Shin’ichiro Kimura, the director of Hand Maid May, will direct the “pretty girls” fantasy/action TV series G-On Riders next spring. Masami Shimoda, the director of Saber Marionette J,
Leiji Matsumoto, creator of Yamato, Captain Harlock and Galaxy Express 999 among other titles, was recently awarded the Japanese national Purple Ribbon Medal. Purple, Yellow and Blue Medal
Urban Vision has revealed that the domestic home video release of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust will be released on February 28th. The official American DVD version of Metropolis,
In addition to recently announced titles: D+vine Luv E’l Imma Seiden Inmu II Karakuri Ninja Girl Wordsworth NuTech Digital has just confirmed that they now have the English
According to the Miyazaki Mailing List, Studio Ghibli will debut a new film next year. Neko no Ongaeshi (The Cat Who Returned A Favor) will be directed by
Continuing its penchant for music games, Konami has announced that they will release a Mini Moni party game for the Playstation in February. The game will be 2D
Question: I’m interested in joining a doujinshi circle in Japan one day. How, exactly, does one join a doujinshi circle? Can it be considered a real job or
With the new Vampire Hunter D film finally opening in AnimeNation’s neighborhood today, the local alternative newspaper The Weekly Planet has published a long, detailed and very positive
Toho’s sci-fi re-make of Shurayaki Hime (Lady Snowblood) is scheduled to open in Japanese theaters tomorrow. Donnie Yen provided action choreography for the film, which is said to
Tony Leung and Faye Wong will star opposite each other again for the first time since Wong Kar-wai’s Chungking Express in the period piece comedy “Perfect Match.” The
According to an unconfirmed rumor reported by usually reliable Korean website Game Chosun, translated by MadMan’s Cafe, a Japanese pachinko company known as “Playmore” acquired all of SNK’s
While at least Jin-Roh and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust were submitted as candidates for nomination to the “best animated feature” category of this year’s Academy Awards, the nominees
