Home Theater Magazine has published a revealing and informative interview with anime creator Satoshi Kon in which Kon explains his role in creating anime, why Japanese anime and
The Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs has announced it’s 2005 Media Art Festival prize winners. The grand prize in the animation category was awarded to Sumito Sakakibara’s latest
GFantasy Magazine has announced that Jiro Suzuki’s manga series Soutakun No Akihabara Huntouki will be adapted into anime. No further details are available yet. Source: Anime News Service
Gonzo has opened an official website for the Getsumen Usagi Heiki Mina OVA series, a full length anime version of the parody anime seen briefly in the recent
Although it’s presently just a placeholder image, the official Japanese website for the upcoming Black Lagoon anime TV series is now open. The anime is an adaptation of
TOKYOPOP has for several new publications for release on June 13, 2006: Beyond the Beyond manga volume 1 by Yoshitomo Watanabe Bloodsucker: Legend of “Zipangu” manga volume 1
Square Enix has “pre-opened” its website for the upcoming PS2 game Dragon Quest: Shounen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon (“Dragon Quest: Boy Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon”). The
Synch Point has announced that its DVD replicator (Future Media) has gone out of business. As a result, production and release of Leave It To Piyoko DVD volume
Nippon Animation has announced plans to develop an anime TV series adaptation of the “Penelope” series of children’s picture books composed by French husband-and-wife creative team Anne Gutman
Kadokawa Shoten’s fiction magazine The Beans has announced that Mitsuru Yuki’s serial novel Shonen Onmyoji will be adapted into anime. No further details are available yet. Source: Anime
Question: Has the magical girl genre in anime finally run its course and died out? Over the years viewers have seen all sorts of variations on the theme,
Reportedly at an advance preview of the first Hellsing OVA held on November 27th, director Tomokazu Tokoro announced that the first episode, at least, would be extended from
According to Anime News Service, the highest grossing Japanese film released in 2005 was Howl’s Moving Castle, directly followed by Pocket Monster Advance Generation: Mew to Hadou no
