Viz Media has issued an official statement confirming plans to end the publication of its monthly Shoujo Beat magazine. Yes, the final issue of Shojo Beat magazine will
Wholesale distributor Alini Magazine Services reports that Viz Media’s “Shoujo Beat is ceasing publication with the July 2009 issue–subscribers will receive Shonen Jump” to fill the remainder of
Publishers Weekly journalist Kai-Ming Cha reports that the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, will present Japanese artist Hayao Miyazaki with its Berkeley Japan
Viz Media’s English language publication of Naoki Inose’s book of historical analysis The Century of the Black Ships is now on sale. The new book offers meticulously researched
In anticipation of its summer release of King of Fighters XII on the Xbox 360 and PS3, Ignition Entertainment is now hosting a King of Fighters fan art
Sales figures reveal that the $99.99 official re-pricing of the Playstation 2 encouraged a 50% increase in consumer sales leading to the 9 year old PS2 system out-selling
Question: Why aren’t there more Gutsoon/Raijin license-rescues? Yes, the U.S. magazine bombed, but new companies are taking a chance on the Hokuto No Ken shows and 80’s movie,
hampion RED magazine has confirmed that an anime TV series adaptation of Hiroyuki Yoshino and Kenetsu Satou’s supernatural action manga series Seikon no Qwaser. The 2006 and ongoing
The official Japanese homepage for Production I.G’s upcoming biographical anime film Miyamoto Musashi: Souken ni Haseru Yume (Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai) is now streaming a
Twentieth Century Fox motion picture studio subsidiary Fox International is presently setting up a Japanese “production consortium” to supervise the production and marketing of a live action film
Japanese film production company Real Products, in association with Thailand’s Local Colour Film and unspecified Chinese and Korean producers, has signed director Takeshi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer,
A live action television special titled “MW Dai-0-sho ~Akuma no Game~” (MW Chapter 0: The Devil’s Game) will air on the NTV network on June 30, days before
The TV Asahi network has announced that a live action Maid Deka (Maid Detective) television series, based on author Yuji Hayami and illustrator Kiyotaka Haimura’s light novel series,
A live action television series adaptation of Ryo Kurashina’s 2006 manga series Teioh will premiere on the TBS television network on July 15. The series revolves around an
Kung Fu Cult Cinema has secured a low resolution image of the new Cannes Film Festival teaser poster for Axxis International’s planned live action Bubblegum Crisis movie. Article
