Month: April 2011

Acclaimed anime director Osamu Dezaki passed away on April 17 due to lung cancer. He was 67. Dezaki joined the Mushi Productions anime studio in 1963, and made

The opening animation for the upcoming three-episode Katteni Kaizo OVA series is now streaming on the show’s official homepage. The first episode of Shaft’s adaptation of Koji Kumeta’s

The official homepage for the Pocket Monster movie franchise has added a new trailer for the series’ 14th feature film installment. The first “Best Wishes” feature will actually

Japanese film distributor Shochiku has begun streaming a teaser trailer for this summer’s Prince of Tennis feature film. Tennis no Ouji-sama: Eikoku-shiki Teikyujou Kessen! will open theatrically on

Reportedly the June issue of Jump Square magazine that goes on sale in Japan this week will formally announced the development of a new installment in the Rurouni

TV-Tokyo has launched a website announcing Inazuma Eleven Go, a new anime television series based on Level 5’s sports simulation soccer game. The new Inazuma Eleven series will

Reportedly cult favorite director Sion Sono has confirmed plans to film an adaptation of Furuya Minoru’s 2001 psychological drama manga series Himizu. While Minoru may be best known

To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the The Big O TV series from 1999. The opening theme is “Big-O!,”

After animating the smash hit Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya television series in 2006 then following it with the equally successful Lucky Star television series the following year, the

NIS America has announced its acquisition of domestic DVD rights to the Arakawa under the Bridge and Katanagatari anime television series. The complete Arakawa Under the Bridge first

Merely a week after announcing plans to overhaul its official website, Tokyopop Senior Vice President Mike Kiley has confirmed that the 14 year old publisher will close its

Japanese publisher publisher Fujimi Shobo has announced the development of an anime based on author Ichiei Ishibumi’s High School DxD light novel series. The ongoing novel series that

The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) has issued its State of the Content Market in America 2010-2011 white paper. According to the report, the American anime market (excluding

Coroner Records has just released Princess Ghibli, a collection of 12 heavy metal covers of classic Studio Ghibli movie theme songs. European and Japanese musicians including Disarmonia Mundi,

To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the 1984 Gu-Gu-Ganmo TV series. The opening theme is “Ganmo Doki!,” sung by