Japanese publishers Shogakukan and Shueisha have acquired ownership of French anime translation & distribution firm Kaze and German translator/distributor Anime-Virtual. Both companies will be merged into Shogakukan and
The Walt Disney Co. has advanced a proposal to acquire Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock. Marvel has agreed to the deal, but the
The official homepage for AQ Interactive’s Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Jan PSP game has added a streaming anime trailer. The mahjong game features the characters of 07th
Digital Manga Publishing has announced plans sell copies of its 560 page Little Butterfly Omnibus manga volume at this year’s Yaoi-con, far in advance of the book’s February
Actor James Marsters has apparently revealed publicly that the actual production budget for 20th Century Fox’s Dragonball Evolution motion picture was $30 million. Speculation about the film’s production
Question: Does being a hentai fan mean that they don’t believe in human rights? Also, would the hentai ban have women who make BDSM yoai/straight hentai also be
The advertising obi on new copies of the seventh volume of author Shotaro Mizuki & illustrator Soichi Ito’s romantic fantasy adventure light novel series Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaoh
The Tsuito Akatsuka Fujio-Ten ~Gag de Kake Nukeru 72-Nen~ (A Fujio Akatsuka Memorial Exhibition: 72 Years of Advancing Through Gags) memorial exhibition for the late manga artist Fujio
Author and anime critic Robert Aldrich has published a thorough treatise exploring the characteristics that make anime unique. Check out his article, DEFINING ANIME.
Pop Japan Travel is now accepting reservations for participation in its Jump Festa 2010 tour of Japan. This vacation features admission to the Jump Festa 2010 promotional event
The DC Anime Club in collaboration with Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan, will host a free public screening of the Evangelion 1.0 motion picture on
Kadokawa’s Newtype Magazine, in association with Bandai Channel, have now launched Japanese streaming distribution of the 12 episode Fight Ippatsu! Jyuden-chan television anime. The online episodes are the
An official website has launched for the currently filming live action feature film adaptation of Saori Oguri’s autobiographical manga Darling wa Gaikokujin (My Darling is a Foreigner). The
