Author: John

Question: What would you consider to be the best example of bondage anime to feature shibari?

The Toyama prefecture in central Japan has launched its Toyama Tourism Anime Project website to promote domestic and international tourism. The site features three short original anime videos

Anime News Network now hosts an exclusive interview with Yoshiyuki Tomino, the creator of anime including Mobile Suit Gundam, Space Runaway Ideon, Aura Battler Dunbine, and Blue Gale

The September 10 Japanese release of Ajiko Kojima’s romance manga Tonari no 801-chan will include a 90 second “Tonari no 801-chan R” anime short on DVD. The “opening

Question: Will America’s current ennui for CG animation – or at least the talking animals/objects – help to cultivate more sophisticated tastes in animation, and possibly save anime

The 12th and final episode of the Queen’s Blade ~Ruro no Senshi~ television series, which aired in Japan yesterday, includes an announcement that the sequel series Queen’s Blade

The official Higashi no Eden homepage has announced that the theatrical feature first announced last February will actually be two movies. Higashi no Eden Gekijouban I: The King

The official Spice and Wolf homepage has added a new 30 second promotional video, this one featuring voice actors Jun Fukuyama & Ami Koshimizu with their beloved Lawrence

Question: In a lot of mecha anime, there’s an apparent trend in the antagonists having young women fighting for their side in a way that is utterly exploiting

The homepage for the AIKa ZERO OVA series has added a 30 second commercial (with only a few exposed panties). The first OVA will get a promotional TV

The CLAMP manga creator group has confirmed that it drew the art for the original Hatsune Miku music video “Mugen no Yami -echo of the past.” The song

The homepage for this summer’s loosely biographical anime film Hachigatsu no Symphony -Shibuya 2002-2003 has opened an English language mirror that includes details about the film and an

On Friday, the Japanese parliament passed an amendment making it illegal to knowingly download copyrighted material without authorization. However, the new law does not cover online streaming, does

Chinese portal site Sina.com has secured a new promotional video for Imagi Studios’ upcoming Astro Boy animated film. The video includes a summarized history of Astro Boy, behind

Question: I’ve noticed that Funimation has recently acquired distribution rights to shows such as Samurai Champloo and Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, both of which were formerly