Fan site Ghibli World now hosts an extended translation of a recently published interview with anime background artist Oga Kazuo, best known to anime fans as a primary
The official website for the Neko Ramen anime series, based on Kenji Sonishi’s 4-koma comic, has announced that director Minoru Kawasaki will helm a live action feature film
Japanese pop group EXILE has announced plans for further development of its “Examurai” anime project. The “EXILE Entertainment Best” CD, scheduled for Japanese release in July, will include
A community association in the southwestern Japanese town of Ochi has premiered its independently produced 100 minute long anime film based on the regional legend that the child
Japanese anime store Animate revealed last December that a third Higurashi no Naku Koro ni anime television series would be produced. The Moon Phase Diary now reports that
The China Daily newspaper has reported that a new 52 episode “San Guo Yan Yi” (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) animated series created by Chinese studio Beijing Glorious
The official website of the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni anime has announced that a second live action Higurashi no Naku Koro ni motion picture is now early
The official homepage for director Mamoru Oshii’s upcoming romance/war film The Sky Crawlers now hosts a full 2 minute long theatrical trailer. The film is scheduled for Japanese
Media Blasters’ adult anime distribution label Kitty Media has revealed the acquisition of North American distribution rights to three new erotic anime titles. Class Reunion: Yesterday Once More
Aurora Publishing has revealed plans for domestic releases of Izumi Kirihara’s light drama manga series Hitohira, and the yaoi titles Heavenly Body, by Takashi Kanzaki; Maid in Heaven,
Bandai Visual of Japan has announced plans to release Blu-ray anime discs simultaneously worldwide beginning this fall. Bandai Visual’s new BD discs will include multiple optional subtitle languages,
