Nintendo’s president & CEO Satoru Iwata has announced that anime studios Production I.G, Studio 4°C and SHAFT are each developing a 3-minute long anime short to promote the
The homepage for Hiro Mashima’s shonen fantasy manga series Fairy Tail has announced that the series’ 31st collected volume will be released next February in a limited edition
Art-house family film distributor GKIDS has acquired the theatrical and non-home video distribution rights to 13 Studio Ghibli films produced from 1984 to 2002. Walt Disney Pictures retains
The homepage for Production I.G’s upcoming Noitamina series Guilty Crown has added a selection of streaming trailers. The sci-fi action series will premiere on October 13. Wow. Can’t
The homepage for this fall’s C³ ~Cube x Cursed x Curious~ television series has added a second, longer trailer that provides a better sense of the show’s content
Newtype Magazine has announced that the second year of the current Digimon Xros Wars television series will be an all-star sequel titled “Digimon Xros Wars: Toki o Kakeru
The homepage for 21-year-old independent animator Soubi Yamamoto’s sci-fi short film Kono Danshi, Uchuujin to Tatakaemasu (This Boy, Aliens & Fighting) has added a streaming trailer. Comix Wave
Independent animator Keita Kurosaka has released a new, second trailer for his latest animated film, Midori-ko. Kurosaka spent ten years drawing the 55 minute film. The movie has
The 45 minute long “Episode 0” of BONES’ upcoming mystery anime series Un-Go will premiere exclusively in 12 Japanese movie theaters for a two-week engagement beginning November 19.
Publisher Kadokawa Shoten has canceled its planned publication of a ninth Dantalian no Shoka light novel next January, “due to various circumstances.” Series author Gakuto Mikumo has explained
Reportedly creator Haruki’s popular 2005 erotic manga Kisei Jui Suzune (Parasite Doctor Suzune) will be adapted into a live-action film. Rei Yoshii, who played Orihime Inoue in the
California based animation studio Cybergraphix has announced the development of an original supernatural adventure cartoon series titled “Moksha.” The production will be developed in collaboration with Automaton Productions
FUNimation has formally announced its acquisition of the 2010 Densetsu no Yusha no Densetsu (Legend of the Legendary Heroes) television series. The 24 episode series will be released
Sentai Filmworks has announced its acquisition of distribution rights to the Rozen Maiden anime franchise that was previously distributed domestically by Geneon then Funimation. Sentai’s license specifically includes
