TOKYOPOP has announced that they will begin accepting entries for their “Rising Stars of Manga” contest on August 15th. Aspiring manga style artists are encouraged to submit an
First reported by Anime on DVD and confirmed with spot checks by AnimeNation employees, the brand new Ranma 1/2 Hard Battle DVD boxed set (American season 3) includes
According to ICv2 News, Hamtaro is now the highest rated program on American television for viewers aged 9-14 broadcast in the 7 AM timeslot. The most surprising aspect
The August issue of online anime fanzine Animefringe has been published to the web. This month’s issue features a retrospective of the 2002 Anime Expo, a look at
Anime on DVD has confirmed through AMO Tokyo that Japanese publisher Yumeta will re-release the first Animation Runner Kuromi-chan OAV DVD on September 25th in a region free
The Big Apple Anime Festival (BAAF) has announced that Panasonic, the official audio/visual technology supplier for BAAF, will screen two 15 second long clips of anime throughout the
Anime News Network has learned what manga titles are included in the promotional Shonen Jump #0 scheduled for public release tomorrow. Yu Yu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togasami Yu-Gi-Oh!
AICN has published a brief and very positive review of director Hideo (Ring) Nakata’s latest horror/suspense film, Dark Water. American production company Pandemonium Films has already optioned American
Newsarama reports that manga artist Kia Asamiya will be taking a step away from what is normally thought of as “manga” by bringing his distinctive artistic style to
Cinescape Magazine reports that film producer Debra Hill has hopes to turn anti-hero character Snake Plissken of John Carpenter’s Escape from New York and Escape from L.A. movies
Production IG has announced that it will hold a press conference, “an event called ANIFES in Sesion Suginami Hall,” on August 10th to promote the upcoming Ghost in
Gamespot has published a brief, non-critical preview of the upcoming American produced cel-shaded Robotech: Battlecry console shooting game based on the latest playable demo build provided by TDK
Akadot has published an extended exclusive interview with Gutsoon! Publishing’s Sam Humphries, consulting editor of the upcoming weekly manga anthology magazine Raijin Comics. Source: Anime News Service
ADV has set a street date of October 22, 2002 for the DVD premiere of Rubbersuit Pictures’ The Complete Daimajin, a three disc set featuring all three Daimajin
