Month: December 2002

The Japanese KSS homepage now has the opening animation for the upcoming anime OAV series Happy World available in downloadable Real Media format.

The December 20-27 cover dated issue of Entertainment Weekly Magazine ranks Spirited Away at number five on its list of best films of 2002. Source: Anime News Service

Although very little is available on them at present, official Japanese series sites are now available for upcoming anime TV series Wolf’s Rain, Gunparade March, Nanaka 6/17, and

Generation Kikaida has announced that Jizoningen Kikaider DVD volume 2 will go on sale December 31st. Kikaider is a popular live-action Japanese superhero series produced by Toei TV

Question: I noticed in GTO and the Love Hina Christmas Special scenes that show men groping women on trains. Does this actually happen in Japan?

The Anime Network has updated its homepage to reveal that the service will premier in mid-December as part of Comcast Cable’s digital cable video-on-demand service in the Philadelphia

Following the departure of tentative director Mamoru Hosoda from Ghibli Studio last May and the temporary closure of the Ghibli studio last July, Toho Pictures has now announced

Media Blasters has announced a number of new DVD releases and American premiers: The Genma Taisen: Shinwa Zenya no Shou TV series from earlier this year will premier

Anime News Network has published an exclusive interview with TechTV’s Director of Programming Development Laura Civiello regarding the network’s upcoming “Anime Unleashed” program that will air lain, Crest

Fan site Galaxy Anime has updated with streaming Real Audio interviews with Bill Flanagan of Viz Communications discussing the new trend of publishing English translated manga in its

AD Vision has opened its official American homepage for the live action futuristic martial arts film Princess Blade (Shurayuki-hime), adapted from the manga written by Kazuo Koike. Source:

Square Enix has revealed the third party member of Final Fantasy X-2, the black leather clad female warrior Pine. Squaresoft has also revealed that Final Fantasy X-2 will

Question: As I buy and watch commercial releases to sit beside my unlicensed versions of the same anime, I sometimes find myself preferring the fansub English, especially if

CD Universe has published a list of unconfirmed upcoming DVD release dates from AD Vision. American DVD premiers include: Colorful on March 18, 2003 Genesis Climber Mospeada: Complete

Production IG has officially announced that the second GitS movie, “Innocence: Ghost in the Shell” is currently in production, with assistance from Studio Ghibli, for Japanese in 2004.