Author: John

Question: Is the demand for fan service higher than it was ten years ago, or is it now at an all time low?

Comic company Top Cow has announced plans to publish Kobayashi Yasuko & Sumita Kazasa’s original Japanese Witchblade Takeru manga series in America beginning in February 2007. Top Cow’s

AD Vision has issued a formal press announcement confirming its acquisition of English language TV broadcast, home video, and merchandise rights to the Sgt. Frog (Keroro Gunso) anime

The official Japanese homepage for the Ichigo Marshmallow OVA series is now open. The first of three OVA episodes is scheduled to go on sale in Japan on

Anime News Network now hosts an exclusive interview with Charles Campbell, director of AD Vision’s English dub of the 2005 Bioboosted Armor Guyver television series.

Comic High Magazine has formally announced that Kirihara Izumi’s manga series “Hitohira” will be adapted into an anime television series next year. The manga series currently has 3

Question: I’ve been bugged by the oft-time used refrain that Americans can’t fully grasp anime, because, “Anime is for the Japanese.” I’ve heard Japanese animators express bewilderment that

Manga artist Ken Ishikawa, best known for co-creating Getter Robo with Go Nagai, unexpectedly collapsed and died this past Wednesday evening in Tokyo. Ishikawa was 58 years old.

A second trailer for director Makoto Shinkai’s upcoming anime movie trilogy Byousoku 5 Centimeter has been added to the official site. The trailer is available in three streaming

Question: Please allow me to ask you a question from Japan, John-sama. As you know, many anime shows are aimed at kids for the promotion of toy merchandise

The official Japanese website for the Nana 2 live action movie, the second and final live action film adaptation of Ai Yazawa’s best selling manga, now hosts a

IGN’s Direct2Drive service now offers commercial downloads of select Central Park Media and Manga Entertainment anime titles. Downloads are priced almost identically with physical DVD copies, but do

DramaQueen, LLC. has confirmed its acquisition of translation to an additional ten yaoi manga titles: Doctor’s Rule Here Comes the Wolf?! I’ll Get You! Wanted: Mysterious Man! Junk!

CuriousFactory and Buredo have released a new “version 2.0” of their free Blade Engine English language visual novel PC game construction software.

The official Higurashi no Naku Koro ni anime homepage has announced that Japanese consumers who purchase the entire TV series on DVD will be eligible to receive a