Multimedia blog Studio 360 this week features a diverse look at contemporary Japanese art culture, including an introduction to Akihabara; interviews with working Japanese poets, novelists, architects, and
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children reports that 14-year-old Deborah Kalai Fourzan disappeared on Monday from her hometown of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, and may be traveling to
The Fuji TV network and its affiliates will begin airing a new high definition re-master of the Dragon Ball Z television series on April 5. The HD re-master
Comic industry observer ICv2 reports that 2008 manga sales in America were down roughly 17% compared to 2007. The decline is blamed on the current U.S. economic recession;
A Japanese press conference revealing details about director Ryuhei Kitamura and producer Shunji Iwai’s anime project Baton has revealed that contrary to initial plans, the animation will consist
Japanese publisher MediaWorks has officially announced the development of a second Nogizaka Haruka’s Secret television series. The primary staff and cast of last year’s first series will reprise
Japanese publisher Kodansha has confirmed that a second Chi’s Sweet Home anime television series will premiere in April. The first 104 episode series of 3 minute long daily
Japanese celebrity Ai Iijima was found dead in her Tokyo apartment last December. A police investigation has now determined that Iijima died of of pneumonia rather than foul
Following the recent speculation that the second Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi television series will premiere in April, fueled by the cover of the March issue of Newtype Magazine,
The Joost video-streaming service now offers the first five episodes of the 2005 Koi Koi Seven anime television series with English subtitles. The episodes are available through co-operation
The Indeprox producers association website how features a silent Flash trailer for the upcoming Yurumates OVA, based on saxyun’s 4-koma comedy manga about an 18 year female old
Dream Link Entertainment (DLE), Japan’s “number one” Flash animation studio, has launched a YouTube channel, offering a variety of its anime productions. DLE is the studio behind popular
A new TV commercial for Kadokawa Shoten’s Newtype magazine has revealed the tentative cover of the March issue, which prominently features an announcement that the second Melancholy of
As previously reported, the live action Dragonball: Evolution motion picture will use vocalist Ayumi Hamasaki’s song “Rule” as its theme song. The Sankei Newspaper now reveals that Dragonball
The Sponichi Annex newspaper reports that director Hirokazu Koreeda has just finished principal filming on his live action feature film “Kuuki Ningyou,” based on the romantic fantasy manga
