Author: John

TOKYOPOP now hosts an interview with Gakuen Alice creator Tachibana Higuchi. Source: ComiPress

Question: Anthromorphic anime has been led up till now as childish and meant for younger viewers. But now days people are more fascinated with the idea of having

Young Jump magazine has announced that Masanori Morita’s best selling baseball manga series Rookies, originally published from 1998 to 2003, will be adapted into a live action television

The official homepages for the upcoming Kyoran Kazoku Nikki and Tetsuwan Birdy anime television series are now online. Source: Moon Phase

Veteran anime industry professional Toshio Suzuki, the producer behind every Studio Ghibli movie produced since 1989, and Studio Ghibli president since 2005, has announced plans to transfer his

ADV Films has informed ICv2 of plans to begin releasing anime titles on Blu-ray media possibly as early as this spring. “Frontlist” current and upcoming titles will be

Question: What is with the recent explosion in popularity of male cross-dressers in anime? While they’ve been an occasional feature in anime for some time, there are at

The Mainichi Newspaper has published the first released image of Birdy from this coming summer’s Tetsuwan Birdy anime television series. Yuuki Masami’s Tetsuwan Birdy manga series was first

Within the past week, as many as 37 live action and anime titles either currently distributed by AD Vision, or which ADV Films held distribution rights to, have

Bandai Visual USA has formally announced domestic release plans for two current Japanese anime television series: Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed, and True Tears. Both 13 episode series

Question: Why does One Piece get no love in America? Granted 4Kids horribly murdered this series by stereotyping it as a “kids cartoon,” which it kind of is.

Question: I was wondering when might American manga publishers pick up manga that have extras like drama CDs or DVDs?

According to new, early information from Megami Magazine, the upcoming “sexy action” futuristic mystery anime television series Crystal Blaze will be animated by Studio Fantasia, the producers of

The official Japanese Code Geass homepage now links to a 68 second streaming trailer for Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, the upcoming second Code Geass anime

Toei Animation has reportedly revealed plans for a fifth Pretty Cure motion picture in its January 28 midterm earnings report. The fifth Pretty Cure anime television series, Yes!