Digital Manga Publishing (DMP) has formally announced its acquisition of translation rights to author Hideyuki Kikuchi’s 4 volume Yashakiden: The Demon Princess novel series and Taimashin: The Red
On April Fools Day, Yahoo Japan launched a webpage encouraging Japanese site visitors to vote on an ideal cast for a live action Evangelion film. Whether or not
Animation studio Kamikaze Douga has launched websites for its new anime short films Amanatsu and The Last Piece. Both sites launch with streaming Flash trailers. Both shorts will
The Nihon Keizai Newspaper reports that Bandai will distribute unspecified Gundam anime online in 10 languages including English, German, and French later this year. Source: Anime News Network
The official Japanese website for the Onechanbara movie – an adaptation of Tamsoft’s popular action game franchise – now includes a teaser trailer for a sequel: Onechanbara Vortex.
Bandai Channel now streams the first trailer for this summer’s Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance motion picture. The trailer is also available from Yahoo Japan, but the
Japan’s Indi Software has announced plans to update its Dankai Curry Chu-Kara (“Retiree Medium Spicy Curry”) internet Flash animation series for broadcast on the Teletama TV network. The
Anime News Network now hosts a series of exclusive interviews with members of the cast and production staff of the Dragonball: Evolution motion picture.
Yen Press Publishing Director Kurt Hassler has informed the Tiamat’s Manga Review website that Yen Press has acquired the distribution rights to Kiyohiko Azuma’s four-panel comedy manga series
The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) recently released “State of the Content Market in North America 2008-2009” white paper reports that the North American anime market was worth
Japanese mobile phone service provider NTT Docomo has launched its “BeeTV” service which will provide three new anime series via cel phones. Avex Entertainment produces Azabu Juuban Gakuen,
