Month: April 2005

The official Japanese homepage for the Kirameki Project OAV series is now open. The first OAV will be released on June 24th. Source: Moon Phase

Geneon has revealed that the first domestic DVD volume of Fafner will be released on July 5th in a $29.98 disc only edition and a $39.98 disc with

Anime News Network has learned that FUNimation’s English dub of Tenchi Muyo OAV series 3 will employ all of the English language voice actors from Pioneer’s dub of

Although originally tentatively scheduled to debut on the Cartoon Network in May, the Cartoon Network has now announced that One Piece will premier during the Saturday night Toonami

ICv2 News reports that the Del Rey Manga release of Negima graphic novel volume 5 has become the best selling English translated manga so far released in 2005,

Galaxy Anime has updated with an interview with Anime Insider Magazine editor Rob Bricken covering his perspective on the 2005 Tokyo Anime Fair.

Capcom has announced a pair of new Viewtiful Joe games. Viewtiful Joe VFX Battle, the first Viewtiful Joe fighting game, will tentatively be released for the Japanese GameCube

Question: In your opinion, which anime title tops the charts in the horror genre? I watched Berserk and it sits on the top of my chart, but everybody

New Line Cinema has acquired rights to produce an American live action film adaptation of Naoki Urasawa best selling mystery manga series Monster, currently being adapted as an

Viz has announced its acquisition of translation rights to Matsuri Hino’s shoujo manga series “MeruPuri – Marhen Prince.” Source: Anime on DVD

Hideaki Sekiguchi, better known as rock guitarist Bass Wolf, passed away from a heart attack on the morning of March 31st at the age of 38. American fans

Question: Why do American anime fans feel the need to bash American cartoons? Just because anime is different from what they grew up with, and that it’s foreign

Geneon’s upcoming Appleseed movie includes a trailer revealing the company’s acquisition of translation rights to the recent Gankutsuou anime TV series from Gonzo Studios. The series is a

Bandai’s Visual Beat website now hosts two streaming Windows Media trailers for the upcoming Kirameki Project OAV series. The first OAV is scheduled for release on June 24th.

Kadokawa Shoten is now accepting pre-orders for a deluxe edition Slayers vs Orphen novel written by Kamisaka Ichi & Akita Sadanobu and illustrated by Rui Araizumi & Kusaka