Daigo Matsui, director of the live-action Danchi Kokosei no Nichijou & Afro Tanaka movies, will helm a live-action feature adaptation of Shuzo Oshimi’s 2004 romantic drama manga Sweet
Media Blasters has announced its acquisition of the 2005 risqué bishoujo Ultraman parody television series UG -Ultimate Girls-. I remain surprised that Media Blasters took so long to
Japanese construction materials company Mag Isover has released an original short anime starring its new mascot character Dannetsu Senshi Belle-chan (Belle-chan the Insulation Warrior), a wandering swordswoman who
The new second trailer for this October’s Yozakura Quartet ~Hana no Uta~ television series reveals a full 97 seconds of new animation. The forthcoming second Yozakura Quartet television
The advertising obi found on new copies of the 17th collected volume of Shungiku Nakamura’s boy-love manga Junjo Romantica reveals that the franchise has another anime adaptation in
The Hollywood Reporter has tweeted word that Disney will distribute creator/director Hayao Miyazaki’s current Japanese hit anime film Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises) in North America. Production studio
Discotek has acquired the domestic re-release rights to the 2000 Gakkou no Kaidan (“School Ghosts”) anime television series. AD Vision released the series on domestic DVD in 2005
The October issue of Dengeki G’s Magazine reports that a Hanamonogatari (“Flower Story”) anime television series will air next year. The continuation of the “Monogatari” franchise based on
The Fuji TV network has announced a tentative November broadcast for its “Hasegawa Machiko Monogatari ~Sazae-san ga Umareta Hi~” (The Story of Machiko Hasegawa ~The Day Sazae-san Was
Japanese anime studio-owned streaming site Anime Sols has begun streaming English subtitled episodes of the 1986 Magical Idol Pastel Yumi television series. AnimeSols is seeking $18,000 in committments
Seemingly following on the heels of the current Stella Jogakuin Koutouka C3-bu television series, Kodansha has announced word that Hidekichi Matsumoto’s shoujo manga Sabagebu! (Survival Game Club) will
Liden Films has produced a two-minute anime spot promoting Miki Yoshikawa’s current school comedy manga Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo (Yamada-kun & 7 Magical People). The manga series
Sunrise has produced a new original anime ad promoting Toyota’s “Char Aznable” commemorative version of its Auris (2006 to present) compact car. The “Zeonic Toyota” comes in Char’s
Georgia-based anime licensor Crimson Star Media is tentatively scheduled to release its first domestic DVD release, Looking Up At The Half-Moon (Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora), on
The homepage for this October’s Strike the Blood supernatural action anime television series has added a streaming teaser trailer. Anime studios Silverlink (WataMote, Prisma Illya) and CONNECT (in-between
