Category: Anime News

The Online Film Critics Society has officially selected Spirited Away as its Best Animated Feature of 2002. Source: Anime News Network

In preparation for the upcoming domestic release of the Banner of the Stars TV series, Bandai has opened a new website that covers both the Crest of the

Manga Entertainment has updated the intro page of its website to include small images of forthcoming releases Kaidohmaru and Read or Die, and the first released image of

AD Vision has opened its official American homepage devoted to the upcoming domestic release of the Wild Arms: Twilight Venom TV series. Source: Anime on DVD

Dark Horse Comics has announced that they will publish an English language version of Osamu Tezuka’s manga Metropolis, basis for the recent anime feature film. The 168 page

Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away has been nominated for 4 “Annie” awards in the 30th annual ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Awards. Spirited Away has been nominated in the categories of “Best

Genre Retailer news site ICv2 has published a two part 2002 year in review focused on the American anime industry, primarily singling out the industry highlights of the

Bandai has confirmed that the .hack//SIGN TV series will debut on the Cartoon Network on Saturday, February 1st at 3 PM EST/PST. According to Action-Figure.com, Bandai will debut

Bandai has announced that the domestic debut of Melty Lancer has been delayed from January 7th until February 4th due to “unforeseeable circumstances”. Source: Anime on DVD

The first issue of Animefringe Magazine of 2003 is now online featuring a cover story on Lupin the 3rd, features on Crayon Shin-chan, popular fan anime artist James

Tampa Bay Area (home to AnimeNation) independent newspaper Weekly Planet has published film critic Lance Goldenberg’s picks for the top 10 films of 2002. Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away

Bandai Entertainment has officially opened its American homepage devoted to the upcoming American release of Melty Lancer. Melty Lancer is a 6 episode sci-fi action/adventure OAV series produced

According to The Right Stuff, FUNimation has placed Kirby DVD volumes 2 onwards on indefinite hold. Furthermore, FUNimation has canceled the VHS format release of Dragonball (original series)

Bandai Entertainment has confirmed that one batch of the Arjuna volume 1 DVD was pressed with a video defect. On the defective discs, in the first episode, during

The popular Japanese children’s novel Majo no Takkyubin, better known to Westerners as “Kiki’s Delivery Service” has been scheduled for English language release. Annick Press will be releasing