People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has announced a partnership with Viz to promote kindness to animals through Yu-Gi-Oh. Apparently Yami Yugi, main character of Yu-Gi-Oh,
According to 1up.com, Capcom will be producing a 52 episode anime TV series for broadcast on TV Tokyo this October. Japanese site Moon Phase verifies this report. Article
4Kids Entertainment has announced that Hulk Hogan and his daughter Brooke will host the Fox Box premier of One Piece on September 18th at 9:30 A.M. Eastern time.
Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of Miramax Films, has published a public letter defending Miramax Films’ committment to the American and worldwide distribution of Asian films. Weinstein calls the disappointing
Question: Why are demons and devils featured in anime and manga more than angels? The only anime I’ve seen and manga I’ve read that feature something about angels
Tai Seng has announced its first anime series acquisition, Legend of Condor Hero. The 2001 series was co-produced by Jade Animation of Hong Kong, Nippon Animation of Japan,
The official Japanese website for the upcoming Japanese/Korean co-produced anime movie Shin Angyo Onshi now hosts a trailer. The site and trailer require Macromedia Flash to view. Source:
Square Enix has announced development of a Playstation 2 RPG entitled Radiata Stories, which is being developed by TriAce (Valkyrie Profile, Star Ocean). The main character is a
The popular J-Pop group Puffy AmiYumi will be holding a short, three-city tour this October: 10/8/04 – New York City Bowery Ballroom, Webster Hall 125 East Eleventh St.
Implying that the Anime Network is gaining more recognition and influence, AD Vision has issued a press release announcing that Go Fish Pictures will be running advertisements for
The latest BookScan survey of mainstream American bookstores reports that, once again, 47 out of the 50 best selling graphic novels in America are translated manga. The chart
Question: According to manga sales reports, One Piece is still the #1 bestselling manga in Japan. Both One Piece and Naruto manga are introduced almost at the same
The official WOWOW website for Grenadier now hosts a streaming 2 minute long trailer in 58K and 300K resolutions. The new anime series debuts on October 7th. Source:
Today, Atari is officially re-releasing the 1997 Dragonball: Final Bout fighting game for the Playstation. The current re-release of this critically panned game features a new cover illustration,
