At France’s premier screening of Hayao Miyazaki’s Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi at the Nouvelles Images du Japon film festival last weekend, Miyazaki was awarded the rank of
According to The Magic Box, Japanese video game studio Sammy has confirmed plans to release Guilty Gear X 2 to Japanese arcades next spring. However, the voice actor
It’s common knowledge that DreamWorks Pictures will be producing an American re-make of the seminal Japanese horror film The Ring. Wes Craven has now confirmed for Cinescape that
FUNimation has officially confirmed that Dragonball Z movie 5: Cooler’s Revenge will premier on American home video on January 22nd. The film will be released on unedited DVD
Bandai will release its third Space Cruiser Yamato strategy RPG, Space Battleship Yamato: Recollection of Iskandar, on December 20th. This game will be the first in the series
Jessica Alba (Dark Angel TV series), Seann William Scott (Evolution, Jay and Silent Bob) and James King have signed on to co-star with Chow Yun Fat in Bulletproof
Bandai has opened an official website for the American release of the Escaflowne movie at www.Escamovie.com. The site provides information on the film, an early theatrical release schedule,
The long delayed fourth subtitled DVD disc of Card Captor Sakura from Pioneer Entertainment is now scheduled for release on January 15th. As promised, it will include a
According to the Gaming Intelligence Agency, Sony is currently working on two new Arc the Lad RPGs. Scheduled for release next year, Arc the Lad: Kijin Fukkatsu for
Wired Magazine has published an interesting article introducing westerners to the unusual new Japanese arcade game Boong-Ga Boong-Ga, in which players are encouraged to relieve stress by forcibly
Siena Heights University in Michigan is now offering a two-credit class on how religion and philosophy are part of popular culture. This in and of itself is not
Question: Why is hentai/yaoi/yuri so popular now? Now all my friends (including myself) are into hentai and those things, but why are those types of anime so popular?
