Author: John

Director Kunio Kato’s 12 minute long short anime film Tsumiki no Ie ~ La Maison en Petits Cubes (House of Small Cubes) has been nominated for an Academy

Bandai Entertainment President Ken Iyadomi has confirmed that the American anime distribution company is planning to layoff an undetermined number of its 19 full-time employees in response to,

A while back I found a poor quality copy of the forgotten 1992 OVA Apfelland Monogatari. Not long after I watched it, a “good” quality copy turned up

Question: I was wondering when will Akira receive the Hellsing Ultimate treatment?

The NHK television network has launched a website revelaing the development of a Japanese/Korean co-produced sci-fi educational anime television series Elementhunters. The series will air on the NHK

Japanese publisher Tokuma Shoten now hosts last month’s Comic Market promotional trailer for the upcoming Taisho Yakyu Musume (Taisho Era Baseball Girls) anime television series. The anime, based

Zakka Films, a new specialty film distributor focused on obscure and vintage Japanese cinema, has announced its first DVD release, The Roots of Japanese Anime: Until the End

The winners of the 54th annual Shogakukan Manga Award were announced yesterday. The winners will be presented with a bronze statuette and a 1 million yen prize at

Tokyo’s Kawasaki district has announced plans to build a museum devoted to the late manga creator Fujiko F. Fujio, who was born in Kawasaki in 1933, and passed

The Sci-Fi Channel’s Ani-Monday program has scheduled a variety of anime titles for late evening broadcast over the next several weeks. The Appleseed OVA will air at 11:30pm

Question: I recently heard that since voice actors are so important in Japan, if a voice actor has to leave an anime for one reason or another, their

The advertising “obi” found on copies of the just released fourth volume of Miura Isao’s bishoujo fantasy novel series Seiken no Blacksmith (written “Seiken no Katanakaji” but pronounced

Reportedly the freshly released March issue of Manga Time Kirara Max magazine has announced plans for an anime adaptation of Shoko Iwami’s 2007 and ongoing light (and reportedly

Hiroyuki Aihara and Nami Adachi’s Franny & Melanie children’s picture book series will get two anime television specials next month. Both programs will animate scenes from the original

Adult Swim has evidently canceled its scheduled broadcast of the Moribito – Guardian of the Spirit television series throughout the next three months. The network has twice broadcast