Question: Saint Young Men seems like a very popular manga in Japan. It sells very well and in 2009 received the Osamu Tezuka cultural prize for short work
FUNimation spokesperson Sophie McNutt has formally confirmed that FUNimation’s domestic distribution licenses for Kamichu!, Kyo Kara Maoh!, The Law of Ueki, Paradise Kiss, and The Story of Saiunkoku
The Jmanga digital manga distribution site run by Japan’s Digital Comic Association launched yesterday. The site currently offers 48 different manga titles for digital purchase, including several titles
Writer & director Yuji Uchiyama has announced that his series of Kami-Usagi Rope (pronounced “Kami-Usagi Ropei”) theatrical shorts will be expanded into a feature film. The shorts depict
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the sweet opening of the 2006 Binbou Shimai Monogatari TV series. The opening
Question: It seems like there are a whole lot of unlicensed gems from the years 2007 and 2008. Kaiji, Mononoke, Denno Coil, Kaiba, Michiko & Hatchin, just to
Sentai Filmworks has acquired the domestic distribution rights to creator Yasushi Akimoto’s 2007 Golden-era homage OVA series ICE. The sci-fi/action/fantasy is set in a distant future Tokyo in
Sony Pictures has released an English subtitled trailer for Studio Pierrot’s feature film Onigamiden. The adaptation of Takafumi Takada’s fantasy novel hit Japanese theaters last April. The film
?????????????????80????????????????????? The dojinshi circle Manpuku Jinja released its full-length 16 minute long Touhou Project anime short “Gensou Bankakyou ~The Memories of Phantasm~ Shunsetsu Ihen no Shou” at last
The four-episode Hidamari Sketch x SP “tokubetsu” mini-series will air two episodes on October 29 then two episodes on November 5 before hitting Japanese home video on November
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the first opening of the 1985 Aoki Ryusei SPT Layzner TV series. The
Question: Could green jacket Lupin finally help give the franchise a bigger boost in America? While the series has done reasonably, considering its age, it never really attracted
Now that the fourth issue of GEN Manga is available, digital copies of the doujin manga anthology’s second issue are now available free to all readers. GEN Manga
Here’s the abbreviated version: In March 2003 AD Vision negotiated, with Gainax, the rights to produce live-action movies, TV shows, and video projects based on Evangelion. Between March
