Bandai will be using the same type of episode distribution plan used for Outlaw Star for the DVD release of Saber Marionette J: double disc sets with nine,
Game Pro World has an interview with Tetsuya Nomura, character designer, Noriko Matsueda, composer, and Takashi Tokita, director of the upcoming Squaresoft Playstation 2 action/fighting RPG The Bouncer.
Yasuyoshi Tokuma, head of Tokuma Shoten, a major Japanese publishing company, and a driving force behind Miyazaki’s projects has died at 78. Until 1983, Tokuma Shoten produced newspapers
Variety reports action star Jackie Chan will appear in the tentatively titled feature film The Highbinders, which is scheduled to start shooting next September in Australia. Before he
Yasuyoshi Tokuma, president of publishing company Tokuma Shoten and producer of well known Studio Ghibli anime including Mononoke Hime and Tonari no Totoro passed away Wednesday. Tokuma was
Viz will be releasing a number of graphic novel collections this January. Marionette Generation volume 1 will be released January 12th, for $15.95 at 192 pages. The relationship
Fox has announced a December 5th release date for the first, dubbed only volume Digimon on DVD, to retail for $24.95. Manga’s release of Angel Cop is being
Anime Central, the Midwest’s largest anime convention, has announced its first round of guests for its 2001 convention. The first two Japanese guests attending will be Kia Asamiya,
Stan Lee Media, Inc. officially announced that it is partnering with the estate of Gene Roddenberry to develop the property known as Starship” into a global, multimedia entertainment
X-Men producer Lauren Shuler-Donner and Warner Brothers have chosen writer-director Hype Williams (whose only feature credit is writer, producer and director of Belly) as the latest director to
Diamond Distributors will be importing a die-cast Speed Racer Mach 5 from Uni-Five (a subsidiary of Bandai Japan) this February. Measuring 8″ in length, this high-end collectible is
Magic Box has shots of several upcoming arcade light gun shooting games, including Namco’s sniper rifle based Golgo 13 II, Gun Barret (Gun Barl 3, known in the
According to The Escaflowne Report, ratings for the Fox broadcast of Escaflowne are poor enough to begin rumors of a possible cancelation for the series. Apparantly, ratings for
Central Park Media has clarified some of the details regarding the Japanese audio problems some purchasers have had with the Slayers DVD boxed set. Apparently there is no
