Month: August 2007

ADV Films is offering the complete first TV episode of Air as a free download until September 6th. Source: Anime News Network

Manga publisher Del Rey is hosting a winter-themed art contest in conjunction with TheOtaku.com for the New York Anime Festival. The winner will receive all titles published by

Three of Osamu Tezuka’s manga stories that feature memories of World War II from a Japanese perspective are being adapted into a stage play by Natsu Onoda entitled

Pop Japan Travel is now accepting reservations for the three new “otaku” themed tours of Japan. A Tokyo-Sapporo tour will take place in January, while yaoi and gothic-lolita

Bang Zoom! Entertainment’s AnimeTV video podcast has been picked up for broadcast by Comcast Digital Cable’s Anime Selects Video On Demand network. The first season episodes will be

4Kids Entertainment has announced plans for the North American release of the Dinosaur King (Kodai Ohja Kyoryu D Kids Adventure) TV series. The show, based on an arcade/collectible

Question: Do you think that anime shows that are completely original (as in, not based off of any pre-existing work) show more creativity than anime based off of

Twentieth Century Fox has revealed that the voice actors who have worked on the Japanese language dub of The Simpsons for the past decade will not be employed

Toei has announced plans to adapt Shigeru Mizuki’s original version of GeGeGe no Kitaro, Hakaba Kitaro, as an anime TV series. Source: Anime News Network

According to the October issue of Comic Blade magazine a third Aria TV series is currently in production. No broadcast date has been determined. Source: Anime News Network

New sites have just launched for the TV shows Kodomo no Jikan, Shion no Oh and Mokke. Source: Moonphase

Question: Why are some fans of manga dead-set on categorizing manga as a style and emulating it? To me, it’s a cultural extension of Japan and a subset

The October issue of Japan’s Comptic Ace Magazine reportedly includes a confirmation that the “Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel” (Thief Angel Twin Angel) “pachisuro” (pachinko slot machine) game will

A second trailer for the upcoming “Shin Gekijoban Evangelion: Jou ~ Evangelion:1.0 You Are (Not) Alone” motion picture has appeared online. The trailer from official Japanese sources is

The official Seto no Hanayome homepage has announced that the AT-X satellite television network broadcast of episode 17, scheduled for this Thursday, has been canceled. Apparently Seto no