Question: Would anime be as popular [in America] if it wasn’t edited? I would to know if you believe that anime (specifically tv series) would be more or
Anime Expo’s Manga Café will hold its first amateur art contest from June 29th through July 1st. Three winning entries will be chosen, and those winning artists will
Anime News Network has published an English translation of a Japanese transcript of director Mamoru Oshii’s recent press conference about his current work-in-progress anime film The Sky Crawlers.
The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming Jyushin Enbu -Hero Tales- anime television series is now online. The original fantasy action series will premier this fall. The anime
Buena Vista Japan now hosts a streaming trailer for Studio Ghibli’s OVA adaptation of painter Naohisa Inoue’s illustrations of his fantasy world of Iblard. Inoue’s Iblard art inspired
Computer game publisher OnNet USA has announced its “Create-A-Story” contest for the online massively multiplayer game Manga Fighter. Visit the MF Create a Story contest details page for
Question: I read Anime News Network’s interview with John Ledford in which Mr. Ledford stated anime titles with only “B” and “C” levels of popularity just will not
The city of Kobe, Japan, birthplace of late manga creator Mitsuteru Yokoyama, has announced plans to honor Yokoyama with the construction of a 59 foot tall, life-sized, 70
ICv2 has confirmed that AD Vision has acquired domestic distribution rights to director Makoto Shinkai’s latest anime film Byousoku 5 CM (“5cm Per Second: A Chain of Short
Question: I ask a question from Japan. I believe sports are a universal language. Indeed, sport-themed manga and anime are popular ranging from nerds to mainstream, and even
IGN has confirmed that AD Vision has acquired American distribution rights to the 2005 Xenosaga anime television series. The first disc is scheduled for release on September 11th.
Starz Home Entertainment has formally announced plans to release high definition content in Blu-ray format only. Starz Home Entertainment is the parent company of American anime distributor Manga
Lionsgate has commissioned New York based Animation Collective, the studio behind the Kappa Mikey cartoon, to produce an original American sequel to the original Japanese “Speed Racer” anime
