo International Film Festival. The 48 minute long anime
Director Goro Miyazaki’s second feature film, Kokuriko-Zaka Kara, “From Up on Poppy Hill,” got off to a slow box office start on July 16, but as of September
Sunrise has announced its development of an original TV anime series titled “Natsuiro Kiseki” (Summer-Colored Miracle). The four vocalists of the pop group Sphere will provide the voices
