The Orlando, Florida based JACON convention has announced that this year’s event will host “The Manga Masquerade: Hearts of the Kingdom,” a formal dress and cosplay ballroom dance.
MIT has scheduled its “Violence and Desire in Japanese Popular Culture” academic symposium for April 14 – 15. The event will feature lectures and discussion of Japanese pop
Manga Entertainment has revealed its acquisition of two new anime titles. The first volume of the 2004 Tactics anime TV series will be released on June 27 and
Voices For, a new non-profit organization, will release “Voices for Peace,” an album of modern and classic war protest songs sung by American anime voice actors. All profits
Japan’s Oricon Magazine has reported that during the recent Tokyo Anime Fair Sony’s anime production devision Aniplex formally announced plans to develop a new anime titled “009-1,” based
The official homepage for Five Star Stories creator Mamoru Nagano’s upcoming anime series “GOTHICMADE -Hana no Shime-” is now open. The official homepage for the Gundam Seed spin-off
Animation World Network has reported that FUNimation will distribute the Canadian/Japanese co-produced Spider Riders anime TV series on American DVD. Source: Anime News Network
Keiichi.net Radio has announced that Leigh Alexander has been selected as the Side Project Poster Model for April 2006. The Side Project Poster Model program gives aspiring female
Anime Pulse now hosts an audio recording and transcript of Production I.G. president Mitsuhisa Ishikawa’s lecture presented on March 24th at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Fan site Ghibli World now hosts a 9 minute long sample of the Japanese television program “Professional,” featuring a behind-the-scenes look into the work of Studio Ghibli producer
Bandai Visual has announced plans to release the 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam television series on Japanese DVD. Unlike the American DVD release that was 42 English dubbed episodes,
AnimEigo has announced that its remastered DVD re-release of the Oh! My Goddess OAV series will retail at $39.98 beginning June 6th. Source: Anime on DVD
The official homepage for the live action Prince of Tennis movie now hosts a new trailer featuring a first look at the CG enhanced tennis competitions. The trailer
Gonzo Digimation Holdings has issued two press announcements translated into English. Gonzo has announced that its anime film “Origin-Spirit of the Past” (Gin-iro no Kami no Agito) has
