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Question: Why are dogs portrayed with feline features in anime? Do the Japanese really think dogs are cats?

Fremont, California based publisher Yaoi Generation reportedly has plans to translate and distribute 24 manga titles a year in paperback, electronic, and “paid-per-read” formats, along with publishing a

Neo Angelique Abyss -Second Age-, a sequel to the currently airing Neo Angelique Abyss anime television series, is scheduled to premier on Japanese television next month. In effect,

Fan site Rumic World reports the unconfirmed rumor that Rumiko Takahashi will end her long-running Inuyasha manga series this month with the publication of chapter 558, which would

Mattsu, the scenario artist and writer behind the popular “He is My Master” (Kore ga Watashi no Goshujin-sama) manga series has revealed his divorce from his wife Tsubaki

Question: From the viewpoint of execution (writing, art, animation), what, in your opinion, are the worst hentai series ever?

Around 12:35 PM on Sunday, June 8th, 25 year old Tomohiro Kato allegedly intentionally drove a two-ton rental truck into the crowded pedestrian intersection of Chuo and Kanda

Ghost in the Shell 2.0, a re-release of the ground breaking 1995 feature film featuring a new 6.1 audio mix produced by Academy-Award-winning sound mixer/editor Randy Thom (The

In order to to educate the Japanese public about planned docking of the USS George Washington nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at the Yokosuka Naval Base this August, the US

Japanese publisher Shueisha has revealed the full list of titles that will have exclusive short anime films screened during this year’s Shonen Jump Super Anime Tour promotional event

Reportedly the latest issue of Japan’s Newtype Magazine implies that the planned second Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi anime television series will not be a narrative sequel to the

Toei Animation has formally announced that the third Bleach anime feature film will premier in December. Source: Moon Phase

Author Saeko Himuro, best known to American anime fans as the author of the Umi ga Kikoeru novel, adapted into a 1995 anime television special by Studio Ghibli,

Question: Do you think the anime industry will bounce back from the recent drop in anime in America?

After a failed attempt at distributing anime DVDs in America in 2005, Toei has relaunched its efforts to distribute its anime in America, this time with ToeiOnDemand. The