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The 2007 Anime Expo convention will be held at the newly renovated Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California on June 29 – July 2.

Infinity Studios has announced plans to release its English translation of the first volume of Dall-Young Lim & Soo-Hyon Lee’s Korean romantic drama comic series Unbalance Unbalance in

An official homepage has opened for the anime adaptation of Tohru Kousaka’s 1999 yaoi novel Okane Ganai (No Money!). Source: Moon Phase

Kiss Magazine has announced that Tomoko Ninomiya’s best selling manga series Nodame Cantabile will be adapted into a live action and an anime television series. The 9 episode

Despite widespread reviews calling the film merely mediocre, Studio Ghibli’s Gedo Senki remained the highest grossing current movie in Japan during its second week of release. Last week

Critical Mass has announced plans to release the adult anime series Maple Colors on domestic DVD on October 31st. The 60 minute DVD will retail at $29.98. Source:

Adult Swim will broadcast a “test run” of Crayon Shin-chan episodes on August 21-24 & 28-31. Adult Swim will broadcast Inuyasha movie 4 at 11 PM on December

Voice actor Hirotaka Suzuoki, whose roles included Bright Noa in Mobile Suit Gundam, Dragonball’s Tenshinhan, Lynn Kaifun in Macross, Tatewaki Kuno in Ranma 1/2 and Hajime Saitou in

The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming “Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo” anime television series is now online. Source: Moon Phase

Question: I have a question to ask you from Japan, John-san. These days anime shows featuring Self Defence Force of Japan have increased. I’m curious how such military

Question: I was looking over the Otakon guest list and found several roles in anime production that puzzled me, including chief animation director, key animator, producer. What I

Bandai Entertainment and the Ocean Productions DVD replication company has issued a public request for reports concerning defective or buggy DVDs or playback of Bandai anime DVDs: particularly

According to Anime News Service, Fumiyo Kouno’s award winning 2005 manga “Yunagi No Machi Sakura No Kuni” (Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms), a story about

TV Tokyo has opened its official homepage for the upcoming D.Gray-man anime TV series, scheduled to premier on October 3rd. Source: Moon Phase

Gainax & Broccoli have announced development of a Playstation 2 adventure game titled “Meitantei Evangelion,” (Great Detective Evangelion). In the game’s original continuity storyline, Shinji Ikari is a