Month: January 2005

Question: Do you consider now in this age that anime and manga to be a luxury item already? They’re expensive. The goods, DVDs and mangas are so expensive

The official Japanese Fullmetal Alchemist movie website now hosts a 39 second long streaming trailer. The movie will be released in Japan this summer. Source: Anime News Network

Former Newtype USA Magazine writer Corey Henson has accused Newtype Magazine of altering one of his negative product reviews. According to Henson, Newtype Magazine changed the content of

ADV Manga has scheduled the domestic release of six new English translated manga titles for March 7th. Each book will retail at $9.99. Cromartie High School Kids Joker

Anime News Network has learned that Comics One, domestic distributor of English translated comics from Japan and Hong Kong, has instituted major policy changes. Apparently Comics One will

AD Vision is now sponsoring a sweepstakes that will award four different winners a Japanese Tree of Palme poster autographed by the film’s director. Entrants must register to

Question: Understanding that your realm of presidence lies more with anime rather than manga, I’ll ask regardless. What, in your estimation, is the best publisher for localizing manga?

According to Bookscan, the Rurouni Kenshin volume 1 was the best selling graphic novel of 2004 in mainstream American bookstores. The second best selling graphic novel of 2004,

According to Japanese site Moon Phase, Fushigi Hoshi no Futago Hime (literally, “Mysterious Star of the Twin Princesses”) will debut in April as a 52 episode anime TV

Question: Every year since 2001 someone always asked you what your favorite titles of the year were. So my question to you, what are your favorite titles of

The official Japanese Saishu Heiki Kanojo anime website now hosts a streaming Quicktime trailer for the two episode Saishu Heiki Kanojo: Another Love Song OAV series, scheduled for

Anime Crash has officially confirmed its acquisition of translation and distribution rights to the new Korean animated family show Olympus Guardians. The Anime Crash website has updated to

Animation Insider has learned that “Shinzo,” the Japanese anime Mushrambo that originally aired in Japan in 2000, will begin airing on ABC channels at 7:30 AM on Saturday

The fifth anniversary issue of Animefringe Magazine is now available on line. Contents of the January issue include the results of Animefringe’s annual fan selected Top 25 Anime

Galaxy Anime has updated with two streaming video clips of the upcoming American theatrical release of the full digital animation Appleseed movie and the animated opening of Atlus’