Month: August 2004

TOKYOPOP has announced its acquisition of translation rights to Kouyu Shurei’s manga series Alichino. The first volume will be released on February 8, 2005. Source: Jagged Team

The official Japanese homepage for the Uta-Kata anime TV series is now open. The new anime, scheduled to debut on Japanese television in October, features character designs by

Anime News Network reports that Geneon has officially confirmed plans to retain the original Japanese name “Shonen Bat” in the subtitle track of the forthcoming Paranoia Agent DVD

Question: Why is the new Inuyasha movie only going to be out in a few cities and not everywhere like the Yugioh movie?

Underland Online has published a positive review of Miami Guns DVD volume 1. Anime Advanced has published its positive review of Miami Guns DVD volume 2. DVD Vision

Bandai has announced the release of a number of complete series anime DVD sets. Available October 12: Banner of the Stars II Complete Collection – $49.98 Zentrix Collection

AD Vision has scheduled a number of domestic series debuts: Peacemaker [Peacemaker Kurogane] volume 1 will be available October 12 at $29.98/39.98 with series box Mezzo volume 1

FUNimation will release the first DVD volume of Spiral on November 9th in $24.98 disc only & 34.98 disc with series box editions. The Fruits Basket DVD boxed

The official Japanese website for writer/director/character designer Nakamura Takashi’s upcoming anime TV series Fantastic Children is now open. The TV series is scheduled to premier in October. On

This Wednesday at 9pm eastern, Anime News Network will revive its online chats with a 1-2 hour live chat with Chris Nelson, the programming director for The Anime

The August issue of Animefringe online anime magazine is now open. This month’s issue includes a 3-page interview with Katie Bair, a feature on Princess Ai and coverage

DVD Vision Japan has published its 2004 Otakon report, including coverage and photos of the L’Arc~en~Ciel concert, panel reports for AN Entertainment and digiElement, a review of the

Question: I’ve read the question recently about how Americans should look at the cultural aspect of anime. But I was wondering, what cultural aspects should we expect from

Anime News Service now hosts an exclusive interview with world famous Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano. Amano’s website also now hosts images from “The Return of the Thin White

Animation World Magazine now hosts an interview with English language voice actors Bob Bergen, Crispin Freeman, Michael Lindsay, Olivia Venegas, and Jennifer Wagner. DVD Vision Japan now hosts