Seattle, Washington based Sakura-Con has announced four new guests who will attend this year’s convention: Hideyuki Kurata, Kouta Hirano, Yashuhiro Nightow and K.T. Gray. Hideyuki Kurata is the
Japanese TV network TBS has announced that a live-action drama based on Ashihara Hinako’s award winning Sunadokei (“Hourglass”) manga series will premier on March 12th Source: Yomiuri Online
Dark Horse Comics has announced plans to release an English translation of Haruka Takachiho’s first Dirty Pair novel from 1979, The Great Adventure of the Dirty Pair. The
ICv2 has published its top ten lists of America’s most popular current manga and anime, based on compiled and estimated domestic sales. ICv2 Top Ten Manga Properties 01.
Question: Nana is terribly, horribly popular in Japan, isn’t it? I’m in Australia, so I don’t know how popular it is in America, but do you think it’ll
Matsuricon, scheduled for September 7-9th in Dublin, Ohio, has extended its first pre-registration cutoff date until March 1st. The convention is also now posted information for those seeking
Sakura-Con has announced that popular J-pop music group m.o.v.e, best known to many American fans for providing the theme songs for the Initial D anime, will perform in
Newtype Magazine has announced that the upcoming television series Kaze no Stigma, scheduled to premier on Japanese television in April, will debut online through the Newtype Magazine homepage
Question: Is there a doujinshi equivalent in anime? My guess is no, because of the astronomical amount of work involved in producing even a short clip. Would anime
Bandai has announced that Hideaki Anno’s 2004 live action Cutey Honey movie, based on the manga by Go Nagai, will be released domestically on April 17th. The release
Digital Manga has scheduled release dates for two new English translated yaoi manga. Fumi Yoshinaga’s Don’t Say Anymore Darling and Shoko Hidaka’s Not Enough Time will retail at
Anime News Service and Twitch have both independently reported, although neither site provides a verified source, that Sony Pictures has acquired North American distribution rights to the anime
Bandai has formally announced its acquisition of the My Otome and Tide-Line Blue anime television series. My Otome, the 26 episode sequel/follow-up series to My Hime will be
The Japan Times has published a very positive, spoiler free review of the recently released live action Dororo motion picture, based on the classic samurai action/horror manga by
Question: You have often expressed your preference that anime released in the Region 1 market be unaltered. When Zeta Gundam was released, some of the music was changed
