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The official Japanese homepages for the upcoming Junjo Romantica and Elecking the Animation television series are no online. Source: Moon Phase

Question: Over the past year, I’ve become a huge Macross fan. One thing I still can’t understand is why the movie “Super Dimensional Fortress Macross: Do You Remember

Vertical Inc. has announced plans to publish all 17 volumes of Osamu Tezuka’s popular manga series Black Jack in English beginning next fall. Viz has previously released two

To coincide with the Halloween holiday, FUNimation has formally announced its acquisition of distribution rights to the 2006 anime television series Ghost Hunt. The supernatural mystery/horror anime is

This Sunday, November 4th, author August Ragone will be appearing at an in-store signing for the release of his first book, Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monster, from 2:00

Question: Why is a company like [name withheld] still in business? How do they get away with selling bootleg Chinese imports right next to the licensed titles? No

An unconfirmed post on the Japanese Moon Phase message board claims that the December issue of Dengeki G’s Magazine will formally announce that game development studio Overflow’s April

Question: I seem to notice frequently in modern Japanese RPG games that characters are often dressed in eccentric fashions that seems impractical in real life. Examples includes the

Yen Press has announced its first yaoi titles, all by Lily Hoshino. Three volumes are planned. Love Quest (Rabu Kue) will release in October 2008; Mr. Flower Bride

A teaser trailer included on the fourth Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya DVD reveals that the Lucky Star anime television series will be distributed in America by Bandai Entertainment.

The official Japanese homepage for the True Tears anime television series is now online. The adaptation of the PC simulation game developed by Lacryma is scheduled to premier

Capcom, in association with Sony Pictures, has announced production of “Biohazard: Degeneration,” an original story, full CG animation feature film based on the Biohazard (“Resident Evil”) survival horror

Question: Hello, John. I decided to submit a question (or a counterargument) when I read the Japanese translation of your “Is Japanese Pop Culture Aware of Religious Sensitivity?”

The latest animation work from internationally respected artist Takashi Murakami’s Kaikai Kiki studio is scheduled to premier on Monday, October 29th at the Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary

The illustrated history of Japanese manga’s introduction into America, published in this month’s Wired Magazine, is now available from the Wired homepage. The illustrated short was written by