Viz Media has purchased its own 150 seat movie theater in the heart of San Francisco’s Japan Town. The theater is tentatively scheduled to open in winter 2008/2009
Pachi-Slo Panic 7 magazine has announced that manga creator Keichiro Oki passed away during the night of November 19th. Oki was highly respected in Japan’s manga community for
Toei has formally announced the Yes! Precure 5 Go Go! anime television series. The sequel to Yes! Precure 5, the fourth Futari wa Precure magical girl anime television
Question: Dubbing costs a lot and many people (myself included) don’t even listen to dubs. We prefer watching a work in its original language. How many people care
Broccoli USA has clarified that the recently announced Aquarian Age motion picture will be a live action adaptation of Sakurako Gokurakuin’s manga series Aquarian Age ~ Juvenile Orion,
Question: With Justin Sevakis’ recent Open Letter to the Industry, he claims that the Japanese anime industry needs to change its methods to embrace technology to work to
Japanese publisher MediaWorks has formally announced development of an anime television series adaptation of Masakazu Iwasaki’s sci-fi romantic comedy manga series Kemeko-Deluxe. Iwasaki may be best known to
The official homepage for the upcoming Shigofumi anime television series now hosts a 2:30 long streaming trailer. The series is scheduled to premier in January. Source: Moon Phase
An official Japanese website announcing plans for an Aquarian Age motion picture, based on Brocoli’s popular trading card game, is now online. The site does not clarify if
Japanese satellite TV network Animax has announced that the Sugai-kun to Kazoku Ishi (“Sguy and the Family Stone”) anime movie will open in Toho owned theaters throughout Japan
Hakusensha’s LaLa Magazine has formally announced that Matsuri Hino’s shoujo vampire drama manga series Vampire Knight will be adapted into an anime television series. Source: Anime News Network
Japanese publisher MediaWorks has formally announced development of an anime television series adaptation of Bunjuro Nakayama & Yukari Higa’s fantasy manga series Shina Dark ~Kuroki Tsuki no Ou
Japanese publisher MediaWorks has announced an anime television series (and drama CD) adaptation of Yusaku Igurashi’s romantic comedy light novel series Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu (Haruka Nogizaki’s Secret),
The Sports Hoichi newspaper has announced that 30 year old Alisa Mizuki will star in NTV’s Saito-san, a live action television series adaptation of Yua Oda’s manga of
