4Kids has acquired worldwide franchise rights to creator Ann Gutman & Georg Hallensleben’s Pénélope picture book franchise, which includes distribution rights to Nippon Animation’s anime adaptation. Nippon Animation
The The July issue of Comic Gum magazine that just hit Japanese news stands includes an announcement of an anime adaptation of Azure Konno’s comedy manga series Koe
DLE, the Flash animation studio best known for the “Eagle Talon” anime franchise, will produce a Flash anime TV series tie-in to Capcom’s upcoming Monster Hunter PSP game
Yasuhiro Aoki, director of the “In Darkness Dwells” segment of Batman: Gotham Knight and the “Kung-fu love” segment of Amazing Nuts!, has directed the animators of Studio 4°C
Seemingly confirming the equivocal preview trailer included on the end of the first OAD, Japanese publisher Kodansha has announced that Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san (You’re Being Summoned, Azazel-san) will be
An unconfirmed Japanese sales solicitation reveals that the sixth collected volume of Arawi Keiichi’s bizarre gag manga Nichijou (“Everyday Life”) will be released next January in a limited
The homepage of the Baka to Test to Shokanjuu television anime franchise has formally announced that a second series will air next year. Source: Moon Phase
Sentai Filmworks has announced its acquisition of the sola, Shigofumi, and Tytania anime television series. The complete 15 episode sola series will be released on August 3 in
Crunchyroll has announced plans to begin streaming distribution of the current soccer anime television series Giant Killing. The series’ 8th episode will premiere on Crunchyroll this Sunday one
The advertising obi found on copies of the first collected volume of Takashi Mikaze’s manga adaptation of the 2008 adult PC game Yosuga no Sora: In solitude, where
Mirai Moriyama (20th Century Boys, Rookies) will star in a live-action television series adaptation of Mitsuro Kubo’s romantic comedy manga Moteki. Moriyama will play Yukiyo Fujimoto, an aimless
The homepage for the current Angel Beats! anime television series is now streaming the full length music video for Girls Dead Monster’s insert song “Little Braver.” The song
A short trailer and an assortment of brief shots from the upcoming two live action Gantz sci-fi action movies have appeared on Japanese television. The first film adaptation
The Japanese Kyo mo Yarareyaku fan blog reports that a Japanese Tsutaya store has announced that a second Toaru Majutsu no Index anime series will premiere this fall.
The results of a May 2010 survey conducted from the Tokyo Polytechnic University has determined that anime is the Japanese cultural export that Japanese citizens believe should most
