This year’s winners of the prestigious Animation Kobe Awards have been announced. Individual Award: Mitsuo Iso (creator/director of Denno Coil) Special Award: Masaki Tsuji (writer for Jungle Emperor,
Japanese popular entertainment magazine Oricon has published the results of its survey that asked 300 teens aged 14-19 to name the most interesting manga they’d read. The results:
Digital Manga’s eManga online store, which launched its experimental beta phase operation last month, is now open for business. The eManga digital rental service offers streaming commercial translated
San Francisco, California based Crunchyroll has announced a partnership with Tokyo based DIRECTIONS, Inc. to offer animator Yasuhiro Yoshiura’s new dramatic sci-fi anime series Time of Eve (“Eve
The official homepage for the Dake Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei OAD series now hosts a Flash trailer. The trailer plays when the website initially loads. To re-play the trailer (with
The official homepage for the Kannagi ~ Crazy Shrine Maidens anime television series now hosts a streaming 15 second long TV commercial. The ad contains no animation footage,
The official Japanese Tales of Symphonia anime series homepage has formally announced development of a “Tales of Symphonia: Tethe’alla Chapter” OVA series sequel to the four episode video
The official Japanese homepage for the Koihime Musou anime franchise, which is based on an adult PC game developed by BaseSon, has announced development of a Koihime Musou
Anime studio Sunrise has announced development of its “Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo” project. The title “Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo” translates roughly as “Universe Girl” but seems obviously intended
Multimedia website Joost now offers legally authorized English translated anime episodes from titles including Naruto, Death Note, Blue Dragon, Zatch Bell!, MAR, Astro Boy, Cosmo Warrior Zero, Gun
Concordia University Assistant Professor Matthew Penney has published an English translation of celebrated manga artist Shigeru Mizuki’s partially autobiographical 1991 anti-war educational short manga story “War and Japan.”
ICv2 now hosts a lengthy exclusive interview with Viz Media Vice President of Sales and Product Marketing Gonzalo Ferreyra. The fourth section of the interview includes the first
The official homepage for the Vampire Knight anime television series now hosts a new trailer for the series’ upcoming second season, Vampire Knight Guilty. The trailer highlights Kanon
