Japanese producer/distributor Starchild’s official website for Gainax’s upcoming television series Hanamaru Yochien (Hanamaru Kindergarten) now features a streaming trailer. Click the flashing “PV wa kochira!” button on the
First edition copies of this week’s new Anime Shakugan no Shana II no Subete guidebook to the Shakugan no Shana anime franchise include a bonus DVD featuring an
Hello Kitty was launched 35 years ago November 1st with a coin purse bearing her image. Now the character generates billions of dollars a year in sales. Upper
The official website for the Sengoku Gyojin Dullahan: Kagen no Keishosha (Dullahan: The Inheritor of the Crescent Moon) anime (TV?) project has launched, featuring a streaming Flash intro
The official Japanese homepage for the Pokemon movie series is now streaming a 15 second teaser for the franchise’s 13th film. The Pocket Monster: Diamond & Pearl Platinum
An unspecified American production company has reportedly filed suit in Tokyo District Court against Japanese publisher Futabasha and Old Boy manga creators Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi. The
Although Viz Media is the domestic licensor and home video distributor for the Monster anime series, Manga Entertainment is now streaming the series’ first episode. Manga Entertainment sponsors
Kodansha is now streaming a trailer for Production I.G’s one-shot anime adaptation of Yoko Nihonbashi’s girl volleyball manga series Shoujo Fight. The OAD will be released with limited
Publisher Softbank Creative has announced that Flash animation production studio DLE (Eagle Talon) will produce a Flash Haiyoru! Nyaru-Ani anime adaptation of author Manta Aisora’s “high-tension, chaotic comedy”
During this past weekend’s Bizan Summit Fall Festival publicity event, animation studio ufotable announced its development of a mobile phone anime series titled Yawarakame, loosely, “soft shelled turtle”
Gwashi! Umezu Kazuo Desu (Gwashi! I’m Kazuo Umezu), a documentary film about 73 year-old living legend manga creator Kazuo Umezu will open theatrically, in Japan, on November 23rd.
Chinese bloggers and forum users (oh, the irony) are reportedly accusing the Taiwanese television program Wo Ai Hei Se Bang Bang of having copied music from the K-On
The DC Anime Club will host a Yu-Gi-Oh tournament this Saturday, October 17, at the Martin Luthur King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC. Registration for participats age
Manga author Yoshitani has announced that an anime OVA adaptation of his autobiographical manga series Boku, Otaryman. (I, Otaku-salaryman) will debut in January. The bestselling 2007 & ongoing