Question: What are John’s thoughts about independent animators/creators such as Makoto Shinkai, Yamato Works and US’ own Terrence Walker – advocates of indie anime production not bound by
The Studio Ghibli Museum has officially revealed three new short anime movies that will screen exclusively at the museum beginning January 3, 2006. Nausicaa.net hosts an extended translation
Tecmo has announced that the Monster Farm 5: Circus Caravan Playstation 2 game will include a bonus anime OAV. In America, “Monster Farm” is known as “Monster Rancher.”
At the recent Yaoi-Con, Central Park Media’s Be Beautiful manga line announced its acquisition of four new yaoi manga titles: Midaresomenishi, by Kazuma Kodaka Boku No Koe, by
The December 2005 issue of Shonen Jump USA Magazine reports that the January 2006 issue will include a preview of Hideaki Sorachi’s comic adventure manga series Gintama, causing
The official Japanese website for Production I.G. and director Mamoru Oshii’s latest live action film Tachiguishi Retsuden is now online. Source: Twitch
Question: I’ve noticed throughout lots of anime that many characters run without using their arms, such as in Inuyusha, Naruto, and Bleach, for example. Is there a reason
The official Japanese website for One Piece: Karakuri Shiro no Mecha Kyohei (“Karakuri Castle’s Mecha Giant Soldier”), the 7th One Piece theatrical movie, is now online and hosts
A 30 second long streaming clip of the upcoming Itsuade My Santa OAV series, based on Ken (Love Hina) Akamatsu’s manga, is now available. The first of two
The Daily Yomiuri Newspaper has reported the findings of Japanese entertainment industry representation organization “Geidankyo” regarding the working conditions of average Japanese animators. Based on survey responses from
FUNimation has announced that the first DVD volume of the Desert Punk (“Sunabozu”) anime TV series will be released on February 28, 2006 in a $29.98 disc only
Adult Source Media has announced that the adult anime DVD “Super Sexy Android” will be released on November 22nd. The 30 minute long DVD will retail at $24.99
According to ICv2 News, actress Dakota Fanning (War of the Worlds) and her sister Elle have recorded new English language dialogue tracks for Disney’s dub of Hayao Miyazaki’s
