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Question: I heard from someone that there is an 8-hour version of Akira, and that it was in fact shown on American TV several years ago. Is there

First announced as licensed for American release last September, CPM has now scheduled the American premier of “Legend of Himiko” for July. The 12 episode Himiko-den fantasy/adventure TV

According to the usually reliable Toon Zone, the Cartoon Network has confirmed that “Big 0 2” will premier on Toonami along with G-Gundam later this year. According to

Japanese company Playmore has opened its official Japanese website, which includes the statement that as of October 31, 2001, Playmore is now the sole owner of all of

IGN has made available Quicktime footage of the very short Japanese teaser trailer for the just announced “Trigun: The Planet Gunsmoke” online console game. When the game will

Question: Why does Macross have so many fewer TV series, OAVs and movies compared to Gundam if it’s almost as popular?

The Official Pioneer Entertainment website has confirmed that it is Pioneer that has licensed the recently concluded 24 episode X television series for American release this fall. Source:

Perfect Blue director Satoshi Kon has officially confirmed that Dreamworks SKG has acquired the worldwide (outside Asia) distribution rights to Kon’s latest anime film, Millenium Actress. The film

While there have been no plans announced for any new animation based on Yasuhiro Nightow manga, Sega Smilebit and Red Company have been developing two of the manga

Following in the footsteps of pervious streaming broadcast anime series including Mahou Yuugi and I Wish You Were Here, the first episode of Psychic Academy Aura Bansho is

In a surprise announcement, Dark Aura Entertainment officially announced that pre-production on the New Line Cinema produced Silent Hill movie began on March 26th. Plans are for the

Providing yet another example of the impending total demise of the VHS format, according to Anime on DVD, Bandai America has now discontinued support and manufacture of all

Question: What’s DNA Squared?

Tomorrow Sony’s Metreon Action Theater located in San Francisco will host the American premier of Mobile Fighter G-Gundam and the unveiling of a one-of-a-kind 6-1/2-foot tall replica of

In a surprise announcement, a new Japanese print advertisement for the upcoming Sun Entertainment produced Neo-Geo arcade fighting game Rage of the Dragons (based on the Double Dragon