Month: July 2008

Twitch now hosts an exclusive interview conducted with director Satoshi Kon late last month.

Newsarama has published the fourth segment of its ongoing analysis of America’s manga publishing industry in the wake of Kodansha establishing an American subsidiary. The fourth installment focuses

The Moon Phase Diary reports that the upcoming issue of Young Magazine will contain a major announcement regarding Matsumoto Kouji’s horror manga series Higanjima. An anime adaptation, perhaps?

Question: A few years back, there were a handful of dark shoujo anime such as X, Weiss Kreuz, Yami no Matsuei, Angel Sanctuary, etc. I really enjoy this

The official homepage for the upcoming Gekijouban Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro: Nippon Bakuretsu!! (Movie Version Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro: Japan Explodes!!) movie now hosts a streaming

Sony’s PlayStation Store online video content delivery system for the Playstation 3 and PSP has launched for the American market. The service includes ten FUNimation anime titles, the

Japanese bookstore Hoshino reports that the 14th volume of CLAMP’s XXXHOLiC manga series, scheduled for release on January 16, 2009, will be available in a limited edition that

According to internet research company Big Champagne, One Piece was the most frequently downloaded television series on worldwide BitTorrent connections for the week ending July 7th. One Piece

Studio Deen has formally announced that Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae, the franchise’s third anime television series, will premier in October. Source: Moon Phase

Seaside Entertainment and Warner Bros. have announced plans for the development of a live action feature film adaptation of Capcom’s Xbox 360 action/adventure game Lost Planet. A screenplay

Question: It seems that before you even hit play on any hentai animation in Japan right now, you already have an idea what you’re going to see: disgraced

The Toonami Jetstream website has begun offering the 2006 Kiba anime television series for free online viewing. Kiba was licensed for American distribution by ADV Films earlier this

The TV Tokyo television network’s homepage for the Bleach anime series has announced that the third Bleach feature film, “Gekijouban Bleach: Fade to Black – Kimi no Na

Newsarama has published the third chapter of its analysis of the anticipated impact of Kodansha USA entering the American manga publishing industry by examining what impact the new

Question: Why isn’t there an attempt to put moe anime on American TV? I know that Americans have the perceived notion that anime should be dark, edgy and