X-Men producer Lauren Shuler-Donner and Warner Brothers have chosen writer-director Hype Williams (whose only feature credit is writer, producer and director of Belly) as the latest director to
Diamond Distributors will be importing a die-cast Speed Racer Mach 5 from Uni-Five (a subsidiary of Bandai Japan) this February. Measuring 8″ in length, this high-end collectible is
Magic Box has shots of several upcoming arcade light gun shooting games, including Namco’s sniper rifle based Golgo 13 II, Gun Barret (Gun Barl 3, known in the
Question: Why do you think that, in general, the anime version of a series is translated before the manga version (we all know there are exceptions)? Personally, I
According to The Escaflowne Report, ratings for the Fox broadcast of Escaflowne are poor enough to begin rumors of a possible cancelation for the series. Apparantly, ratings for
Central Park Media has clarified some of the details regarding the Japanese audio problems some purchasers have had with the Slayers DVD boxed set. Apparently there is no
Question: Ever since Pokemon was brought over to the US, it seems like everyone misjudges other monster anime series that came later, as they claim them to be
Stan Lee Media, Inc. has announced it will begin development on a web multimedia project by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry titled Starship. Space Battleship Yamato creator Leiji
Early reports from Anime on DVD warn that some purchasers may encounter an “inverted phase” audio problem (a defect akin to the left and right audio tracks reversing
Stay Tooned has a new article up providing some new detail and a new image from Hayao Miyazaki’s currently in production film, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi. The
Nintendo of Japan has announced plans to open more Pokemon Center retail stores in ten major cities worldwide beginning next year. Currently there are only two Pokemon Center
A Japan-based website/service named Franken, operated by Indivisio, Inc. is teaming up with six major publishers in Japan to offer downloadable manga via the internet. This past June
Diamond Distributors will be importing four different Uni-Five Jumbo Machine Robots this February: Great Mazinger, Mazinger Z, Gaiking, and Garada K7 (complete with launching missiles and rocket fists!).
The Internet Movie Database reports Ang Lee’s martial-arts film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won the top People’s Choice award at the 25th annual Toronto International Film Festival on
