Month: October 2004

Central Park Media has lowered the retail price on a number of their upcoming DVD re-releases scheduled for January 8th, 2005. Each of the following DVDs will now

Montreal’s Festival Nouveau Cinema will be screening Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence and the 30-minute short version of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children in Japanese with English

Geneon’s Gregory Horror Show site now hosts a trailer in QuickTime format, and a new teaser site for Cybuster is now available. Source: Jagged Team

The USC Entertainment Industry Students Association (EISA) and the USC Anime Club have announced that Wendee Lee will be the guest of honor at their upcoming keynote speaker

Tokyo Tribes creator Santa Inoue will make an appearance on an upcoming episode of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition which will air on October 17th. Source: ICv2 News

Question: I have been a fan of anime for a few years now. One of my favorite online activities is looking up anime reviews. Of the many reviews

Game Industry reports that in its first week of sales, Naruto: Narutimate Hero 2 has sold over 231,000 units, eclipsing its predecessor which sold around 136,000 units in

Galaxy Anime has published an exclusive first look at Dragonball Z: Budokai 3 for the PS2.

The official Japanese website for the anime television series adaptation of Kaoru Mori’s manga serial Emma is now online. The Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma anime series, produced by

According to Shin Takahashi’s site, a live action Saikano movie starring Aki Maeda and two new OAVs are scheduled for release in 2005. Source: Anime on DVD

Ultimate Disney has reported that the release dates for My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaa, and Porco Rosso have been updated to February 22nd, 2005. Source: Anime News Network

The Appleseed movie will make its US debut at the Boston Fantastic Film Festival on October 16th. The screening will take place at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge,

According to a representative from the Cartoon Network, Puffy Ami Yumi will appear in a New Years Eve countdown on the Cartoon Network. The countdown, which was taped

The Daily Nebraskan has published an article about “Nebraska’s first anime convention,” AnimeNebrasKon, which was held last weekend in Lincoln, Nebraska. Source: Anime News Service

Question: How should anime be translated? Should it be translated as literally as possible without appearing “wooden,” or should it be translated to be readable without interpretation or