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,
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
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