Sentai Filmworks has announced its acquisition of distribution rights to the Rozen Maiden anime franchise that was previously distributed domestically by Geneon then Funimation. Sentai’s license specifically includes
Variety reports that Snakes on a Plane & Shark Night 3D director David R. Ellis has been contracted to direct a live-action Kite movie for Distant Horizon. An
The homepage for the K-On! motion picture has added a full theatrical trailer. The Houkago Tea Time visits London movie will hit theaters on December 3. Source: Anime
According to Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, an anime TV series based on Mitsuru Hattori’s ongoing “zombie moé adolescent romantic comedy” manga series Sankarea is now in development. The romantic
An experimental anime series titled Ad Lib Anime Kenkyusho (Ad Lib Anime Laboratory) will premiere on the BS Fuji satellite TV network on October 15. For each episode,
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the opening of the 1999 Medarot TV series. The opening theme is “Chie
The Japanese Mangaoh bookseller reports that an anime TV series adaptation of Meme Higashiya’s four-panel manga Recorder to Randoseru (Recorder and Backpack) will premiere on January 5. The
The homepage for the upcoming Noitamina series Un-Go has released its first trailer. The detective mystery series is inspired by the writing of classic Japanese novelist Ango Sakaguchi
Publisher Hobby Japan has released a (lightly censored) trailer for the upcoming two Queen’s Blade Rebellion OVAs. The first episode featuring Alleyne and previously not animated character Annerotte
A full theatrical trailer for studio Brains Base’s upcoming Hotarubi no Mori e motion picture has appeared. The film is an adaptation of Yuki Midorikawa’s bittersweet romantic manga
The October issue of Ciao Magazine will formally announce tomorrow that an anime TV series adaptation of Hiromu Shinozuka’s shoujo comedy manga Chibi Devi! will air as part
Anime News Network has published short, exclusive interivew with Tsutomu Mizushima and Junichi Fujisaku, the director & screenwriter behind the current Blood-C television series.
Viz Media has partnered with media licensing and distribution company T3 Networks Inc. “to help expand upon the television distribution landscape with selected Viz Media series.” T3 Networks
Hiroshi Takahashi’s 1999-2001 gang culture manga series QP is serving as the inspiration for a live-action television series directed by Takeshi Miike. The drama will revolve around Ryo,
The increasing scarcity of certain domestic anime DVDs has surfaced as a topic of conversation in the American otaku community lately, so here’s my contribution to the discussion.
