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Bandai Visual USA has announced that its first DVD release, Patlabor the Movie, will be released on April 25th. Reportedly the movie will be released as a $29.98

Japan’s D3 Publisher has announced plans to release Xbox 360 versions of its budget line PS2 games Oneechanbara and Chikyuu Boueigun. Oneechanbara X (the name is a pun

Bandai Games has opened its official website for the Japanese IGPX game. The game will be released for the Japanese PS2 on March 30th. Source: Moon Phase

e frontier has announced the release of Manga Studio 3.0, a manga and comic book creation software program designed for aspiring and professional artists. Manga Studio contains everything

Seven Seas Entertainment has announced plans to publish a 5 issue mini-series of original Speed Racer comics beginning this July. The Speed Racer mini-series will mark Seven Seas’

Question: It seemed like in the early part of the decade there was a huge rush to license everything under the sun, but it seems of late that

Japanese character merchandising company Broccoli, the company behind Di-Gi-Charat and Galaxy Angel, has been suffering decreased sales revenue in Japan for some time now. As of January 15th,

Galaxy Anime now hosts an exclusive interview with Ken Berry, Marketing Manager for XSEED Games. XSEED’s first console game releases are Wild Arms 4 and Shadow Hearts: The

Japanese television network NTV has opened its official website for the Ouran High School Host Club anime television series, based on the manga by Bisco Hatori. The series

WOWOW has opened an official website for the upcoming anime TV series adaptation of Fujisawa (GTO) Tohru’s action/horror manga serial Tokko. The series will premier in April. Source:

Ain’t It Cool News has published a lengthy interview and editorial with Dark Horse Comics’ manga editors Philip Simon and Carl Gustav Horn.

The DC Anime Club hosts a monthly console/PC video game play gathering open to the public. Attendees are urged to bring their own games and systems. The Video

Question: I don’t like Japanese anime. I think they are brim-filled with satanic symbols and practices. The Naruto symbol is one. Then Yu-Gi-Oh is scary, offering sacrifices to

Sakura-Con has announced that Goro Taniguchi, Takahiro Kimura and Hideyuki Kurata, all known for their work on the GUNxSWORD anime TV series, will attend the convention as guests

TV Guide has reported that the Cartoon Network will air Spirited Away on Friday, February 3, at 7:00 PM, and on Saturday, February 4, at 12:30 AM. Cartoon