Fuji TV producer Kouji Yamamoto has publicly confirmed that last year’s Aoi Hana television series will not get a second season due to poor DVD sales of the
72 year old stage and voice actor Nachi Nozawa passed away on Saturday, October 30 following a fight with lung cancer. Nozawa may be best known to anime
Japanese video streaming site Nico Nico Douga has revealed the development of a Strike Witches motion picture. Original Strike Witches illustrator Humikane Shimada has confirmed the announcement on
The new December issue of Monthly Comic Blade magazine has formally revealed the development of a TV anime series based on Ryo Azuchi’s tennis comedy manga Sofuteni (“Soft
The first teaser trailer for the upcoming Dream C Club music video collection Dream C Club Pure Songs Clips has surfaced on YouTube. The two volume DVD &
Independent anime studio Primastea has revealed its third Isshoni Training OVA, Isshoni Training 026: Bathtime with Hinako & Hiyoko (“026” is pronounced “Ofuro,” meaning “bath”). The third episode
A monthly anime television series titled Crayon Shin-chan: Shin-Men will premiere with an hour long episode on November 26. The spin-off series is set in the “Shin Jigen”
Anime studio Shaft has formally introduced its new original production, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica (Magical Girl Madoka Magica). Shaft veteran Akiyuki Shinbo (Bakemonogatari, Hidamari Sketch) will direct. Hidamari
Adult PC game developer Frontwing has revealed plans for an anime based on its upcoming bishoujo harem game Grisaia no Kajitsu ~ Le Fruit de La Grisaia. The
In its latest public presentation of its first half of the current fiscal year earnings, Toei Animation revealed that its Precure All-Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow-Colored
Udon Entertainment will release the first ever English translation of Mami Itou’s (Pilgrim Jäger) 2-volume Street Fighter Gaiden manga series beginning November 24. The spin-off series is an
61 year old Fairy Princess Minky Momo creator Takeshi Shudo suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage in his head and collapsed in the Nara railway station’s smoking section yesterday. He
Anime production studio Fanworks has “tweeted” that Nippon Animation president Koichi Motohashi recently passed away at the age of 80. Motohashi executive produced numerous anime titles including Chibi
Funimation has announced plans to begin simulcasting the current Princess Jellyfish (Kuragehime) television anime this Thursday and the current Heaven’s Lost Property Season Two (Sora no Otoshimono Forte)
Zeitgeist Films has scheduled a December 7 release for its Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor & Other Fantastic Films DVD featuring 13 short independent anime from acclaimed animator/director
