Author: John

At last week’s San Diego Comic Con, Viz announced that Maison Ikkoku DVD boxed set 4 will be released on November 23rd and will only be available from

At last week’s San Diego Comic Con, Bandai Entertainment officially announced plans to begin publishing English translated manga in March 2005. Books will retail in the $9.99 –

FUNimation has opened an opinion poll to determine if there is interest in FUNimation creating a cable television network that would broadcast non-stop English dubbed, uncut anime. Source:

Koge-Donbo, the popular illustrator/manga artist of hit series including Di Gi Charat and Pita-Ten, will make a personal appearance to sign autographs at the Anime Gamers retail store

Critical Mass has announced the next two titles in its domestic release of the Vanilla Series adult anime. The Classroom of Atonement (Shokuzai no Kyoushitsu) DVD will contain

Adult PC game studio Terios has announced that its game Ikinari Happy Bell will be adapted into an anime TV series. Comic Gum Magazine has announced that Keitaro

The official Japanese homepage for the Elfin Lied TV series now hosts streaming Flash versions of the show’s opening and ending animation sequences. Please note that the footage

The International Herald Tribune has revealed that the Cartoon Network will debut the “Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi” animated series this November. The series is based on the J-pop

Question: Is there a large fanbase for musical or musician-themed anime? Every now and then I see an anime that’s all about a rock band or something similar

Anime Advanced has published a very positive review of AN Entertainment’s Miami Guns DVD volume 1.

The official Japanese homepage for the Final Approach (Phi-nal Approach) love simulation game for the Playstation 2 now hosts the game’s opening animation in a downloadable 20.5 Mb

The official Japanese website for the upcoming Elfin Lied TV series now hosts a “Type B” trailer. Source: Moon Phase

At this week’s San Diego Comic Con, Dark Horse Comics officially announced its acquisition of translation and distribution rights to two new manga titles: Monkey King, by Katsuya

Question: The August issue of Japan’s Windows100% Magazine includes a lengthy interview with AnimeNation’s “Ask John,” John Oppliger, as part of its “100 Questions for Overseas Otaku” column.

Submarine 707R will be released on November 9th in a $19.98 disc only edition and a $29.98 limited edition. Popotan DVD volume 1 will be released on December