Month: December 2000

Coming from the production staff of Excel Saga is a new OVA series titled Puni Puni – Panmi that is said to combine mecha and magical girl elements.

Those who have managed to acquire an advance copy of the Princess Mononoke DVD have reported that the video transfer is excellent and the picture is definitely anamorphic

IGNPS2 has conducted an interview with Yoji Shinkawa, the character designer for the Metal Gear Solid series and Zone of the Enders. In the interview, Shinkawa talks about

Reiji Matsumoto, famed creator of the Galaxy Express 999 universe, has signed on to direct a video for the French dance music group Daft Punk. Reports indicate that

Anime has done very well in the list of top selling action toys of 2000, gathered by the NPD Group in their monthly TRSTS (Toy Retail Sales Tracking

Question: Is there really that much difference between subtitled anime and dubbed anime? Some people have told me that dubbed anime has more editing than subbed anime, so

Question: I’ve played a lot of RPGs in my time, and almost every one features the Masamune, which ends up being the most powerful sword in the game.

Bandai has had another problem with packaging coupons for one of its promotions. The second DVD of Escaflowne was packaged with a ticket #5 for the tarot card

Media Blasters will be releasing the first two OAV episodes of Magic Users Club (Maho Tsukai Tai) on subbed & dubbed VHS & bilingual DVD for $19.95 VHS

Other than the showing of Endless Waltz on December 22nd, after Tuesday, December 12th, Gundam Wing will be gone from Toonami for the foreseeable future. Its immediate replacement

The LA Times newspaper has printed an article about Tenchi Muyo titled “Just a Shy Guy Out to Save Earth–While Dodging Space Babes: Television / Video * The

A new 8 disc DVD-ROM format database covering a majority of animation legend Osamu Tezuka’s work will be released in Japan on March 30th, retailing at 120,000 Yen

With little fanfare, Media Blasters has posted a new list of upcoming titles under “acquisitions” on their home-page. The titles include Atsuko Nakajima’s (YUA, Ranma character designer) 3

Jason Hofius of Tatsunoko Fan Club USA has reported: Sadly, I just learned that Hoyt Curtin passed away earlier this week. For those of you who are not

Japanese director Jun Fukuda passed away December 3, 2000, at the age of 77, after a long struggle with lung cancer. Fukuda will be known to genre fans