Last week, Namco Bandai Holdings publicly released its most recent financial assessment for the fiscal year that ended in March 2008. The company posted sales of 460.473 billion
Murakami Kouichi, the producer behind adult anime titles including Mahou Shoujo Ai, The Guts!, and Taimanin Asagi, has posted a public letter warning that erotic anime production studio
ICv2 reports that Warner Bros.’ new live action Speed Racer film earned only $20.2 during its opening weekend, far below even its scaled-down pre-premiere estimated gross of $30+
On May 9, the Kyoto Prefectural Police’s High-Tech Crime Task Force arrested three individuals on suspicion of illegally distributing anime video footage with the peer-to-peer program Share. These
The Daily Yomiuri newspaper has published an English language profile of two popular current manga series that relate stories about traditional Japanese theater. The article interviews creator Minako
Bandai Visual USA has formally announced plans to stream the first episode of the Super Robot Wars television series “in just a few more weeks,” followed by the
Toei Animation’s official homepage for the Mushrambo anime franchise now hosts a streaming teaser trailer for the upcoming first Mushrambo theatrical film. The 90 minute long first movie,
The official Japanese homepage for the Strait Jacket OVA series has announced a June 28th premier of a limited Japanese theatrical release of a “Strait Jacket International Version”
The official Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni anime series homepage has officially confirmed that the franchise’s third anime series will be a 3 episode OVA series titled “Higurashi
Dengeki Online reports that the upcoming Japanese DVD release of the romantic comedy anime series Kanokon will be even more risqué than the Japanese television broadcast and internet
Dark Horse Comics has announced plans to publish a complete “omnibus edition” of CLAMP’s 1997 sci-fi drama manga series Clover. Dark Horse will release the entire series as
Toynami has announced plans to reproduce a line of 1/55 scale (roughly 9 1/2 inches tall in battroid mode) transformable Macross valkyrie toys based on the original Japanese
Japan’s Oricon entertainment magazine reports that the “Siberian Express” (Siberia Chotokkyu) series of live action Hitchcockian suspense films from writer/director Haruo “Mike” Mizuno will be adapted into an
Japan based THINK Corp. has arranged a partnership with San Francisco based online video delivery website Crunchyroll to showcase animation works sponsored by Anime Innovation Tokyo. The Anime
