Publisher Last Gasp has announced plans to re-release Keiji Nakazawa’s haunting classic autobiographical manga series Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima. Barefoot Gen was possibly the first
Dark Horse has announced a line of Trigun “anime manga,” books made up of stills from anime episodes. (TOKYOPOP refers to these books as “Cine-Manga.” Viz calls them
Question: I just the Korean made film Wonderful Days and was totally blown away. Could the Japanese anime industry see this kind of quality film as a threat
The first line of AD Vision’s “AniMini” sampler DVDs are scheduled for release tomorrow. This past weekend AD Vision informed retailers that the suggested retail price of each
AD Vision has announced that Get Backers DVD volume 1 will contain 5 episodes and retail at $29.98 ($39.98 with series collector’s box) beginning on August 24th. Source:
The official Japanese Steamboy website now hosts a new, fourth trailer that contains some new footage. The film is scheduled for Japanese release on July 17th, and American
The Japanese language Mainichi Newspaper has published an article reporting on the crisis affecting the Japanese animation industry. While a handful of successful animators including Hayao Miyazaki and
Moon Phase reports that Studio Deen’s anime TV series adaptation of Kinoshita Sakura and Higashiyama Kazuko’s popular manga series Tactics will premier in October. The animation staff will
NHK has opened its official webpage for the upcoming anime TV series “Agatha Christie no Meitantei Poirot to Marple” (Agatha Christie’s Great Detectives Poirot and Marple). The series
At virtually the last minute (in terms of the DVD distribution business), AD Vision yesterday announced that Evangelion Platinum DVD 1, scheduled for release on July 27th, will
Viz has scheduled several new titles: Inuyasha TV season 1 boxed set: $99.99 available September 7th. Inuyasha Movie 1: $24.98 available September 7th. Inuyasha Movie 2: $24.98 available
ShoPro Entertainment Executive Producer John Easum has informed Galaxy Anime of two new title acquisitions: Konjiki no Gash Bell, which will be known in states as “ZatchBell” in
Pop Japan Travel has announced a pair of new package tours to Tokyo, specifically designed for anime fans. The previously announced “Ronin Tour” has evolved into a Comiket
