Viz Media CEO Hidemi Fukuhara has confirmed that the publisher laid off an unspecified number of employees last Friday. Fukuhara stated, “Viz Media is in the process of
Japanese publisher Kodansha has revealed its 2008 fiscal results. Declines in advertising revenue and manga sales led to a 7.686 billion yen (US $81.2 million) drop from 2007
FUNimation has formally announced its acquisition of home entertainment, broadcast, internet and merchandise rights to the 2008 six episode Mnemosyne television series. The official announcement reports that the
Animator Kunio Kato’s anime short film Le Maison en Petits Cubes (“House of Small Cubes”) became the second Japanese animation work to win a major Academy Award last
Reportedly Studio Comet (Peach Girl, Steel Angel Kurumi) is now at work on a TV anime adaptation of Mami Kashiwabara’s romantic school comedy manga series Sora no Manimani.
Reportedly director Yasuhiro Imagawa (Giant Robo, G-Gundam) will helm the production of Shin Mazinger Shogeki! Z-Hen, a television anime remake of the 1972 Mazinger Z television series. The
The official website for the upcoming Precure All Stars Deluxe: Minna Tomodachi Kiseki-no Zen’in Daishugo! motion picture has revealed that the film will include the heroines of the
The official Japanese website for the Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li film has announced that Japanese theatrical screenings will be followed by a short new Street Fighter
The official Kara no Kyoukai movie series homepage has announced that a “Kara no Kyoukai Remix -Gate of seventh heaven-” motion picture will open in limited Japanese theatrical
The official Japanese website for the upcoming St. Seiya Lost Canvas Meiou Shinwa anime series now describes the 13 episode anime as an OVA series with a June
Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea won two awards from the Japan Academy Prize (Japan’s equivalent of the American Academy Award) this past Friday. The
Toei Animation has unveiled the striking new logo for the upcoming Dragon Ball Kai television series. The updated version of Dragon Ball Z will premier on April 5th.
The official Japanese Evangelion homepage reports that the long awaited Evangelion: 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance motion picture is now scheduled for a theatrical opening on June 27.
According to an unconfirmed, anonymous report on Japan’s 2channel message board, next week’s issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine will reveal that the remastered, revised broadcast of the
The first pressing of Bandai’s Akira Blu-ray disc has sold out at the manufacturer level in advance of next week’s retail street date. The second pressing, available March
