Mirai Moriyama (20th Century Boys, Rookies) will star in a live-action television series adaptation of Mitsuro Kubo’s romantic comedy manga Moteki. Moriyama will play Yukiyo Fujimoto, an aimless
The homepage for the current Angel Beats! anime television series is now streaming the full length music video for Girls Dead Monster’s insert song “Little Braver.” The song
A short trailer and an assortment of brief shots from the upcoming two live action Gantz sci-fi action movies have appeared on Japanese television. The first film adaptation
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit to you the first Master Mosquiton ’99 opening from 1997. The theme song
Question: Why don’t the Japanese hentai anime production companies conclude the plots of the anime they release? For example, Sex Ward ends on a cliffhanger. Why don’t the
The Japanese Kyo mo Yarareyaku fan blog reports that a Japanese Tsutaya store has announced that a second Toaru Majutsu no Index anime series will premiere this fall.
The results of a May 2010 survey conducted from the Tokyo Polytechnic University has determined that anime is the Japanese cultural export that Japanese citizens believe should most
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit to you the first Violinist of Halemn opening from 1996. The theme song
Nozomi Entertainment has announced its acquisition of the 26 episode “El Hazard: The Wanderers” television series. The 1995 show, originally titled in Japan “El Hazard: The Magnificent World,”
Bandai Entertainment has announced its acquisition of the 2009 Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya and Nyoron Churuya-san web anime series. Both shows will be released together on two bilingual
This summer’s Anime Expo convention will host the world premiere of the first episode of the Black Lagoon: Roberta’s Blood Trail OVA series. Furthermore, Black Lagoon creator Rei
Japanese publisher Kodansha has revealed plans to offer an exclusive, limited edition XXXHOLiC OVA to Japanese manga readers. This summer’s 25th issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine, sixth issue
Independent animation studio Black Sun Entertainment has released its 5-minute proof-of-concept pilot video for Azureus Rising. The studio hopes that publicity generated by the short will enable production
Viz Media has begun streaming subtitled episodes of last year’s acclaimed baseball drama anime series Cross Game on its Viz Anime site. Five episodes are available now. New
