Viz LLC has officially announced that it will merge with ShoPro Entertainment this spring, forming a new American distribution company for Japanese comics and animation. Viz LLC is
According to estimates from comic industry market watch company ICv2, English translated manga saw a 40-50% sales increase in mainstream American bookstores in 2004. The American manga publishing
The 2005 Sakura Con has announced that Ikue Ohtani and Hiroshi Nagahama will attend the convention as guests of honor. Voice actress Ikue Ohtani has played roles including
As of January 20th, 15 of the 31 nationwide theaters carrying the Appleseed movie ceased screening the film. Considering its poor box office results, the film is unlikely
Question: Why is it that when there is romance in an anime situation, one [character] is always melodramatic while the other one is baffled? Typically the girl (what
Japanese software company Alegria Corporation has announced a new addition to its “IncrediMail WOW” line, “Shin Seiki Evangelion Tsushin Keikaku” (Neon Genesis Evangelion Mail Project). The E-mail program
According to Moon Phase, the first episode of the second Stratos 4 OAV series, Stratos 4 Advance: Code 201 Wave Off, will air on the Japanese Kids Station
According to the latest issue of industry trade publication Home Media Retailing Magazine, the Nielsen VideoScan ratings report that 1.4% of the variety of home video genres released
Sony Pictures Classics has informed AnimeNation that Stephen Chow’s international hit action comedy film Kung Fu Hustle will officially debut in America with five screening throughout the currently
Question: Assuming you don’t know spoken Japanese well, why would any foreigner (non-Japanese person) want to see anime not translated into their primary tongue?
The official French website for Hayao Miyazaki’s film Howl no Ugoku Shiro (Howl’s Moving Castle) now hosts a Quicktime trailer for the film in three different resolutions in
TOKYOPOP has formally revealed its acquisition of translation rights to Harold Sakuishi’s manga series Beck. The first volume will be released domestically on July 12. Source: Anime on
