The Japanese Moon Phase message board claims that Kadokawa Shoten’s Comp H’s magazine has reported tentative plans for an anime adaptation of Ramen Angel Pretty Menma, a fictional
The current issue of Morning Magazine, published by Kodansha, includes a formal announcement that Kanata Konami’s manga serial “Chi’s Sweet Home” will be adapted into an anime television
Japan’s Association of Copyright for Computer Software (ACCS) has announced that the Kyoto Prefectural Police’s High-Tech Crime Task Force and officers from five police stations arrested three men
The winners of the 53rd Shogakukan Manga Awards have been announced. The annual Shogakukan Manga Awards, sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing, is Japan’s longest running and one of its
Biglobe now hosts a streaming trailer for the home video exclusive 13th episode of the Moetan anime television series. Please note that the trailer contains brief, non-graphic nudity.
Director Makoto Shinkai’s 2007 feature film “5 Centimeters per Second: A Chain of Short Stories About Their Distance” was awarded the grand prize at the recent Future Film
Reportedly AD Vision has placed the continuing release of more than a dozen of its current titles on hiatus in the UK while the company reorganizes to a
Japan Focus now hosts an English translated interview with Barefoot Gen creator Keiji Nakazawa in which the artist discusses his childhood experience of the Hiroshima atomic bombing and
Viz Media has announced plans to offer a number of anime titles to potential American television broadcast licensors at this month’s National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE)
Chinese forum QxWar now hosts a selection of stills and behind the scenes photos from the currently in production American feature film adaptation of Production IG’s Blood: The
Reportedly the current issue of Magazine Special, published by Kodansha, contains an announcement that Takeru Nagayoshi’s comedy manga series Sumire Sixteen!! (Sumire 16-Sai!!) will be adapted into a
Japanese fan site Moon Phase reports the unconfirmed news that Minari Endo’s romantic comedy manga series Maria Holic will debut as an anime series in January 2009.
Japanese home entertainment distribution company King Records has announced that the 2007 Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Jou motion picture will be released on Japanese DVD in April. The film
The official ToLove-Ru (pronounced as “Toraburu”) homepage now hosts a small resolution trailer for the upcoming ToLove-Ru anime television series. The trailer is also available in higher resolution
ICv2 now hosts an extended, revealing interview with FUNimation founder and CEO Gen Fukunaga in which Mr. Fukunaga discusses the state of the anime industry in America and
