Japanese character goods development and retail company Broccoli has announced plans to exit consumer-level retail to focus on development and manufacturing. On June 1st, retail chain Animate, which
After seeing the Thor trailer several times and pondering it a bit, I’ve come to realize precisely what bothers me about the trailer. Thor is a god. He
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the opening of the 1997 Buttobi!! CPU OVA series. The opening theme is
Question: Why are many Western anime fans so pretentious? It always seems to me that many fans of anime in the West try to over-analyze and make observations
The homepage for next month’s Ikoku Meiro no Croisée anime television series has added a second streaming trailer. This adorable looking adaptation of Hinata Takeda’s light novel series
Crunchyroll has announced plans to simulcast the Deadman Wonderland, Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi, Lotte no Omocha!, Nichijou, Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai, Sket Dance, and Tono to Issho:
The TV Tokyo network has retracted 4Kids Entertainment’s distribution rights to the Yu-Gi-Oh anime franchise and filed a lawsuit, in partnership with Nihon Ad Systems (NAS), against 4Kids
Kodansha has announced plans for English language publications of Napthalene Mizushima and Kinomin’s Shugo Chara! Chan! and Sanami Matoh’s @Full Moon manga series, along with new American releases
Digital Manga has announced its acquisition of distribution rights to Nase Yamato’s single-volume yaoi manga Mr. Convenience (Benriya-san). The book will be released through DMP’s Juné label at
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the moderately odd third opening of the 2005 Paniponi Dash! television series. The
Sentai Filmworks has announced its acquisition of the cult hit 2010 anime television series Angel Beats! The satire of typical school-based dating simulation computer games will be released
Crunchyroll has announced plans to simulcast next month’s Gintama’ anime television series, the third anime TV series (following Gintama and Yorinuke Gintama-san) based on Hideaki Sorachi’s popular shonen
Hasbro has announced plans to produce an original animated series based on Studio Hibari’s Duel Masters shonen anime franchise, which is itself based on Takara Tomy’s Duel Masters
Sony Pictures Japan has released a full-length theatrical trailer for Studio Pierrot’s upcoming feature film Onigamiden. The historical fantasy adventure movie is an adaptation of Takafumi Takada’s two-volume
