The annual Harvey Awards have given the honor of Best American Edition of Foreign Material to Abandon the Old in Tokyo by Yoshihiro Tatsumi and published by Drawn
The Brooklyn Rail has published an interview with Shusuke Kaneko, the director of the Death Note live action films, giving insight into his thoughts about adapting the popular
Question: What is the biggest threat to the anime industry? Is it pirating (I refer mostly to bootlegging), over saturation, reduced standards for a lot of mainstream anime,
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. Pictures and Tobey Maguire’s production company, Maguire Entertainment, have acquired rights from Harmony Gold to produce a live action film adaptation
The official site for Rental Magica now hosts a promotional trailer viewable here. The Prism Ark TV series website now has a preview in downloadable compressed (.lzh) format
A feature film based on the popular Tamagotchi brand of digi-pets is on the horizon, entitled Tamagotchi: Doki Doki! Uchuu no Maigotchi. The story centers on a young
Japan Probe has posted a video countdown of the top 100 anime theme songs, as voted on by users of the Japanese mega forum 2-channel. The translation is
Beginning September 4th Tezuka Productions is offering titles direct to the US market through Apple’s iTunes store, including the Astroboy & Phoenix TV series, BlackJack OVA series, and
An interview by Publishers Weekly with Vertical’s editorial director Ioannis Mentzas has revealed plans to release Osamu Tezuka’s 1960s manga series Dororo. Set to debut in 2008, the
Question: If the 80s saw the rise of experimental anime and style over substance; the 90s saw the rise of more intelligent, complex anime; and the 2000s saw