Month: January 2010

Collider has published a excerpt of an interview with Mike De Luca, producer behind films including The Love Guru and Ghost Rider in which De Luca reveals that

Question: With so much debate in the anime world, I find it confusing why generic terms are used to discuss a series which may not include it, such

FUNimation has announced its acquisition of distribution rights to the Hetalia – Axis Powers web anime series and The Sacred Blacksmith television series. FUNimation’s initial license for Hetalia

To little surprise, FUNimation representatives Adam Sheehan and Lance Heiskell have confirmed for Anime News Network that FUNimation has no plans to persue distribution rights to other baseball

Animate.tv is now streaming the opening animation sequence for the upcoming Tales of Symphonia: Tethe’alla-hen OVA series. The first episode of the second OVA series based on Bandai

The official homepage for the upcoming Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works motion picture now launches with a new Flash trailer. The movie hits Japanese theaters on the 23rd.

Japanese producer/distributor King Records has launched a website announcing an anime feature film adaptation of Tow Ubukata’s sci-fi novel series Mardock Scramble. The novel series tells the story

The website for the recently announced Sokyuu no Fafner: Heaven and Earth project has updated with a confirmation that the project will be a new anime. Writer Tow

74-year-old comic artist Mauricio de Sousa, known as the “Disney of Brazil” has announced plans to revive a project that he and Japan’s “god of manga” Osamu Tezuka

An 8 episode late night live action TV series adaptation of Atsushi Kaneko’s mystery manga series Soil will premiere on the WOWOW satellite/cable network on March 6. Takashi

Art Clokey, creator of stop-motion animation characters Gumby and Davey & Goliath passed away in his sleep on the morning of January 8. Born on October 12, 1921,

Question: Why is so much classic anime no longer in print? Animego has discontinued many titles. All the old Pioneer titles I know got bought by a company

FUNimation has formally announced its acquisition of distribution rights to the 26 episode Jyushin Enbu ~ Hero Tales television series from 2007 and the five episode Zettai Shougeki

Crunchyroll has announced plans for English subtitled streaming distribution of the upcoming Hanamaru Kindergarten (Hanamaru Yochien) and the new Sora no Woto TV series. Director Seiji Mizushima (Fullmetal

Animation fans across Asia have been quick to notice that the upcoming Chinese animated series Astro Plan bears a striking resemblance to Macross. (or Macross and Gundam Seed)