Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine has formally announced the release of a three episode Tsubasa -Reservoir Chronicle-: Tokyo Revelations OVA series. Each of the series’ three 25 minute episodes
FUNimation has announced plans to begin releasing the Fullmetal Alchemist TV series is DVD boxed sets. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Part 1 Box will contain episodes 1-16 plus
ICv2 now hosts an interview with Viz Media co-chairman Seiji Horibuchi that introduces Viz’s new live-action Asian film distribution company Viz Pictures.
Question: I have noticed in many anime and manga that when the characters are traveling somewhere they come across many huts or other small roofed buildings and there
The official homepage for the Red Garden: Dead Girls OVA now hosts a new, second streaming trailer. The 45 minute long OVA is scheduled for Japanese release on
Japanese retailer Rakuten has revealed that the 4th volume of Kaworu Watashiya’s Kodomo no Jikan manga, scheduled for release on September 12, will get a limited edition version
Fuji TV has opened its official homepage for the upcoming Miyori no Mori (“Miyori’s Forest”) TV special, scheduled for Japanese TV broadcast on August 25th. Correction: Miyori no
Question: Gaara seems to be a love-him-or-hate-him character in the Naruto fan community. His fans seem to like his cold, almost inhuman attitude, his perfect defense, and his
The official Votoms Japanese homepage now hosts a second streaming promotional video for the upcoming Armored Trooper Votoms: Pailsen Files television series. The new anime is tentatively scheduled
Tatsunoko Productions has formally scheduled the long-delayed second half of the Karas OVA series. While the first episode was released in May 2005, more than two years later,
An official website announcement has revealed that the anime anthology series Fight Tension School Iyo Iyo Kaikou!! will premier on July 7th. The Fight Tension Depart (“Fight Tension
90 year old manga author Taizo Yokoyama died of pneumonia at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture on June 10th. Yokoyama was known for drawing four-frame strips titled
The official homepage for the American live-action Speed Racer movie, based on Tatsuo Yoshida’s classic Mach Go Go Go manga and its anime adaptation, is now open. Source:
Right Stuf International’s latest Anime Today podcast features an audio interview with Shojo Beat Magazine Editor-in-Chief Marc Weidenbaum and Senior Editor Megan Bates. In this new interview, Weidenbaum
Question: Recently I’ve heard of the term “wotaku” (‘wo’ being pronounced as ‘o’) being used in Japan as the “new” otaku, without the negative connotations. Can you shed
