Viz has announced release dates for a number of manga titles making their debut in America. Death Note volume 1 will retail at $7.99 beginning October 4th. JoJo’s
Jetix (formerly Fox Kids) will debut its “GXT” network in Italy on May 1st. The GXT network will broadcast reality shows, extreme sports, wrestling, Japanese animation, music and
Bandai of Japan has announced development of a PS2 RPG titled “Gundam: True Odyssey.” True Odyssey will feature an entirely new setting, not based on any previous Gundam
TOKYOPOP has announced plans to host its first “Rising Stars of Manga” competition for U.K. based artists. The competition will run from May 15 through September 30th. Source:
Question: I have a collection of “Celebrity’s Just for Kids” video cassettes from the late 1980s or so. Who was responsible for this publishing? Whatever happened to them?
Ain’t It Cool News hosts the first links to the American trailer for Howl’s Moving Castle. According to Ain’t It Cool News, subtitled and dubbed editions of the
Weta Workshop’s official site hosts a selection of previously unreleased concept designs for the planned live action Evangelion film. According to Weta Workshop, the production is “on hold.”
Japan’s Comix Wave has announced plans to release director Makoto Shinkai’s short film Hoshi no Koe (Voice of a Distant Star) on PSP compatible UMD format disc. Price
Bandai of Japan has announced plans to be the first company to release anime in both the DVD and Playstation Portable UMD editions. The first volume of the
The official Japanese homepage for Elfen Lied has updated with 15 screenshots from the upcoming home video exclusive 14th episode. The screenshots are available, three at a time,
Question: Do you think that anime broadcasts can actually hurt the popularity of the manga series they are based on (in the case of anime based on manga?
Japan’s G-Fantasy Magazine has announced that Hikawa Hekiru’s Paniponi manga series will be adapted into an anime television series. Japan’s Comic Rush Magazine has announced that the Tonagura
