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This month, Animation Insider will be giving away five copies of the animated film The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear, distributed on DVD by Central Park

Question: What is your opinion about anime that is aimed for a foreign audience, like the Big O II? Technically, it is still anime, but would one consider

Central Park Media has acquired American translation and distribution rights to the 24 minute long Japanese digital animation movie

FUNimation has opened its official American website for the Baki the Grappler anime TV series. Source: Anime on DVD

According to Right Stuf International, release of the Ninja Scroll TV series DVD boxed set, originally scheduled for May 10th, has been delayed until the end of this

Adult Source Media has announced a pair of new adult anime titles for release later this month. The 30 minute long Forbidden Love will retail at $29.98 beginning

Media Blasters has scheduled release dates for a pair of new anime titles, and the release of a new discounted series set. The 3 episode Phantom The Animation

Question: What American product would you like to see made into an anime? I know this question is purely fanboy in nature, but I like to indulge now

Critical Mass has announced a July 26th release date for the adult anime DVD “Vanilla Series: Hardcore Hospital.” The 60 minute long DVD will contain both Shiroki Tenshi

FUNimation has opened its official website for Desert Punk (“Sunabozu”). The site is presently a placeholder page. The series is scheduled for American release next year. Source: Anime

Central Park Media will host an autograph session with famed yaoi manga artist Ms. Kazuma Kodaka, best known to Americans as the creator of Kizuna, the best selling

Vertical Inc.’s English language translation of Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha manga series has been nominated for a prestigious Harvey Award for Comic Book Excellence in the field of “Best

Del Rey has acquired translation rights to Toshihiko Kobayashi’s manga series Pastel. The first volume will be released in December. Source: Anime News Network

Question: Do you think that the anime craze is finally starting to die down? Manga distributors are dropping titles left and right, which would seem to indicate something.

Mistwalker, the Japanese video game development studio founded by Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, has revealed the first promotional image of its Xbox 360 RPG “Blue Dragon.” The