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Pioneer has opened its official English language homepage for Heatguy J. Source: Anime News Network

Japanese news site and host server Goo has reported that a theatrical anime adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s manga Boku no Son Goku (My Son Goku) will be released

Director Ryuhei Kitamura has announced plans to produce two new films in the Versus series- Versus Alternate Cut and Versus 2. This summer, Kitamura plans to re-assemble the

Question: What is the significance of friend/foe relationships between protagonists and other characters in some series? Take for instance Ranma and Ryoga or Goku and Piccolo. Why is

Pioneer has officially alerted retailers that their distribution license to Dragonball Z will expire on August 31st. As of August 31, the first 3 Dragonball Z movies on

DVD Vision Japan has published a pair of extensive interviews with John Oppliger of AN Entertainment and Shawne Kleckner of Right Stuf International. In our interview with John

Critical Mass has announced that the 2 episode Shimai Ijiri adult anime series will be the next release in the American Vanilla Series DVD catalog under the translated

TOKYOPOP has officially acquired the English language translation and publication rights to the .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet (.hack//Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu) manga, commonly referred to by fans

The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Toei Animation of Japan has plans to create a new season of Kinnikuman Nisei (Ultimate Muscle, as it’s known in America) animation

Living Legend manga author Kazuo Koike, creator of Lone Wolf & Cub and Crying Freeman, will write a Wolverine story for Marvel Comics to be published in X-Men

Neo-Geo.com is currently hosting home video camera footage of Playmore’s upcoming SVC Chaos SNK vs Capcom fighting game that will be released first to arcades and later to

The official Dragonball Z website is now hosting the exclusive E3 Dragonball Z video games trailer including footage of the cel shaded Dragonball Z Budokai 2, the Gameboy

Atari and FUNimation have entered into an agreement through which Atari will publish video games for select next-generation consoles based on FUNimation’s popular animated television series Yu Yu

Question: Why is fanservice called fanservice? I know exactly what this is, but when a friend of mine asked me this question, I couldn’t answer him.

The new distribution company Hirameki International has announced the American distribution rights to the Idol Fight Suchi-Pai OAV series and Soar High! Isami (Tobe! Isami) TV series from