Category: Anime News

Jon Lone, veteran character actor and lead villain of The Shadow and Emperor Pu Yi from The Last Emperor, has been signed for a role in Jackie Chan’s

The popular anime merchandise store chain from Japan, Animate!, will be opening its first store in North America this December. The location of the store will be in

Akadot has launched! Akadot is created by Digital Manga Inc., a Los Angeles based entertainment company devoted to bringing anime to mainstream US and international audiences. Together with

FUNimation has posted images of the 16th and 17th series of Irwin Dragon Ball Z action figures on the official Dragonball Z homepage. Shots include Chi Chi, Krillin,

The first episode of Blue Submarine No. 6 premiers on Toonami tonight at 6 PM Eastern/Pacific time. Episodes 2-4 will premier tomorrow through Thursday. The official Toonami homepage

The Ah! Megami-sama (Ah! My Goddess) Quiz game is scheduled for Japanese release on November 30th. The full 3D game is a port from the Sega arcade game

According to a very unconfirmed rumor posted by The Magic Box, Square is working on a Final Fantasy side story game that will feature characters from Final Fantasy

Godzilla x Megaguirus has opened in Japan to very positive fan reactions. Kaijufan has posted an initial reaction that says “It rocked! Maybe the 3rd or 4th best

While Imma Youjo DVD volumes 2-5 have shipped and are available now in the adult anime section of the AnimeNation site, Nutech Digital has informed us that some

Gundam fans have organized an internet petition to urge Bandai Of America to bring the Gundam RPG/strategy game Girens Greed (AKA Blood of Zeon) to the US. The

Equity Marketing has supplied Raving Toy Maniac with images of some of their upcoming products based on the popular Tenchi Muyo series. The Tenchi Muyo “Super D” (as

Former Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. president Haruki Kadokawa was denied a final appeal by the Supreme Court in Japan this week. A lower court ruling found him guilty

The pilot episode of director Amemiya Keita’s (director of Kamen Rider Zo, Zeiram 1 & 2, and Hakaider) live-action SFX drama Tekkouki Mikazuki debuted October 22nd on Fuji

NPR (National Public Radio) has aired a segment of their show “All Things Considered” dedicated to the hit J-Pop duo The Yoshida Brothers. The group is famous for

AD Vision has announced that they will distribute Mainframe Studio’s animated science-fiction/action series Shadowraiders on home video. The series will premier on February 27th on DVD ($24.98) and