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Otaku USA editor Patrick Macias has posted an audio interview with Spider-Man and X-Men co-creator Stan Lee in which they discuss Karakuridoji Ultimo and Lee’s Japanese connections. Ultimo

ICv2 now hosts an editorial from comic book retailer Steve Bennett on the success of manga in America and its influence – or lack thereof – on the

Question: I have noticed that frequently many shounen anime introduce spoilers about future events, new characters that have yet to make an appearance, and/or the protagonist or some

Question: I’ve heard about a new series called “Wolf and Spice.” What can you tell me about it, and what did you think about it? He tells me

Viz Media has announced plans to screen the first live action Death Note motion picture in over 300 theatres across the United States. Digital screenings will be shown

Variety Magazine reports that DreamWorks, with the eager urging of studio co-founder Steven Spielberg, has acquired the rights to produce an American 3-D live action film based on

Adult anime fans will be pleased to hear that the concluding second episode of the Sora no Iro, Mizu no Iro erotic anime OVA series is scheduled for

Yahoo now hosts a new trailer for the upcoming domestic release of Batman: Gotham Knight, the American/Japanese co-produced animated anthology film scheduled to go on sale July 8th.

Anime production Studio Rikka has opened its official homepage for director Yasuhiro Yoshiura’s upcoming feature film Eve no Jikan ~ are you enjoying the time of EVE? Act

Japanese PC game developer Minori will release the latest game in its popular “ef” series, “ef ~ the later tale.” on May 30th. A trailer for the game,

The production of a 4 episode OVA series and a new television series commemorating the 30th anniversary of Buichi Terasawa’s Space Adventure Cobra manga series were announced in

Japanese rock star Gackt’s pet long-coat chihuahua “Ener” will participate in the Japanese “Love Our Planet” campaign to promote environmental awareness. Ener, whose name comes from Gackt’s hope

The Daily Yomiuri Newspaper now hosts an English language interview with Daisaku Tsuru, the creator of the presently ongoing scientific fantasy manga series Nacun, and also an assistant

Question: How come some villains are portrayed as wanting to cleanse the world through fire then rebuild it, like Zaha Torte from Sorcerer Hunters? Isn’t this a political

AV Watch now hosts the first publicly released cel art image of Ponyo from Hayao Miyazaki’s upcoming film “Gake no Ue no Ponyo” (“Ponyo on the Cliff by