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The Associated Press has reported that Scholastic Inc. has decided to no longer offer Shonen Jump Magazine for sale at school book fairs across America. The decision comes

This month Tokyo’s Waseda University will begin offering liberal arts international courses, taught primarily in English. One of the courses is titled “Manga and Anime: Expressions of Japanese

As a follow-up to their Initial D/Fast & the Furious parody, and right in time for April Fool’s Day, DVD Vision Japan has crossed over the cast of

Question: I heard that there is another types of anime and manga beside shounen and shoju. Is it true? Also I heard Berserk in under a type called

The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas has announced its animation screening schedule for April and May. A new animated film will screen theatrically every Tuesday evening at

JVC Japan now hosts streaming samples of the opening and ending theme songs for the Madlax, Kenran Butou Matsuri The Mars Daybreak, Keroro Gunso, Bakuretsu Tenshi, and Boukyaku

AD Vision has issued a formal press release officially announcing its acquisition of translation rights to 37 manga and “manwha” (Korean comics) titles. Several of the titles revealed

Question: Since Hayao Miyazaki is becoming more recognized in North America, and the market for anime is growing, is there any possibility we’ll see his classic TV series,

The manga creative team known as Kaishaku, the creators of Steel Angel Kurumi and UFO Princess Walkure, have announced on their BBS that there will be a third

TV Tokyo’s homepage now hosts streaming Real Media trailers for several anime series scheduled to premier next month, including: Kenran Butou Matsuri The Mars Daybreak Saiyuki Reload Gunlock

Anime News Network has published an exclusive interview with Scott Houle, the head of Phoenix Post Sound, the descendant of dubbing studio Coastal Carolina Studios. Phoenix Post Sound

The Magic Box has published screenshots of the upcoming Japanese Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Battle Assault fighting game for the Gameboy Advance, and Gundam: Battle Assault 3 for

ICv2 News has learned that when TechTV is dissolved, presumably later this year, the Anime Unleashed program will migrate to the G4 cable television network.

TechTV’s Anime Unleashed website has updated with an interactive anime Flash memory card game, and voting for the Otaku’s Choice Awards to determine “what’s best in anime.”

Question: Is it Lamu called Lum? And I’m currently watching the series in Asia, yet it is called “Lamu the Invader Girl” not “Urusei Yatsura” even though it