Last Friday, at the 62nd annual Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, Studio Ghibli co-founder and veteran anime director Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies, Only Yesterday, Pom
TV Asahi has announced that the Stitch! ~Itazura Alien no Daibouken~ (Stitch! Great Adventure of Lightning Alien) TV anime will premiere in October. This will be the third
To promote the upcoming live-action film Onnanoko Monogatari, a loose adaptation of manga-ka Rieko Saibara’s manga autobiography, Japanese mobile phone video provider BeeTV will stream a 10 episode
Maho Sensei Negima creator Ken Akamatsu’s August 10 & 11 online diary entries thank readers for strong sales of the recent Negima OAD anime episodes and vaguely hint
Shueisha’s You Magazine has announced that a Real Clothes live action TV drama, based on Satoru Makimura’s best selling manga, will premiere in October. The manga was adapted
Question: Recently some U.S. distributors have been licensing some anime series that are 100+ episodes and are still being aired in Japan with no end in site. Companies
Following up on this week’s web announcement that the primary staff and cast of the 2008 Sekirei bishoujo fighting anime would reunite for the Sekirei ~Pure Engagement~ TV
Anime production company Aniplex has revealed that the “Sora no Woto Project” will be a TV anime co-developed by Aniplex and the TV Tokyo broadcast network. The production
Following up on the announcement that Sora no Woto will be the first production from the “Anime no Chikara” (The Strength of Anime) development partnership between Aniplex &
The Daily Yomiuri newspaper has published an interview with Barefoot Gen manga creator and Hiroshima bombing survivor Keiji Nakazawa. The article discusses Nakazawa’s approach to his manga and
During a press interview for his latest film, Inglourious Basterds, director Quentin Tarantino discussed his work with anime studio Production I.G on anime sequences produced for Kill Bill.
Moviehole reports that director Wolfgang Peterson (Troy, Air Force One) is eager to develop a live action feature film based on Yasutaka Tsutsui’s 1993 sci-fi novel Paprika. Director
The official homepage for the Princess Lover anime is now streaming a 15 second live action commercial for the series’ first DVD volume. The spot features gravure idol
Question: What are the chances we will have a U.S. release of Ga-Rei Zero? Personally, I’m surprised it hasn’t already been licensed given that it has many features
