Media Blasters has announced that it will not be distributing the Riki-Oh anime series on American DVD due to, “a rights issue that came up that could not
The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming Innocent Venus anime television series is now open. The series is scheduled to premier on the WOWOW network on July 26th.
Dark Horse Comics has announced its plans to the publication of new and reissued Masamune Shirow manga. Appleseed Hypernotes will premier in English in October. Appleseed ID (Illustrations/Data)
Gonzo Digital Holdings has formally announced that it will donate proceeds from its upcoming anime film Brave Story to the UNICEF charity. Ten yen from each movie ticket
Active Anime has published an interview with Viz Media’s Director of Public Relations Evelyn Dubocq in which Dubocq promotes Viz and universally criticizes all forms of anime piracy
Dengeki Online now hosts the first promotional image for the recently announced Oideyo! Doubutsu no Mori anime movie, based on the Nintendo video game franchise known in America
The official Ghibli homepage now hosts a new streaming Flash trailer for Gedo Senki. Animation work on the film is reportedly over 96% finished. Source: Nausicaa.net
The Sports Hoichi newspaper has reported that Jouji Shimura (Master Keaton, Shin Angyo Onshi, Hanada Shonen Shi) will direct an anime feature film adaptation of Nintendo’s game franchise
Ohzora Publishing, which claims to be Japan’s most prolific publisher of manga by and for females, has established Aurora Publishing, Inc., based in Los Angeles, California, with plans
Japanese bookstore Chuosha has announced that Yuuki Obata’s romance manga Bokura ga Ita and Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata’s Death Note manga will both be adapted into anime
The official homepage for the upcoming Sky Girls OVA now hosts its trailer from the Tokyo International Anime Fair in streaming Windows Media. Source: Moon Phase
The official Japanese homepage for director Kenta Fukasaku’s live action film Sukeban Deka: Code Name = Asamiya Saki, an adaptation of Shinji Wada’s famous manga series, is now
Newsarama has reported that TOKYOPOP’s “Pop Fiction” line of novels will include Otsu Ichi’s Calling You, Hiroshi Ishizaki’s Chain Mail, both to be released in January 2007, and
ToonZone now hosts an audio interview with Toonami representatives Sean Akins and Jason DeMarco. The interview covers hopes for the Toonami Jetstream online distribution of anime, plans for
