Author: John

Question: John, you seem to run AnimeNation’s on-line news site, but is that all of what you do for AN?

Anime News Network now hosts a very revealing interview with four members of the Gainax staff who were pivotal in the development of the Gurren Lagann anime series.

Question: I began reading the manga of Kekkaishi, and I fell in love with it. I heard there is an anime, but I have heard no news of

The official website for the upcoming Kuroshitsuji supernatural drama anime television series is now online. The site features a streaming trailer encoded with Windows DRM. The series is

At this past weekend’s San Diego Comic Con, CMX announced its acquisition of two manga: Genghis Khan, by Nakaba Higurashi – a manga adaptation of the 2007 live

At this past weekend’s San Diego Comic Con, Dark Horse Comics announced its acquisition of translation rights to Chrono Crusade creator Daisuke Moriyama current supernatural action manga series

At this past weekend’s San Diego Comic Con, Viz Media announced its acquisition of a number of manga: 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa Bakegyamon: Backward Game, by

At this past weekend’s San Diego Comic Con, Yen Press announced its acquisition of a number of print titles: Cat Paradise manga by Yuji Iwahara Cirque du Freak

The September issues of Dengeki Daioh and Comic Alive magazines have announced that Nitroplus and 5pb.’s psychological suspense visual novel game Chaos;Head will be adapted into an anime

Reportedly the September issue of Megami Magazine reveals the development of “Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 1st,” a feature film based on the cult hit Magical Girl

A second season of the Junjo Romantica anime television series has been scheduled to premier in October. The first season concluded its Japanese television broadcast last month. Source:

Japanese television network NTV has announced that the “Death Note Rewrite 2: L wo Tsugu Mono” (Death Note: Rewrite 2: L’s Successors) TV special will air on August

The official Japanese homepage for the Queen’s Blade anime television series has opened. The Nagoya TV network has launched its official website for the upcoming Battle Spirits ~

TOKYOPOP has formally announced a partnership with Japanese manga publisher Gentosha Comics. TOKYOPOP will provide worldwide (excluding Asia, France, and Italy) sublicensing agency services for Gentosha properties. And

Young Magazine has announced that Korean director Tae-Gyun Kim (Volcano High School) will direct a live action feature adaptation of Koji Matsumoto’s Higanjima supernatural horror manga. Tetsuya Oishi,