Square Enix has formally announced its legal suit against Paris-based merchandising company la société SAKURA. Square Enix charges that SAKURA has engaged in the production and wholesale distribution
The basicchannel blog reports that the Japanese Spice & Wolf II home video release will be four volumes with the first volume released on DVD and Blu-ray on
AD Vision has announced Sentai Filmworks’ acquisition of the 2008 Hokuto no Ken: Raoh Gaiden: Ten no Haoh television series. ADV will release the 13 episode series in
The advertising obi on copies of this week’s new tenth volume of Kousuke Masuda’s comedy manga series Gag Manga Biyori announces that a fourth TV anime series is
The homepage for the new Bakemonogatari TV anime has added an interview with series director Akiyuki Shinbo and producer Atsuhiro Iwakami in which Shinbo states plans to animate
The official homepage for the Spice & Wolf anime franchise is now streaming its third “Special Puppet PV†featuring voice actors Jun Fukuyama & Ami Koshimizu and their
An anonymous “industry insider” in Japan’s adult PC game industry has reported that Japan’s private Ethics Organization of Computer Software (EOCS) ratings board has formally announced that its
Crunchyroll has added this month’s new Aoihana television series to its catalog. The lightly yuri drama will appear on the Crunchyroll site shortly after its initial Japanese television
The homepage for Ken Akamatsu’s Negima manga series has added a two minute long Flash trailer for the upcoming Maho Sensei Negima! ~Mou Hitotsu no Sekai~ (Magic Teacher
Reportedly next week’s Japanese issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine will formally announce that the 16th, 17th, and 18th collected volumes of Kentaro Yabuki & Saki Hasemi’s romantic
The Mainchi Newspaper reports that NTV producer Nozumu Takahashi has confirmed that the version of the Evangelion 1.0: You are (Not) Alone motion picture that will air on
The US based Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) has invited 134 artists and film industry executives to join its ranks. A maximum of 166 membership
The official Pretty Cure movie homepage has updated with the announcement that the Fresh Precure! Omocha no Kuni wa Himitsu ga Ippai!? (Fresh Precure! Big Secret of the
Digital Manga now hosts a selection of sample pages from its upcoming English translation of the late Kaoru Tada’s modern classic shoujo manga Itazura na Kiss. The first
Japan’s proposed national anime museum, literally the “National Media Arts Center,” has been the center of political debate for weeks. Now Japanese animators themselves are taking sides in
