Month: May 2002

The brand new June issue of Animage Magazine includes a list of the top 20 anime programs of last year, as chosen by Animage readers. Repeated numbers indicate

Noah Cowan and John Vanco of Cowboy Pictures and Peter Becker of Janus Films have announced that they will spearhead a theatrical re-release of 12 classic Akira Kurosawa

According to Ain’t It Cool News, Disney is solidifying plans to ride the coat tails of American successes like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Iron Monkey, and the

Gutsoon! Entertainment has announced plans to begin the weekly distribution of an English language manga magazine entitled Raijin Comics this fall. Gutsoon! Entertainment is the American arm of

Synch-Point has announced that the first DVD volume of FLCL, originally scheduled for release in late April, has been delayed until June 25th. (The date of June 23rd

Anime Expo has announced its second major guest of honor, Mr. Koichi Mashimo, best known as the director of anime TV series including Noir, Irresponsible Captain Tylor, the

Banpresto has announced “Lupin the 3rd: The Legacy of the Magic King” as a “cinematic adventure game” to be released on the Playstation 2 in Japan later this

According to a LA Times article reprinted by Anime News Network, Sony Pictures Entertainment will be starting a film production unit exclusively to produce one full CG animation

For the curious and fanatic, Kodansha Publishing has published online photos and Real Media clips of Evangelion director Hideaki Anno’s recent wedding. Source: Anime News Service

Question: What is an image song? Many anime soundtrack CDs feature not only songs from the anime themselves but also various image songs. What are they, and why

The official Japanese Gainax homepage has confirmed that a second Automatic Maiden Mahoromatic anime series will be produced in response to overwhelming demand from Japanese fans. Komugi Nakahara,

Bandai will release X: Card of Fate for the WonderSwan Color handheld video game system in late June. The game is a card collection/battle game based on the

Question: I am planning to go to the Anime Expo in Long Beach, California this summer. I was wondering what do you do at an anime convention? I

The Japan Technical Events Consortium (JTEC) is hosting a 6 day/4 night package tour from the US to Comic Market 62, held in Tokyo August 9th-11th. Comic Market

Bandai has announced that the fourth Mobile Suit Gundam movie, Char’s Counterattack, will be released to American DVD on August 20th. The film is the story of the