Mecha designer Kobayashi Makoto will direct an original 3 episode OVA series titled “Ice.” The post-apocalyptic sci-fi story is set in a future in which most of the
North Carolina’s Animazement convention has announced its first round of guests scheduled to attend the 10th annual con this year: Kikuko Inoue (voice of Belldandy from AMG, Kasumi
The “Anpan Kodomo Museum” (Anpan Child Museum) will open in Yokohama, Japan on April 20. Since its premier in 1968, Takashi Yanase’s Anpanman manga has sold over 50
The official Japanese homepage for Madhouse’s upcoming anime project Denno Coil has announced that the work, originally planned as a theatrical motion picture, will now be developed as
The first episode of anime series Le Chevalier D’Eon will be available through the Anime Network’s video on demand service beginning February 8th. The first domestic Le Chevalier
Aniplex will produce a new anime television series adaptation of Keiko Takemiya’s award winning 1979 manga Terra E… (“Toward the Terra”). The story was first adapted as an
Question: I’ve recently seen a sudden surge of Densha Otoko/Train Man manga when I went to a bookstore. I believe I saw 4 different manga published by 4
Question: I claim no knowledge as to whether you actively observe the generation and/or proliferation of “fanfiction” works (either in anime or manga), but, in your view, which
Viz Media is seeking to hire an “Approvals Coordinator” to arrange domestic publications of Japanese materials. The position requires 1-2 years of business work experience, fluency in English
The Comic Market 71 promotional video for Venus Versus Virus is now available for viewing online. The show is scheduled to premier on Japanese television on the 11th.
The official homepage for the eighth One Piece motion picture, “One Piece: Episode of Alabaster – Sabaku no Ojou to Kaizoku Tachi,” not hosts a streaming, full length
Navarre, the parent corporation of FUNimation, has revealed a number of new titles and debut release dates for FUNimation titles. Afro Samurai (Spike TV version) volume 1 will
While Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was Japan’s highest grossing theatrical release last year, pulling in 11 billion yen, Studio Ghibli’s Gedo Senki was Japan’s highest
Anime News Network now hosts a Japanese survey (in English language) from Japan’s Governmental Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Readers are politely requested to spend a few
Question: Based on the slowly growing success of Dragon Warrior/Quest games in the U.S., is there any chance that the old 80’s anime series might one day be
