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Reportedly the September issue of Shodensha’s monthly Feel Young Magazine will include an announcement that Mitsukazu Mihara’s manga series “Shigeshoshi” (“Embalmer”) will be adapted into a 12 episode

Question: I was astonished to see that Viz is coming out with a Bleach DVD boxset for episodes 1-20 in October. This will retail for less than the

Fan site Ghibli World now hosts an extensive interview with Gualtiero Cannarsi, the translator and dubbing director for nearly all of the Studio Ghibli anime released in Italy.

Question: Okay, first of all, I see a lot of drills in Japanese anime/games. Examples are Gurren Laggan, Drill Dozer (for GBA), and the Kurogane’s drill on its

Question: I’ve notice that lately female characters are getting stronger and stronger whereas male characters are getting weaker and weaker. Is this a trend, or is it just

Yen Press, which has yet to release any books in America, has revealed three new acquisitions to ICv2. Kazuto Okada’s mature audience sex-comedy Sundome Shiori Teshirogi & Yukako

Adult Source Media has announced its acquisition of two new erotic anime series. Dyogrammaton volume 1 will be released in September. Night When Evil Falls (possibly “Ma ga

According to a post on the Japanese Moon Phase message board, three new anime announcements were revealed at the recent TBS Anime Festa promotional event. The cast and

The official homepage for the upcoming Clannad movie now hosts a streaming scene from the film. Source: Moon Phase

The official Shinrei Gari/Ghost Hound website now hosts a downloadable second trailer in high and low resolutions. The new TV series is scheduled to premier on October 18th.

A two minute long promotional anime video animated by Gonzo for Bandai’s new “Duelpod” digital game device is now available for online viewing at the Duelpod homepage. Source:

The “obi” on the recently released third volume of Natsumi Konjoh’s school romantic comedy manga series Mousou Shoujo Otaku Kei announces that a live action television series adaptation

The Nikkan Sports newspaper has revealed that Ataru Oikawa, director of three of the live action “Tomie” horror movies, will helm a live action film adaptation of 07th

BusinessWeek Magazine now hosts an exclusive commentary from anime director Satoshi Kon in which Kon explains his approach to his profession. Source: Anime News Network

Question: Now that Tenshi ni Narumon license expired from Synch-Point, do you think Bandai Visual USA could bring this title to the light?