The official Japanese homepage for the Air anime television series now hosts a Windows Media trailer for the show’s upcoming Summer Special episode. Source: Moon Phase
Dark Horse has announced a September 7th release date for the first volume of Lady Snowblood manga, by Kazuo Koike & Kazuo Kamimura. Source: Manga News
Microsoft has officially revealed the design and technical specs of its second Xbox console. The “Xbox 360” will go on sale this winter. Source: The Magic Box
Question: Anime series are frequently gobbled up by fans, only to be forgotten months later. Many anime are art, but they are still used commercially. What makes anime
The Navarre Corporation has announced its purchase of FUNimation Productions, Ltd., which will henceforth be named “FUNimation Entertainment.” Navarre acquired FUNimation for $115,659,508 in combined cash and Navarre
The Inter Press Service News Agency has published an article detailing the increase of “soft power,” in Japan- the increasing equality of females in Japanese society. The article
Newsarama has reported that Jake Tarbox, Group Editor of DC’s CMX line of manga titles, has stepped down as editor, but reportedly will continue to work with DC
Animate.tv has announced the release of a 4 episode OAV series titled “Prayers.” The post apocalyptic “song battle” drama is set in Shibuya in the year 2014. “Prayers
According to Galaxy Anime, Geneon has acquired North American distribution rights to the Tales of Phantasia anime OAV series. Namco has announced that its latest game in the
The official Japanese website for the Summon Night Ekstaze (?): Yoake no Tsubasa action RPG for the Playstation 2 now hosts a long Flash trailer. The trailer features
Winners of the 2005 Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize have been announced. Grand Prize: Pluto, manga by Naoki Urasawa New Hope Award: Yunagi no Machi Sakura no Kuni by
UK manga-style comic collaborative Sweatdrop Studios has announced the entry details for the “Manga Art Competition” to be held at the London MCM Expo entertainment convention to be
Square Enix has announced that the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children CG animated movie will be released on Japanese DVD September 14th. The DVD will retail at 4,800
