Month: June 2003

Question: Anime like Sailor Moon and Evangelion can be recognized all over the world, so they are obviously good anime. What makes an anime “good”?

AnimeNation, in association with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, is proud to offer fans an exclusive brief subtitled video clip of Japanese voice actor Yamadera Kouichi discussing his interpretation

MetroCon, the Tampa Bay area’s first exclusive anime convention, has announced that English-language voice actors Christopher Patton (Ayato Kamina), Monica Rial (Haruka Shitow) and Vic Mignogna (Mamoru Torigai)

The July issue of Newtype (Japan) Magazine includes one page of pre-production photos and CG renderings of WETA Workshop’s special effects for the live-action Evangelion movie project. Source:

The Japanese Sponichi Annex newspaper has reported that Toei will begin airing a live action Sailormoon TV series this October. Sailormoon creator Naoko Takeuchi seems to have very

Ain’t It Cool News has published this link to a short QuickTime trailer for the Leiji Matsumoto produced Interstella 555 movie adapting the music of Daft Punk.

The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming Boku no Son Goku movie, based on manga by the late Osamu Tezuka, now hosts a 1:10 long trailer in Windows

Japan’s Gaga Communications has announced plans to develop Capcom’s adventure game franchise Devil May Cry into a live action motion picture. Gaga Communications will also be producing live

AICN has published links to a new Battle Royale II trailer in Windows Media format. Please be warned that the trailer include intense graphic violence.

Bandai has officially announced that the first DVD volume of Banner of the Stars II, the third and final “Record of Star World” anime TV series, will be

New York City will host the New York-Tokyo Film Festival this weekend. Guests will include AniMatrix director Andy Jones and Uzumaki producer Dai Miyazaki. Films scheduled include Takeshi

Question: I’ve seen the Hello Kitty “personal messager” on this site (I bought one), and I’ve heard that they make Hello Kitty douches and even Hello Kitty cars!

In an industry first, AN Entertainment has made the entire 10 minute long first episode of Omishi Magical Theater: Risky Safety available for download from the official Risky

KyleHebert.com will host an online chat session with AD Vision voice actor Greg Ayres, Son Goku in Saiyuki, tomorrow evening at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific time. Article

IACE Travel (International Association Cultural Exchange) is now accepting reservations for a 7 day, 5 night trip to Tokyo that includes 2 full days at Comic Market (the