The official Japanese homepage for director Mamoru Oshii’s upcoming “Super Live Animation” film Tachiguishi Retsuden now hosts a Flash trailer. Animation studio Production I.G. hosts an English language
Japanese television network Animax has formally announced that a new version of the 1968 anime TV series Yokai Ningen Bem will premier on April 1st. The new 26
The Nihon Keizai Newspaper has reported that “Onegai My Melody ~Kuru Kuru Shuffle!~”, the second Onegai My Melody anime TV series, will premier on April 2nd. Source: Moon
Central Park Media has released its 2006 manga catalog, which reveals licenses for several new titles: Dystopia, by Suzushi Katsuragi Knock Your Heart Out, by George Asakura Kururi
Henshin! Online now hosts an extended exclusive interview with Cliff MacMillan of BCI Eclipse regarding BCI’s plans to release the vintage Japanese Ultraman and Shadow Warriors television series
The official homepage of the 2005 Ninth Annual Japan Media Arts Festival now hosts a full English language translation including commentary on each of the winning works and
Question: Why are language teachers so common in anime? In almost every anime I can think of that has a school teacher as a main character, that teacher
Broccoli has announced that the Galaxy Angel II PC game will be adapted into an anime television series (in addition to the recently announced True Tears anime adaptation).
According to Japanese fan site Moon Phase, the Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid OVA “Warito Itoma na Sentai Nagano Ichinichi” (Romanization may be imprecise) will be released
The full official homepage for the Madhouse produced anime TV series Kiba is now open. The series is scheduled to premier on April 2nd. Source: Moon Phase
Westword has published an extended article detailing the antipathy between the Denver, Colorado anime fan community and a Denver based anime retailer that specializes in counterfeit anime DVDs.
The Navarre Corporation has announced within its financial results for the quarter ending December 31st that, “FUNimation is currently performing below expectations.” ICv2 News identifies FUNimation’s performance as,
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in downtown Austin, Texas has announced that AD Vision will sponsor a theatrical screening of five Gatchaman episodes followed by a Q&A with the
Question: I think a common aspiration among long time Japanese popular culture fans is to learn the language. I started thinking about that and came up with one