During this past weekend’s Otakon convention, FUNimation announced its acquisition of distribution rights to Madhouse’s 2008 Casshern Sins TV anime series and Production I.G’s 2009 TV anime Higashi
Summer Wars Virtual World Clip via Affenheimtheater Japanese chain retailer Tatsuya has been handing out promotional DVDs for Madhouse’s upcoming feature film Summer Wars. The DVD contains the
The homepage for the Fresh Precure! Omocha no Kuni wa Himitsu ga Ippai!? (Fresh Precure: Big Secret of the Toy Country) movie is now offers a streaming trailer.
The official homepage for next year’s 30th Doraemon movie, Doraemon: Nobita no Ningyo Daikaisen (Doraemon: Nobita’s Great Merman Sea Battle), now hosts a lengthy Flash teaser trailer. On
Japanese metal band metal band Seikima-II (pronounced “Seikimatsu”) has collaborated with anime director Kobun Shizuno (Hokuto no Ken New Century Legend: Kenshiro Chapter) on the creation of a
Japanator reports that Sony’s anime production subsidiary Aniplex confirmed, during this past weekend’s Otakon convention, that Sony is now working on a North American DVD & Blu-ray release
Anime News Network now hosts an exclusive interview with Yen Press co-founder Kurt Hassler that covers Hassler’s professional background, Yen Press’ performance and business strategy, trends in the
Twitch now hosts a review of Production I.G’s new anime film Musashi: The Dream Of The Last Samurai (Musashi: Souken ni Haseru Yume), an anime documentary on the
The DC Anime Club, in collaboration with the Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan, will host a free, public screening of the Lupin III: Castle of
During this past weekend’s Otakon convention, veteran anime producer Noboru Ishiguro made the announcement that a live action version of the Space Battleship Yamato manga & anime franchise
The cover of the latest issue of Big Comic Original magazine announces that Yaro Abe’s acclaimed manga series “Shinya Shokudo” will get a live action TV drama adaptation
The Hollywood Reporter’s Risky Biz Blog reports that Atlas Entertainment has acquired the live action adaptation rights to Voltron now that Relativity Media’s option has expired. “Get Smart”
FUNimation has revealed its acquisition of translation and distribution rights to the next four Detective Conan movies in the series’ franchise. FUNi already distributes Detective Conan movie 1:
Bandai Entertainment President Ken Iyadomi has explained the rationale behind the sudden and unanticipated American commercial release of the Kannagi TV series. “North American anime companies have suffered
