Sony Music Entertainment has reportedly announced auditions to cast for a live action movie adaptation of Yukari Ichijo’s manga series “Pride,” a story about competing female opera singers
The September issue of Kadokawa Shoten’s Asuka Ciel Magazine has announced that Shinobu Gotou’s boys-love novel “Soshite, Harukaze ni Sasayaite,” the first book in Gotou’s “Takumi-kun” series of
Blood and Bones director Yoichi Sai has announced plans to helm a live action film adaptation of Sanpei Shirato’s “Kamui Gaiden” manga stories – spin off side stories
Cutie Honey the Live, a new live action television series adaptation of Go Nagai’s classic action manga, will premier on the TV Tokyo network at 1 AM on
As a follow-up to her controversial public statements made about her attendance at last month’s Anime Expo convention in Los Angeles, California, Japanese pop celebrity Halko Momoi has
The “obi” on the just released volume of Yu Yabuuchi’s Naisho no Tsubomi: Mebae manga reveals plans for an anime adaptation of the Naisho no Tsubomi manga series.
The New York Anime Festival has announced that anime director Kobun Shizuno and American comic artist, cosplayer, and Japanese pop culture fan Aimee Major Steinberger will attend the
At this past weekend’s San Diego Comic Con, FUNimation announced its acquisition of distribution rights to four motion picture, three of them live action, one animated. FUNimation announced
The Economist Magazine has published a lengthy article detailing Japan’s declining birthrate and rapidly increasing elderly population, and the impacts of these situations on Japanese society.
Dark Horse has signed famed Japanese manga creator team CLAMP to produce a series of 80 page monthly manga stories for international release. CLAMP will have full creative
Japanese portal site Goo now hosts screenshots and character profiles from the upcoming adventure anime series Jyushin Enbu -Hero Tales-. Source: Moon Phase
At the ongoing San Diego Comic Con, Viz Media has announced plans for domestic distribution of the Nana and Honey & Clover anime television series. Viz announced February
Japanese portal site Goo now hosts the first revealed character designs for the upcoming You’re Under Arrest: Full Throttle anime television series. Source: Moon Phase
Japanese multimedia site Biglobe now hosts a streaming 3:43 trailer for the upcoming Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina motion picture. The film is scheduled to open in Japanese theaters
