ICv2 News has confirmed that Dark Horse Comics has acquired the English translation rights to Hiroshi Takahashi and Misao Inagaki manga adaptation of The Ring, Yasuhiro Nightow’s Trigun,
TOKYOPOP has officially begun its second Rising Stars of Manga Contest. 10 aspiring manga artists will receive cash prizes and the potential to be published nationally in a
Tohokushinsha Film Corporation has officially announced that the winner of last year’s Anime Plan Grand Prix, a competition open to Japanese anime fans to submit an idea for
AD Vision has announced the acquisition of the Panyo Panyo Di-Gi-Charat and Aquarian Age anime TV series. First mentioned 4 years ago, Bandai has now finally officially confirmed
Viz has apparently acquired the translation rights to the Please Save My Earth manga by Saki Hiwatari. The first translated graphic novel volume will be released in November.
Vertical, Inc., the American publishing subsidiary of the Japanese ITOCHU Corporation, will be expanding its English translated offerings with additional Japanese fiction novels and manga. Currently, Vertical, Inc.
AnimeNation is proud to participate in the hosting of the Tampa Bay Area’s first exclusive anime convention. Metrocon, to be held on July 18-20 at the Sabal Park
The third Zoids anime TV series, presumably the series comissioned by Hasbro and announced last February, will be titled “Zoids Fuzor.” Little Snow Fairy Sugar will have an
4Kids Entertainment, in association with Nintendo, has announced the GBA-TV technology which will debut at the consumer level later this year. The new technology will allow the Gameboy
Ryuhei (Versus) Kitamura’s second major motion picture, Alive, completed in early 2002, will hit Japanese theaters on the 21st. The official site features images and a downloadable QuickTime
AN Entertainment will be officially attending this weekend’s fourth annual JACON anime convention in Orlando, Florida. In a last minute schedule change not yet reflected on the JACON
According to Ain’t It Cool News, Porco Rosso, Nausicaa, and an as yet undetermined Studio Ghibli film will make up the second wave of American Ghibli DVD releases
In the years that Wizard Entertainment, the people behind Anime Insider and Wizard: The Comics Magazine, has run Wizard World Chicago (the second largest genre entertainment convention in
Synch-Point/Anime Gamers USA has announced that American voice actors Kari Wahlgren and Jennifer Sekiguchi, both known for their performance as the English voice of Haruko Haruhara and Mamimi
