The homepage for this October’s Motto To Love-ru ~Trouble~ television series has added a second streaming trailer. The trailer doesn’t include any graphic sex or nudity, but it
Japanese publisher Flex Comix has announced that Yukiwo’s slice of otaku life manga series Musashino-sen no Shimai (Sisters of the Musashino Train Line) will get a film adaptation.
Tenga, the world famous Japanese manufacturer of male masturbation aids, has formally announced plans to sponsor a hip-hop music performance group named “Tengal 6.” I’m not saying that
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the beautiful opening of the 1999 Himiko-den TV series. The theme song is
Question: Could the Scott Pilgrim movie “save” the anime/manga/video game genre from future godawful Hollywood adaptations? It’s got a director who actually has experience in popular entertainment as
In an interview with Publishers Weekly, writer and editor Sean Michael Wilson reveals the second of four original English language manga he’s writing for Kodansha International. The first
The DC Anime Club will screen Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhoods End and American comic artist & animator Fred Perry’s full length independently produced animated feature Gold Digger:
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the opening of the 2004 Fuujin Monogatari TV series. The theme song is
Last February Japanese game developer Tecmo announced that Super Black Jack character Rio would be getting her own anime. Now word comes that the production will be a
When the Japanese Bandai Channel website began streaming the 2005 Shinshaku Sengoku Eiyuu Densetsu Sanada Jyuu Yuushi anime television series last month, the online distribution was promoted with
The September issue of Bessatsu Margaret magazine announced this week that a live action film adaptation of Kazune Kawahara’s shoujo romance manga High School Debut (Koukou Debut) has
The debut music video from “Rockjazz” musician ELEW (Eric Lewis) is a powerful piano performance of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” The video was directed by acclaimed Japanese
I usually don’t like to show off, but grant me an occasional exception. After nearly 21 years, yesterday, with the assistance of a friend in Japan, I completed
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the opening of the 1985 Dirty Pair TV series. The theme song is
