The Tokyo District Court has ordered publisher Kodansha to pay a 550,000 yen ($6,300 USD) fine to an individual who successfully sued the publisher for unauthorized use of
Monthly Flowers Magazine has announced the production of a stage play adaptation of Yuu Watase’s long running shoujo romance manga series Fushigi Yuugi. The play will run in
The homepage for the Bakemonogatari anime television series has formally announced that original author NisiOisin’s Bakemonogatari prequel novel Kizumonogatari (Soiled Girl Story) will get an anime adaptation. Anime
Record label Lantis has released its third trailer for the upcoming debut single for the anime multimedia project Love Live. The “Bokura no Live Kimi to no Life”
Discotek has announced its acquisition of four additional titles: the Galaxy Express 999 and Adieu Galaxy Express 999 anime films, the first Project A-ko anime film, the 2001
The seven American branches of Japan’s Kinokuniya Bookstore chain have ceased selling five Japanese “bishoujo” (pretty girl) anime and manga magazines as a “precautionary measure” related to fears
Reportedly during the “Cultural Typhoon” academic conference held at Komazawa University earlier this month, Ergo Proxy & Wolf’s Rain screenwriter Dai Sato made a number of harsh, and
The G4 television network now hosts a streaming trailer for the Madhouse animated Iron Man anime television series, along with a confirmation that Madhouse’s television series adaptations of
Tokyopop has announced its acquisition of domestic publication rights to Yuna Kagesaki’s Sakura’s Number One (Sakura no Ichiban), Koge Donbo’s Pavane for a Dead Girl (Naki Shoujo no
Drawn & Quarterly has announced its acquisition of publication rights to Shigeru Mizuki’s Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths (Soin Gyokusai Seyo!) and NonNonBa (Nonnonba to Ore) manga series.
The head of the 5pb. game production company, Chiyomaru Shikura, has publicly announced that the 5pb & Nitroplus co-developed Xbox 360 “hypothetical science adventure” visual novel game Steins;Gate
Beginning today, Crunchyroll will begin simulcasting new weekly episodes of the ongoing Mitsudomoe slapstick comedy anime television series. The series’ first three episodes will become available to viewers
Bandai Entertainment, at the ongoing San Diego Comic Con, has announced its acquisition of the 1999 Turn A Gundam and 2008 Tales of the Abyss television series and
Top Shelf Productions, the American publisher of the AX: Alternative Manga anthology, has announced plans for an English language publication of the late Masahiko Matsumoto’s 2009 collection of
