Month: March 2006

Geneon has announced that its first DVD volume of Kamichu! will be released on June 6th in a $29.98 disc only edition and a $49.98 DVD with collector’s

AD Vision has announced that its first DVD volume of Nanaka 6/17 will be released on May 23rd and retail at $29.98. The first DVD volume of Korean

Seven Seas Entertainment has announced that its English translations of the Boogiepop Doesn’t Laugh and Boogiepop Dual manga series will be available only from Borders and Waldenbooks stores

Japanese broadcaster NTV has opened its website for the Nana television series. Toei has fully opened its homepage for the upcoming Digimon Savers television series. Source: Moon Phase

Question: What ever happened to CD (comically deformed or chibi deformed) or SD (super deformed) and omake extras? I don’t see them as extras on U.S. release DVDs

Question: With rental services such as Netflix and RentAnime offering a wider selection of anime titles then most brick-and-mortar stores, I’ve increasingly found myself renting titles rather then

Dark Horse Comics has published an exclusive interview with Kazuo Koike, the co-creator of classic manga including Lone Wolf & Cub, Lady Snowblood, and Crying Freeman. Source: Anime

Anime News Network has published an exclusive interview with Mari Iijima, Japanese pop vocalist and voice of Lynn Minmay in Macross.

Soft Garage has announced that a single episode Mitsu x Mitsu Drops anime OVA, based on the Playstation 2 romantic adventure game of the same name, will be

The short Shingaki Avemarian (New School Year Avemarian) anime parody combining characters from Maria-sama ga Miteru with the Shin Seiki Evangelion opening animation is now available for viewing

Go! Comi has confirmed its acquisition of translation rights to the Night Of The Beasts manga by Chika Shiomi and the Afterschool Nightmare manga by Setona Mizushiro. Source:

Japanese beverage company Suntory now hosts an online version of an amusing TV commercial for its Final Fantasy XII “Potion” energy drink. Source: Rakuga Kidou

Square Enix has opened its official homepage for the “Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable” PSP 3D board game. The game will be released in

Question: Can you tell me what’s up with the unrealistic hair styles of anime characters, especially among female characters? Dita of Vandread, Solty from Solty Rei, multiple characters

The official Memories Off 5 homepage now hosts a 4 minute long AVI format trailer for the Memories Off 5 Togireta Film OVA. The 148MB trailer is available