The Kyoto Seika University in Kyoto, Japan has announced plans to offer courses in anime and manga creation and criticism beginning next spring. This will be the first
The English language Asahi Newspaper has published an extensive profile of manga artist Naoki Urasawa, focusing on his current manga series Pluto and its roots in Osamu Tezuka’s
4Kids Entertainment has announced plans for a new line of “DVDouble Shot” value-priced DVDs. Each slimpak DVD will retail at $3.99 – $4.99 and contain two episodes from
The DC Anime Club, based in Washington, D.C., will host an art show at the Martin Luthur King, Jr. Memorial Library from October 22nd until November 29.
Square Enix has officially announced that Final Fantasy XII will be released in Japan on March 16, 2006. The North American version will be released later in 2006.
Adult Swim has revealed that Neon Genesis Evangelion Neon Genesis Evangelion will begin airing Thursdays starting October 20th, at 12:30 a.m. New episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist will premier
The first volume of Mechademia, an academic journal covering anime, manga, game design, fashion, graphics, packaging, toys, and a broad range of fan practices related to Japanese popular
Japanese television network TBS has opened its official site for the upcoming Black Cat anime television series. The first episode is scheduled to air on October 6th. Source:
ICv2 News has published an extended interview with DC Comics President Paul Levitz. The first section of the interview briefly discusses manga. Levitz cites one primary difference between
Question: To date, is there any show that you have come across from the “feudal Japan” sub-genre that has a chance of attaining a similar level of global