Month: January 2002

Anime News Network reports that the highly anticipated third and final R.O.D. (Read or Die) OAV will be released on Japanese DVD on February 6th for ¥6000. Read

In a recent article focused on Hayao Miyazaki, written by James Brooke and published by the New York Times newspaper, appeared the statement, “Comic books account for 60%

The Magic Box has published new screen shots and information on the upcoming PS2 Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures: Whirlwind of Gold action/fighting game and the unusual full 3D King

According to IGN’s Off the Record column, Capcom is supposedly now in the planning stages for Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 and the sister of the founder of SNK

Ain’t It Cool News has published several interesting and annotated lists of the “best” Asian (and Asian influenced) films released in 2001.

The Japanese Chara-Ani anime news website has created a site devoted to the “quad-feature” of 4 anime films that opened together in Japanese theaters late last month- the

For those keeping up on such matters, Tenshi no Shippo ended with episode 12 broadcast on December 20th. Bakuten Shoot Beyblade concluded with episode 51 and Grappler Baki:

Question: I’ve seen that there are different art books for the same series or movie. There might be an actual “Art of….” book while there is also a

Critical Mass, the adult anime subdivision of Right Stuf International, has announced that they have acquired the American translation and distribution rights to the Vanilla Series. Similar to

FUNimation has announced that as of February 1st, the retail prices of Dragonball Z volumes 18-39, the Captain Ginyu through Androids saga releases, will decrease significantly. The DVD

Bandai Entertainment has informed Anime on DVD that the information published to the Bandai homepage last week about the upcoming Gundam movie trilogy DVDs was incorrect. Contrary to

Validating the increasing importance of the video game industry, especially in America, Newsweek Magazine has chosen Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima as one of their 10 “important

The official Japanese Pokemon 2002 website has revealed that the fifth Pocket Monsters movie will premier in Japanese theaters on July 13th. The Movie’s title is Pokemon Crystal:

Each year the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize is awarded to select paperback manga published during the current year that exemplify the spirit of the late Osamu Tezuka. This

According to The Magic Box, Capcom is rumored to be working on Vampire Soldier, the latest installment in the popular Vampire: Night Warriors fighting game franchise. The game