A new, second trailer for next year’s Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn OVA series has hit the web. The six episode series will have its public premiere in Japan
The official homepage for the Ikkitousen anime franchise now hosts a low resolution censored streaming trailer for this month’s Ikkitousen Xtreme Xecutor promotional DVD. The 50 minute long
Reportedly this week’s new issue of Weekly Shonen Champion magazine will formally announce that a TV anime adapation of Norio Sakurai’s Mitsudomoe gag manga is in development. The
The Yokohama Arts Foundation has launched an initiative to expose original animation from aspiring young artists to international viewers. Original shorts recommended by Oscar winning animator Koji Yamamura
The Cannes Film Festival promotional trailer for director Gordon Chan’s live action King of Fighters movie, based on the popular and long running SNK fighting game franchise, has
The fourth teaser trailer for the first Break Blade motion picture, the first trailer to include actual animation footage, has been formally released. The first of six planned
Enji Arai’s light novel Sugar Dark: Umerareta Yami to Shoujo (Sugar Dark: The Buried Darkness and the Girl) was awarded a prestigious grand prize at the Kadokawa Shoten
Prolific lyricist Toshio Oka passed away due to acute kidney failure in a Tokyo hospital on Tuesday at 4:02 a.m. He was 92. Oka composed the lyrics for
The Wall Street Journal’s new article “Discontent Seeps Into Japan’s Anime Studios” reminds us that artists employed by Japanese anime production studios remain underpaid and under appreciated.
Japanese entertainment producer/distributor Avex has officially released the first 5 minutes, and a 6 minute scene, from new anime film Mai Mai Miracle (Mai Mai Shinko to Sennen
The official Japanese website for the next year’s Trigun: Badlands Rumble motion picture now features a streaming teaser trailer. The film based on Yasuhiro Nightow’s Trigun manga is
Monthly Comic Flapper magazine has formally announced an anime adaptation of Ohba Kai’s 4-panel gag manga Tono to Issho (Along with the Feudal Lord). The manga follows the
The first live action episode of the English language version of creator Shoko “Shokotan†Nakagawa’s super hero series Sukashi Kashipanman is now available. The Go Sukashi! homepage has
The official Japanese homepage for the Darker Than Black anime series now hosts a 3:17 streaming trailer for the first Darker Than Black: Black Contractor OVA. The Black
Yahoo Japan has begun streaming the theatrical trailer for the live action Higanjima motion picture. The Japanese-Korean co-produced action horror is based on Koji Matsumoto’s manga about a
