On May 27, Texas-based lawyer Evan Stone filed a second copyright infringement suit in Texas district court on behalf of FUNimation. This latest suit charges 1,427 anonymous individuals
United States Bankruptcy Judge Shelley Chapman has ordered Yu-Gi-Oh franchise owners TV Tokyo and NAS to temporarily halt any and all licensing negotiations regarding the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise while
The Meiji confection company has commissioned anime studio Madhouse to produce a series of original anime TV commercials promoting the new grape, Mandarin orange, and fruit blend flavors
Reportedly Yuki Suetsugu’s josei (Lady’s) manga Chihayafuru is being adapted into an anime television series for an October premiere. The multi-award winning ongoing manga stars a teen girl
Aniplex has announced that its forthcoming release of the Rurouni Kenshin motion picture and OVAs on BD will be distributed simultaneously in Japan and America. The 1999 Rurouni
Aniplex of America has announced word that Adult Swim will begin broadcasting the 2010 Durarara!! television series on Saturday evenings beginning in June. Source: Anime News Network
A live-action TV series adaptation of Fumi Saimon’s 2006-2008 drama manga Hanawake no Yon Shimai (Four Hanawake Sisters) will premiere in July. The story revolves around four adult
Konami has released the opening animation for its upcoming Busou Shinki Battle Masters Mk. 2 PSP action game. Konami launched its line of Busou Shinki Battle Rondo action
Production studio BONES has released a full theatrical trailer for the first of its six Towa no Quon movies. The first film will get a limited theatrical release
Deadline reports that tentative director Albert Hughes has bowed out of helming Warner Bros.’ planned live-action Akira movie franchise. Hughes reportedly departed amicably due to “creative differences,” and
After a swirl of rumors earlier this week spawned by director Takeshi Miike’s statement that his next film will be an adaptation of a Nintendo DS courtroom drama
Korean television broadcaster SBS has announced that Hulu has acquired the rights to stream the Korean live-action television series adaptation of Hojo Tsukasa’s City Hunter manga. In the
Reportedly a live-action film adaptation of Young Magazine’s “most shameful… ultimate erotic comedy” manga story Yarisugi Companion to Atashi Monogatari (The Story of the Over-the-Top Companion and Me)
The characters of Gainax & Subaru’s Houkago no Pleiades web anime miniseries will star in short pre-show “manner movies,” as in mind-your-manners, screened before films shown at United
The official homepage for the Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) anime franchise has added a 3-minute trailer for the Kuroshitsuji II OVAs. The series’ third OVA is included on the
