BusinessWeek Magazine now hosts an exclusive commentary from anime director Satoshi Kon in which Kon explains his approach to his profession. Source: Anime News Network
The American version of Kadokawa’s Popteen Japanese female teen fashion magazine now hosts English translated chapters of Masahiro Suematsu & Shiragiri Yamaguchi’s shoujo action manga series Gal Samurai.
Originally scheduled for release in July then delayed until August 14th, Imaginasian has now delayed the release of its first two DVD volumes of each of its anime
The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming Night Wizard anime television series is now online. The series is scheduled to premier this October. The official Japanese homepage for
Moetan anime producer Nagatani Takayuki has announced that the scheduled sixth episode of the current Moetan anime television series will not air on Japanese television. Instead, this week’s
The official Jyushin Enbu ~ Hero Tales website now hosts a streaming trailer for the show’s upcoming promotional preview DVD. The trailer contains a small amount of animation
The official homepage for ufotable’s upcoming theatrical anime adaptation of Kinoko Nasu’s Kara no Kyokai novel series now hosts a streaming WMV trailer in low and high resolution.
SciFi Japan now hosts an extended, detailed summary of the plans for, and current status of the long-in-development Japanese/American co-produced Godzilla 3-D Imax movie.
Tokyopop has announced that American artist “Rem” has won Kodansha’s first Morning Internation Manga Competition with her comic story “Kage no Matsuri.” Rem will recieve a $5,000 cash
Coinciding with the first anniversary of the Toonami Jetstream website, Viz Media has announced that a number of new anime series will soon be available for streaming online
The Japanese Moon Phase message board contains an unverified report that the Puchi Eva (“Petit Eva”) animation will consist of three computer animation shorts directed by Shunichi Miki.
Although an official American distribution license has not been announced, AD Vision now hosts a streaming trailer for the 2006 Kanon television series in low and high bandwidth
ICv2 now hosts an exclusive interview with Del Rey Manga Associate Publisher Dallas Middaugh discussing trends in the current American manga market and Del Rey’s future plans.
Actor and cinematic fight choreographer Tak Sakaguchi (Versus, Death Trance) will make his screenwriting and directorial debut with a live action film adaptation of Akira Miyashita’s martial arts
Starchild has opened its official homepage devoted to the upcoming Minani-ke anime television series, which is scheduled to premier in October. Source: Moon Phase
