Month: March 2003

IC Entertainment has acquired the translation license to Kenji Okamura’s boxing manga Dragon Fist. Okamura’s previous work, Lycanthrope Leo, has been released in America by Viz Communications. The

Marvel Comics editor C.B. Cebulski has officially confirmed that manga artist Mizuki Sakakibara has been replaced by Salvador Larocca as the artist of Namor. According to Cebulski, the

Bandai has confirmed that the fourth and final .hack Playstation 2 RPG, titled “.hack Volume 4: Absolute Encirclement,” will be released in Japan on April 10th. The game

Question: John, how do you know so much?

Anime News Network has confirmed with Dark Horse Comics editor-in-chief Tim Ervin-Gore that the Berserk manga has been co-licensed by Digital Manga and Dark Horse. Digital Manga will

Galaxy Anime has updated with a Real Audio interview of AD Vision dub director/producer David Williams, an interview with Vincent Benenati of Animationinsider.net, Tech Tv’s game guru Adam

The Japan Information Network has published a fairly extensive introduction to Japanese animation intended for mainstream readers, but also interesting to die-hard anime fans. Of particular note, the

Question: How long is the Nakoruru OVA series going to be? How long will it take to all come out, and what background info might you know on

IC Entertainment has released new details on their latest manga acquisitions, first announced early last month. Senno Knife’s single volume horror manga Mantis Woman will premier in America

Pop Japan Travel is still accepting reservations for their week long “otaku” Japanese vacation package tour and has now added an additional two highlights to the package. All

The extremely limited, individually numbered, out of print Speed Racer DVD boxed set is now available again for a limited time. In response to overwhelming demand, the Official

Amanda Wynn-Lee and the voice cast of Bandai’s upcoming sci-fi anime TV series release, Gene Shaft, will be guests of honor at the Best of Science Fiction and

Shochiku has opened its official homepage for the RahXephon motion picture opening April 19th. The website includes a Real Media format trailer for the movie.

According to Natsume Maya, the Morningstar Studio Official BBS (message #1604) states that the planned Outlaw Star 2 manga has been postponed indefinitely. The Morningstar Studio official English

Capcom has unveiled a wealth of detail about Onimusha 3. The game, set in 2004 Paris, will star Takeshi Kaneshiro returning as the model for Akechi Samanosuke and