Bandai of Japan has announced plans to develop a multimedia franchise titled “Battle Spirits.” The Battle Spirits collectable card game, described as a “new generation of trading card
The advertising “obi” wrappers on the two latest volumes of Hobby Japan’s popular series of Queen’s Blade role playing game books reveal plans for a Queen’s Blade anime
Ten years after the release of Leaf’s 1998 adult dating simulation game White Album, the franchise is reportedly being revived for an anime television series adaptation and a
FUNimation has formally revealed its acquisition of North American distribution rights to the 2007 baseball anime television series Ookiku Furikabutte. The 26 episode series will be released in
The official Shigofumi ~Stories of Last Letter~ anime series homepage has revealed that the series’ seventh and final Japanese DVD, scheduled for release on September 26th, will include
The Sports Nippon Annex newspaper reports that a live action television series adaptation of Chihiro Tamaki’s “josei” (manga for young adult women) manga series Walkin’ Butterfly will premier
Japanese animator Kunio Kato’s 12-minute long anime short film “Tsumiki no Ie” (“House of Blocks”) became the second Japanese work to win the Annecy Cristal grand prize for
Two year old California based Iris Print, a publisher specializing in original American manga-style boys-love comics, has announced that the company is “shutting down.” ICv2 reports, “The demise
The official homepage for the upcoming Telepathy Shoujo Ran anime television series now hosts a streaming 5 second long teaser. The series is scheduled to premier on the
DVD Times reports that Universal Studios Home Video will release director Akihiko Shiota’s 2007 live action supernatural samurai action film Dororo on American DVD on September 23rd. The
Gainax now hosts a streaming version of the first original anime music video from the “Gurren Lagann Music Clip Project.” The original anime work places characters from the
Gekkan Shonen Magazine has formally announced that writer Tadashi Kawashima and artist Adachitoka’s sci-fi suspense manga series “Alive -Saishuu Shinkateki Shounen-,” known in English as “Alive: The Final
The official homepage for the Strait Jacket OVA series now hosts a streaming trailer for the four episode series’ combined “International Version” movie edit. Viewer discretion is suggested
AD Vision’s PiQ Magazine has formally announced that its current fourth issue, cover dated July 2008, will be the publication’s final issue. Continued production of the magazine has
The official homepage for upcoming anime television series Sekirei now hosts a new, second streaming trailer. The 3:13 trailer is DRM encoded for compatibility with recent versions of
