Category: Anime News

Acclaimed film maker Kon Ichikawa died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Wednesday at 1:55 AM He was 92. Ichikawa may be best known to Americans as

The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming Chocolate Underground anime series has formally announced that the show will be produced for online and cel phones distribution. The anime

An official Japanese website announcement has revealed that Himitsu Kessha Taka no Tsume the Movie II: Shimane wa Tottori no Hidarigawa Desu will premier this summer. The Taka

The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming Soul Eater anime television series, based on Atsushi Ohkubo’s popular “cool & pop action fantasy” manga, has announced that the program

ICv2 reports that sales of anime DVDs in North America fell by more than 20% during 2007 while the number of North American anime DVD releases during the

The Cartoon Network will begin broadcasting the 2007 anime television series Bakugan Battle Brawlers, under the abbreviated titled “Bakugan,” on Sunday February 24th at 9 pm (ET, PT).

The official Japanese homepage for the Candy Boy anime has announced that the premier episode, which debuted online last November, will be continued with 7 additional episodes. No

About.com now hosts an interview with Patrick Macias and Izumi Evers, representatives of American publisher jaPRESS, on topics including Otaku USA magazine, the Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno series of

The Japan Society will host English subtitled theatrical screenings of numerous vintage Japanese animation works primarily from the 1930s this week during its “Dawn of Japanese Animation” program.

Anime News Network reports that in addition to ImaginAsian TV’s already announced plans to broadcast the entire second season of the Kyo Kara Maoh anime television series with

This year’s New York International Children’s Film Festival will host screenings of director Makoto Shinkai’s heartbreaking love story 5 Centimeters Per Second on Saturday, March 1st at 2

DrMaster Books has revealed plans to release an English language translation of Madara Sai’s Kage Kara Mamoru! manga series, which is based on Taro Achi’s original light novel

The Japanese Moon Phase website reports an unconfirmed rumor that the March 21st issue of Young Gan Gan Magazine will include a formal announcement that Sakurako Gokurakuin’s action

Navarre CEO Cary Deacon has revealed that Navarre subsidiary FUNimation is now in negotiations to acquire distribution rights to some of Geneon USA’s anime titles. Source: ICv2

The official homepage for the Kara no Kyokai motion picture series now hosts a streaming trailer for the upcoming third film in the 8 movie series. The trailer