Manga Entertainment has confirmed that the Macross Plus “movie edition” will premier on North American DVD in late February. There’s been no word yet on whether a dubbed
On its way to outgrossing Titanic and becoming Japan’s highest grossing film ever, last week Hayao Miyazaki’s Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi officially became the first movie non-American
According to Anime News Network, Urban Vision has licensed the English language translation and distribution rights to the 13 episode fantasy adventure TV series Strange Dawn (2000, Pioneer
Matsushita has announced that they will release a new DVD player model in Japan on December 14th called “Q.” The Q will be a standard NTSC Japanese Region
Blood: The Last Vampire is the fastest selling title in Manga Entertainment’s history, selling over 120,000 units during the first month of release. Blood also set a new
In a surprise announcement, TOKYOPOP has announced several new American licenses on both the anime and manga front. In January, TOKYOPOP will debut the English language versions of
Manga Entertainment has published an official press release advertising the November 27th release of Shadow Skill on DVD. The 120 minute long single disc will include both of
The Bandai Entertainment homepage has updated its list of future releases. Noteworthy new titles include: Saber Marionette J Again DVD for $34.98 on January 8, 2002 The live-action
Sony has announced that, after 4 years of publication and 44 issues, their anime magazine AX will cease publication after next month’s issue. Although no explanation has been
Kazuya Tsurumaki, director of the cutting-edge FLCL (pronounced Fooly Cooly) anime OAV series from Gainax Studios, will be making an appearance at the OmochaBox retail store on October
According to Ain’t It Cool News, Stephen Chow’s smash hit HK action/comedy film Shaolin Soccer will be released in relatively wide release to American movie theaters on April
The Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door film will return to some Tokyo area movie theaters for an encore presentation from October 20th and November 2nd. This limited
According to Anime News Service and an image posted by Anime News Network, Love Hina creator Ken Akamatsu has announced his plans to conclude the Love Hina manga,
Bandai has announced that the limited North American theatrical run for the Escaflowne movie will begin in January. A release in five cities is planned at this point:
According to Diamond Comics, the dark horror/mecha action series Betterman will premier in January as a DVD exclusive from Bandai for $29.99. Bandai will also premier Love Hina
