Month: April 2006

The official homepage for the just announced Bokura ga Ita anime TV series is now open. The series is scheduled to premier this July. Source: Moon Phase

Question: There is a lot of discussion about the “state of the American anime industry” and the lack of a new “breakout title” the likes of Sailor Moon

Japanese publisher Kadokawa now hosts a trailer for the upcoming anime sci-fi motion picture Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo “The Little Girl Who Conquered Time.” The two minute long

Shogakukan’s Besatsu Shoujo Comic Magazine has announced that Yuki Obata’s romantic shoujo manga series Bokura ga Ita will be adapted into an anime television series. The series will

Geneon has scheduled release dates for several new titles. The Barefoot Gen movie, formerly distributed in America by Streamline and Image Entertainment, will be re-released on August 8th.

FUNimation has announced that the Dragon Ball Z Movie 13: Wrath of the Dragon will be released on DVD August 22nd. Source: Anime on DVD

Question: I have a huge DVD collection of anime, and I’m beginning to get worried about them. With the upcoming release of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray technology, will these

Viz has scheduled the release of the first DVD boxed set of uncut, original language Naruto episodes for July 4th. The DVD set will contain 13 episodes and

Japan’s Comptiq Magazine has announced that the 2005 romantic visual novel PC game Gift will be adapted into an anime. No additional information is available yet. Source: Moon

The Japanese Game News Site EG has reported that a 12 episode (two chapters per 30 minute episode) anime TV series adaptation of Jun Satogawa’s Muteki Kanban Musume

PLAY! A Video Game Symphony has announced that famed Final Fantasy game music composer Nobuo Uematsu will attend the concert tour’s debut performance in Chicago on May 27.

Anime Festival Orlando (AFO) has announced plans to host its first annual Fan Film contest at this year’s convention. To compliment the Fan Film contest, AFO will also

The Orlando, Florida based JACON convention has announced that this year’s event will host “The Manga Masquerade: Hearts of the Kingdom,” a formal dress and cosplay ballroom dance.

Question: How long is Naruto going to be? So far, how long is the anime and manga in Japan?

Question: The shows that make it big in America, do or did they get the same ammount of attention in Japan and that’s why they got big here?