Month: April 2008

Question: What is “The World of Golden Eggs”? It seems to be tearing up the Japanese DVD sales charts, but what is it? Why haven’t I seen or

Anime News Network reports that the May issue of Japan’s Newtype Magazine will confirm that animation studio Bones will produce a Eureka 7 motion picture. Reportedly the film’s

Anime News Network reports that this week’s Japanese issue of Shonen Jump has revealed that the title of the fifth Naruto motion picture is “Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna” (Naruto

The official site for the upcoming 12th Detective Conan motion picture, “Senritsu no Full Score” (“Full Score of Fear”) has added two brief TV commercials to its “Trailer”

Although not specifically anime or manga related, this is just too good to pass up. The five minute long trailer for upcoming Japanese live action sci-fi/splatter movie Tokyo

Question: Is there anime featuring Ultraman?

I doubt that this will ever happen, but it occured to me that it would be very interesting if a site hosting official “open pricing” episode downloads had

The official website for Disney Japan’s new CG anime television series Fireball now hosts a TV trailer and a complete short. Click the third button on the website’s

The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming Gurren Lagann movie has revealed that the film, titled “Gekijoban Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann: Guren-hen” (Motion Picture version Break Through Heaven Gurren

TV Tokyo has apparently decided to announced the debut of its third Fightension anime anthology television series by simply premiering the first episode of “Fightension TV” (literally “Fightension

Question: Have any sub-characters from an anime ever had a full spin-off series of their own because of their popularity? I can think of numerous examples within the

The current issue of Jump Square Magazine has revealed plans for a second Rosario + Vampire television series. The tentatively titled “Rosario + Vampire Capu2” series is scheduled

Toei Animation has revealed plans to revive the Mushrambo sci-fi action anime television series originally broadcast in 2000. The series was broadcast on American television in 2001 under

GoNintendo reports that Viz has announced an October 7th release for its first English translated Legend of Zelda manga. The series is apparently one of the numerous Legend

Question: Why are there not more anime titles based off of fairy tales? I don’t mean magical realms, but real fairy tales. It would seem there would be