Month: November 2001

According to Cinescape quoting Variety Magazine, the estate of late martial artist/actor Bruce Lee has agreed to allow the Korean production company ShinCine to produce a “new” Bruce

Question: How many new anime titles air each year in Japan, on television and the big screen?

Anime Daisuki has published an early listing of new anime TV series premiering in Japan in January. Noteworthy new series include the big budget Pata Pata Airship Adventure,

The official full trailer for Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Daikaiju Soukogeki is now available in Quicktime and Windows Media format on the Toho Godzilla homepage. The new film

The Gaming Intelligence Agency has published 27 amazing screenshots from the upcoming Gameboy Advance port of Lunar: Silver Star Story, to be titled Lunar Legends. According to IGN

Question: How much is 100 yen? Is that like a quarter in Japan? How much is a dollar in yen? I’ve been wondering so much about Japanese money.

As of november 11th, Hayao Miyazaki’s Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi officially became the highest grossing film ever released in Japan, surpassing Titanic’s box office record of 26

Last week it was reported that the official Cartoon Network Toonami Reactor site has teasing anime fans with the following riddle. Toonami Reactor returns once more With four

The American premier of FLCL has been moved up from January 29th to January 15th. The series will be released on 3 DVDs available in January, March &

Forbidden Pet: Seaman – Crazy Doctor’s Experimental Island will premier on the Japanese PS2 on November 22nd. In this sequel to the popular Dreamcast pet simulation game, Seaman

Columbia TriStar has confirmed that Takeshi Kitano’s highly praised Japanese/American gangster film Brother will premier on American DVD on January 2nd. There’s been no word yet on whether

Question: Has anime made any real progress towards general acceptance in the U.S.? In reading previous columns, it sounds to me like there’s been no real advances in

Bandai Entertainment will launch the Escaflowne movie, commonly known as “Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea,” into theatrical release on Friday, January 25, 2002, within top U.S. and Canadian

Midori Kou has posted several scanned pages from the November 2001 issue of Animedia Magazine that include the first actual stills from the upcoming third Fushigi Yuugi OAV

According to the December issue of Animage magazine, Studio Ghibli is currently at work on three new anime projects. A 100 minute long theatrical adaptation of British fantasy