Wild Boar Media, the development studio co-founded by former GDH International vice-president Eric Calderon, has announced that Ryuhei Kitamura (Azumi, Versus, Godzilla: Final Wars) will direct the studio’s
Japanese boy band Arashi’s upcoming single “Believe” will be getting two music videos. One will be in conventional live action. The other will be an anime video produced
The Young Adult Library Services Association has announced its 2009 Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens covering books published in the US in 2008. The list includes
The Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan has announced its official tally of Japan’s box office results for 2008. Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
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Italian manga fan and independent film maker Francesco Sanseverino dropped us a link to his impressive short film Berserk: The Black Swordsman, based on Kentaro Miura’s popular manga.
Chorus Magazine has announced the development of an anime based on Risa Itou’s 4-koma gag manga Higepiyo (“Mustache-Peep”). The odd comedy revolves around Hiyoko, a small, intelligent bird
Viz Media has formally announced the launch of its Haikasoru line of English-translated science fiction and fantasy novels from Japan. Haikasoru, the first English-language “imprint with a dedicated
The Biglobe video hosting site now offers the first trailer for the upcoming Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ anime television series. The trailer is the same one that
Japanese broadcaster NTV has launched a web page for its upcoming Lupin the Third vs Detective Conan TV special. Not much there right now, but it’s still a
The Flash intro to the official Koihime Musou anime series homepage now features an illustration of a new character and the promise, “2009 coming soon…” The franchise had
The Fuji TV network has revealed the development of a new Jungle Emperor TV special based on the Osamu Tezuka’s beloved 1950 manga series. The new special, written
Digital Manga has announced its acquisition of translation rights to Kaoru Tada’s modern classic shoujo romance manga series Itazura na Kiss. The 12 volume series has sold over
