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According to The Magic Box, The Naruto: Narutimate Hero 3 action RPG for the Playstation 2 will include a bonus original anime DVD produced by the Naruto TV

The 1:30 anime opening sequence for the Playstation 2 action game Ikusagami is now available as a downloadable WMV file from Game Watch. Source: Rakuga Kidou

According to Anime News Service, Akira and Steamboy director Katsuhiro Otomo will helm a live action film adaptation of Yuki Urushibara’s award winning supernatural fantasy manga series Mushishi.

Following Toei’s apparent withdrawl of direct home video distribution in the United States, Viz Media has announced that it will begin distributing One Piece on American DVD beginning

Japanese television network NTV will broadcast a live action TV movie version of Hotaru no Haka (“Graveyard of Fireflies”) on November 1st. The movie’s official Japanese website hosts

The Kids’ WB has announced that the Viewtiful Joe anime series will premier on the network on Saturday, November 5th at 11:30 a.m. ET. Source: Anime News Network

Media Blasters has scheduled several new title releases: The adult anime “Dark Love” will retail at $29.95 beginning February 28, 2006 The adult anime “Invasion of the Boobie

The official Japanese GUNxSWORD website now offers the series’ entire first episode for free viewing online. The streaming episode is available for narrowband and broadband connection speeds. The

Gainax’s official website for the upcoming Evangelion 10th anniversary Angel-XX figures now hosts close-up photos of the Sachiel-XX and Zeruel-XX figures, from multiple angles. Source: Majoria’s News

The official Japanese website for the Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu television series now hosts a short streaming Windows Media format trailer. The series is scheduled to premier on

Question: Do you think the popularity of anime and manga in North America is in any way correlated to a “failure” of the domestic comic and cartoon market?

New York-based animation studio Animation Collective has opened its official website for its upcoming anime parody television series Kappa Mikey. The show is expected to launch on Nicktoons

Publishers Weekly has published an interview with Tokyopop’s editorial director Jeremy Ross in which Ross explains TOKYOPOP’s definition of “manga” as not Japanese comics but merely a “state

The official Japanese website for the forthcoming anime TV series Magikano is now open. The anime is based on the latest manga by Miami Guns creator Takeaki Momose.

An official website for Nerima Daikon Brothers has opened and announced that the brand new manga series will be developed as an anime TV series by Studio Hibari.