The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) has opened public voting for the nominees in the 2009 SPJA Industry Awards. Winners will be announced during the
The Asahi newspaper reports that Yasuo Yamaguchi, managing director of The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA), recently described Japan’s anime industry as a “bubble that burst several years
The Japanese government has established plans to launch a “Contents Overseas Development Fund” to invest money in the international promotion of Japanese pop culture – particularly anime and
FUNimation Assistant Brand Manager Justin Rojas has revealed FUNimation’s acquisition of distribution rights to the Vandread Integral and Vandread Turbulence OVAs. The 75 minute Vandread Integral (Vandread Taidouhen)
Director Yasuomi Umetsu (Kite, Mezzo Forte) has revealed the news that Starz Media subsidiary Film Roman and partner Electronic Arts have commissioned a variety of Japanese and Korean
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will host an art exhibition titled “Anime! High Art – Pop Culture” at its Beverly Hills headquarters from May
Ain’t It Cool News has secured the first look at Disney’s theatrical poster for the August American release of Ponyo. Ain’t It Cool also hosts an exclusive lobby
The Japanese Kyou Moyarereyaku fan blog has noticed that the BS satellite broadcast version of K-On episode 2 has revised the animation footage in one shot. The Les
58 year old rock singer and actor Kiyoshirou Imawano died of lymphoma on Saturday. Imawano’s near 40 year career included performing “Jitensha Show Uta” (Bicycle Show Song), the
The official webpage for doujin circle ElectromagneticWave’s independent anime production Kowarekake no Orgol now streams a version of last year’s Comic Market 75 trailer that now includes voice
Anime News Network has begun streaming the English subtitled 12 episode Flash anime series Scandal, a fictional account of the formation of the real-life Japanese girl band. New
An official Japanese website has launched to announce an August 25th release for the first episode of AIKa Zero, the third OVA series in the AIKa franchise. Studio
The official Japanese Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee) homepage has formally announced an October premiere for an anime television series adaptation of Hiroyuki Asada’s fantasy drama manga series. A
The official Japanese homepage for Studio Rikka’s web anime series The Time of Eve (Eve no Jikan) has announced that the series’ first season will be screened in
Screen Daily reports that Sony subsidiary Samuel Goldwyn Films will distribute the live action Blood: The Last Vampire motion picture theatrically in America this summer. The film will
