At this past weekend’s Otakon convention, FUNimation confirmed its acquisition of translation rights to both seasons of the Grappler Baki TV series. Source: Anime on DVD
Bandai announced a number of new anime title acquisitions at this past weekend’s Otakon convention: Avenger Planetes Fantastic Children (Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children) Source: Anime on DVD
The official Genshiken anime homepage now hosts streaming Windows Media trailers for the upcoming Genshiken and Kujibiki Unbalance TV series. Trailers are available for Genshiken, Kujibiki Unbalance, and
Dark Horse Comics has announced the release of a revised, uncut, expanded English translation of the original Ghost in the Shell manga. The 2nd edition graphic novel will
At this past weekend’s Otakon convention, Right Stuf International announced its acquisition of translation rights to the Piano anime TV series and the Gravitation OAV series. The Critical
At this past weekend’s Otakon Convention Media Blasters confirmed tentative plans to begin releasing live action sentai/tokusatsu programs in America next year. Media Blasters again stated that there’s
The official website for AD Vision’s Lady Death: The Motion Picture now hosts a trailer for the Korean animated film in Quicktime and Windows Media formats. The trailer
ICv2 News reports that the top ten best selling graphic novels in bookstores nationwide for the week ending July 25th were all translated manga titles. TOKYOPOP’s Princess Ai
More details have become available on the uncut versions of the Yu-Gi- Oh! and Shaman King DVDs due out this fall from 4 Kids via FUNimation. Two volumes
TV Tokyo’s official Japanese website for the Bleach anime TV series is now open. The TV series is scheduled to preimer on October 5th. Source: Moon Phase
Question: Why does Gainax, above other animating companies, take so much time into finely and smoothly animating their anime? For instance, Evangelion (especially the End of Evangelion movie),
The Movie Box now hosts the original Japanese trailer for Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, and the new American trailer, in a variety of formats and sizes.
According to Japanese fan site Fullmeta.com, the September issue of Dragon Magazine will contain an official confirmation that Fullmetal Panic! Fumoffu? director Yasuhiro Takemoto will direct the third
The Boston Globe newspaper has published a lengthy article introducing mainstream readers to the phenomenon of English translated manga. The article presents little new information that anime fans
