A Swedish translator of Japanese manga has been fined by Uppsala district court for possession of manga images depicting children engaged in sexual acts. The translator claimed that
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer to start off your week with the iconic, hot-blooded opening of Gainax’s 1991
Aniplex USA has announced plans to release a domestic Blu-ray boxed set containing the complete R.O.D. anime franchise this winter. The bilingual five-disc set will contain the 3
Japanese graphic design & mascot character marketing company PansonWorks has announced that its popular Robin With His 100 Friends (Robin-kun to 100 nin no Otomodachi) multimedia franchise will
The Bandai Channel multimedia streaming website has formally announced that a second series in the “Sanada Ten” franchise will premiere this October. The Shinshaku Sengoku Eiyuu Densetsu Sanada
One thing leads to another. If Predators primarily see with thermal vision, they’d be screwed during a zombie outbreak. Zombies are always the last to get picked when
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer a double feature of the first openings of the 2008 Toaru Majutsu no
Question: Do you think the anime industry need the top three anime/manga series, One Piece, Naruto, Bleach to keep going for the next 5 years or even pass
Fullmetal Alchemist (2nd series) and Hayate no Gotoku episode director Hiroshi Ikehata and the animators at Toei have produced a three-minute anime short based on Minori Kagura’s new
Mayu Watanabe, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, and Rino Sashihara, members of the popular AKB48 pop group, will each create original manga stories for publication in Weekly Young Jump
The Tokyo District Court has ordered publisher Kodansha to pay a 550,000 yen ($6,300 USD) fine to an individual who successfully sued the publisher for unauthorized use of
Monthly Flowers Magazine has announced the production of a stage play adaptation of Yuu Watase’s long running shoujo romance manga series Fushigi Yuugi. The play will run in
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the opening of the now somewhat forgotten Witch Hunter Robin television series from
