ICv2 News has revealed that Viz plans to release Maison Ikkoku on domestic DVD in 8 twelve episode DVD mini-boxed sets beginning on July 16th. All 96 episodes
An announcement was made at the recent Tokyo International Anime Fair that the next anime TV series from Studio Bones (RahXephon, Wolf’s Rain) will be a samurai era
Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away was awarded the Oscar for Best Animated Film at last night’s 75th Annual Academy Awards ceremony. Spirited Away is the first Japanese animated film
Anime Alberta has published an exclusive interview with Gutsoon! Entertainment Executive Vice President Michael Palmieri. The interview discusses Gutsoon’s goals, plans for collected manga graphic novels to be
The official AniMatrix homepage has posted a new 4:30 long trailer that covers all nine AniMatrix shorts. Ain’t It Cool News has published a relatively spoiler free review
The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming “bishojo hyper battle” anime TV series Ikki Tousen, adapted from Yuji Shizaki’s manga, is now online. Since the site officially opens
Question: What’s the difference between doujinshi and manga? I thought I knew, but then my friend told me that Haibane Renmei is a doujinshi, even though the artist
Japan’s Video Association held a press conference earlier this week to report on Japanese home video sales for the year 2002. Sales totaled 324,835,000,000 yen, the first year
Dark Horse has announced plans to publish a 248 graphic novel edition of Osamu Tezuka’s Lost World manga this July. Lost World, originally published in Japan in the
This year’s AnimeNEXT convention will be held at the Hilton Rye Town hotel in Rye Brook, NY on October 3-5. Guests of honor will include Voice Actors: Marc
Sandy Frank Entertainment, the company responsible for originally bringing the Gatchaman anime TV series to America in the late 1970s, has announced the establishment of a new corporation
Question: Why are there no chubby chicks in anime? I mean, what, would anime end if there was a chubby chick(s)? Why do Japanese students wear uniforms? Specifically