A 15 second TV spot advertising director Shinsuke Sato’s live action adaptation of Hiroya Oku’s Gantz manga has surfaced. The live action adaptation is scheduled to be two
This year’s second issue of Big Comic Original magazine has announced that Shinichi Ishizuka’s mountain climbing drama manga series Gaku -Minna no Yama- will be adapted into a
The English language side of the Japanese Shonen Jump magazine homepage has added English translated debut chapters of Syuichi Asou’s Super Idol Kanata and Naoya Matsumoto’s Nekowappa manga
Gunnm (“Battle Angel Alita”) creator Yukito Kishiro has added a playful, brief Flash animation opening to his website to commemorate the new year and the 20th anniversary of
Game software developer Sega Sammy Holdings has announced the foundation of a CG animation production subsidiary called Sega Sammy Visual Entertainment. Although just formally announced, the subsidiary was
Funimation has announced its acquisition of distribution rights to last year’s live action films Kamui Gaiden and RoboGeisha. Both movies will hit American DVD later this year. Director
FUNimation has announced plans to distribute DVD releases of 15 vintage kung fu films from the massive Shaw Bros. studio archive. The influential and massively successful Shaw Bros.
Question: Will season 3 of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle ever be licensed for a US release? I’ve read mixed news outlining that season 3 can’t be aired in Japan
X Japan, one of Japan¹s most popular and influential bands, invites American fans to the streets of Hollywood, CA to film four major music videos! It will be
The official website for next month’s Katanagatari television series now hosts a streaming 3 minute long trailer. The adaptation of author NisiOisin’s historical adventure novel series about two
Monthly Coro Coro Comic magazine has announced the development of an anime adaptation of Noriyuki Murase’s children’s comedy manga series Keshikasu-kun. The award winning manga, ongoing since 2004,
An anime short film adaptation of the Mizuki Shigeru no Tono Monogatari (Shigeru Mizuki’s Legends of Tono) manga is now in development as an exhibit for the Tono
A new Hoshi Shinichi’s Short Shorts TV special will air on the NHK network on January 2. This special will contain four animated and two live-action adaptation of
Question: A little web reseach reveals that 1997’s “travesty,” known to most English-speaking anime viewers as the VOLTAGE FIGHTER GOWCAISER movie was a compilation of three original separate
