Anime Expo has announced that this year’s convention will host a “Battle of the Bands” contest. This exciting new competition will provide amateur bands the chance to perform
Video footage of the entire first annual American Anime Awards ceremony, held on February 24th in association with the New York Comic Con, is now available for free
The Anime Today podcast episode 39 features an audio interview with Mr. Tatsunori Konno, president of Bandai Visual USA. In this exclusive, in-depth interview, Mr. Konno discusses Bandai
Question: Has there ever been a show from Japan with so incredibly expensive a license that U.S. companies deemed it too great a financial risk to import to
Takami Akai, Gainax co-founder and co-creator/producer behind Gainax’s current anime television series Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, has formally apologized for offensive public comments made in response to Japanese
Sansai Books’ best selling Moetan parody English language teaching guide book series will debut as an anime television series in July. Source: Moon Phase
Viz has formally announced plans for a “Naruto Nation” marketing campaign. In order to catch up to the present Japanese release schedule and to prepare readers for upcoming
Anime News Service reports an un-cited and unconfirmed announcement that author Yoshichi Shimada’s best selling semi-autobiographical novel “Saga no Gabai Baachan” will be adapted into an anime feature
Bandai has announced that its first domestic My Otome DVD will be released on July 17th in a $24.98 standard edition and $49.98 limited edition with series collector’s
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially scheduled a domestic home video release of Tekkon Kinkreet for September 25th. Source: Anime News Service
The Japanese Moon Phase message board has reported announcements of three new anime productions. Author Makoto Sanda and illustrator pako’s light novel series “Rental Magica” will be adapted
A new “Megumel 0426Ver.” trailer for the Clannad movie has been released on the Animate.tv site in narrowband and broadband resolutions. Animate.tv also hosts the earlier Clannad movie
