Month: July 2008

After ADV Films formally alerted us last week that distribution of all Best Student Council and Robotech DVD releases had been canceled, ADV has now told us that

Anime production studio Tatsunoko Productions, which animated the Mach Go Go Go (Speed Racer) television series in 1967, has revealed its new spin-off series Mach Girl. The new

Online manga distributor Manganovel has added original Japanese Flash anime content to its offerings. The first title available is the first episode of animator Aruzi Morino’s 2001 work

Reportedly anime production and distribution company Frontier Works has formally announced the development of an anime TV series based on the Umineko no Naku Koro ni (When They

The Moon Phase Diary reports that a third season of Black Lagoon anime has been greenlit for production. Guess I got this one wrong as I called a

The Moon Phase Diary reports that Young Magazine has announced that Xebec will produce an anime TV series adaptation of Coharu Sakuraba’s Kyo no Go no Ni (Today

ICv2 reports that Viz Media is eagerly interested in licensing and developing original American comics. Viz Media’s Vice President of Original Publishing Marc Weidenbaum and Senior Editor Eric

A year after anime “urban gear” manufacturer Mythwear unceremoniously withdrew from active operation, the company has issued a formal notice of its closure. Mythware founder and CEO Jean-Binh

Newsarama has published the second part of its ongoing analysis of the effect that the incorporation of Kodansha USA will have on the American manga publishing industry. Article

TenBu Productions has launched an official American website for cosplay and race queen idol, actress, writer, artist, and spokes person for the Nihon Maid Association Yunmao Ayakawa. The

Question: Since Funimation now has rights to some of Geneon USA shows, do you think Geneon will return to license some new anime like Shana 2, Zero no

ADV Films has informed us that its domestic DVD releases of Best Student Council, Five Centimeters Per Second, Innocent Venus, and Robotech have been discontinued. ADV has not

The official Japanese website for the second Naruto Shippuden motion picture, Gekijouban Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna, now hosts a streaming 90 second trailer. The film is scheduled for Japanese

The current issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine reports two new details on the touring Jump Super Anime Tour promotional event that will visit 10 Japanese cities from

Newsarama has published the first of a new series of articles analyzing the state of manga publishing in America with an extensive examination of Kodansha’s move into domestic