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Fan site Papo de Budega now hosts an English translated exclusive interview with acclaimed anime director Satoshi Kon.

Media Blasters has announced that its first DVD volume of Ramen Fighter Miki (Muteki Kanban Musume) will be released on September 18th. Source: Anime on DVD

Japanese publisher Kodansha has formally confirmed that Masayuki Ishikawa’s critically acclaimed manga series Moyashimon will be adapted into an anime television series. The Moon Phase message board reports

Question: How do you feel about the Bleach anime filler still affecting the original storyline? The Bleach filler is long and over. However, it would appear the filler

Film news site Latefilm.com now hosts 5 clips from the upcoming Highlander: The Search for Vengeance animated movie. The movie will be released on American DVD on June

Broadcasting & Cable Magazine has reported that the Sci Fi Channel will launch “Ani-Monday,” a two-hour late-night block of anime programming, on June 11th. Manga Entertainment titles will

Question: I know that there are a lot of copycat movies in the US movie industry, but is there a lot of borrowing between titles in anime, and

Fathom Events now lists theaters that will host screenings of the first Naruto movie at 7 PM on June 6th. Tickets for the one-time-only screening may be purchased

Viz Media has announced that the first episode of the Death Note anime television series with English subtitles will go on sale for download through the IGN Direct2Drive

Question: I personally wonder if there will ever be an anime adaptation of Kiyohiko Azuma’s Yotsuba to! manga. There may be a trend in the anime industry that

Newtype Magazine now hosts a streaming 75 second long trailer for the Kiddy Grade 2 Pilot DVD, which is scheduled to to on sale in Japan on the

The new sixth episode of Bang Zoom! Entertainment’s video podcast AnimeTV features an extended discussion and review of the Har&eacute+Guu television series, and a special look at the

Viz has announced the release of four new shonen manga titles. Masanori Katakura’s sexy, magical, action/adventure series Kurohime will debut in America in September. Taiyo Matsumoto’s Tekkonkinkreet manga,

Fan site Manga Forever has published an English language transcript of an interview with manga creator Go Nagai held at the Napoli (Italy) Comicon last month. Go Nagai’s

Geneon has revealed its acquisition of distribution rights to the Saiunkoku Monogatari anime television series. The first domestic DVD volume of “Story of Saiunkoku” will be released on