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Question: What are the costs and time production of making an anime. Could an individual put up the funds or only companies?

While Mamoru Oshii was not be involved in the production of the third Patlabor movie, his involvement with Patlabor itself has not diminished. The Japanese Manga Zoo anime

The Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket OAV series is scheduled to debut on the Cartoon Network’s Toonami Midnight Run on Monday the 5th at 12:30

According to Cardcaptors Uncensored, The Kids WB broadcast of Card Captors has been removed from regular broadcast and replaced by X-Men Evolution. A second unconfirmed report later in

Tight on the heels of SNK’s announcement of its imminent closure, Korean game developer Mega Enterprises has open its webpage for their upcoming Metal Slug 4. Although not

Question: I’ve seemed to notice this in a lot of anime and manga: characters often hold up their hand in what looks like a “peace” or “victory” sign,

According to Animefringe, Viz Comics is preparing to announce their plans to translate and publish the Big O manga in America, beginning in February. Also according to Animefringe,

Online anime fanzine Animefringe has published its November issue with feature articles on Japanese J-pop goddess Ayumi Hamasaki, the new Final Fantasy Unlimited anime TV series, and AD

The Bandai Shop at Action Theatre, located in San Francisco’s Metreon Entertainment Center, opened its doors this past weekend during the Big Apple Anime Fest/Metreon Festival of Anime.

European based Midnight Eye.com, a site devoted to intelligent, critical reviews and analytic articles about contemporary Japanese genre cinema, has published excellent new reviews of Uzumaki and Versus.

The Magic Box has published 20 exclusive new screen-shots of the upcoming Final Fantasy XI that reveal a greater extent of the online aspect of the game, and

The Magic Box has published the first images of Capcom’s upcoming Playstation 2 racing game Auto Modellista. The game will feature cel-shaded graphics presented with an unusual attention

Question: I’ve been hearing the word “para para” a lot lately. Mainly, I’ve seen tons of music CDs and video games with “Para Para” in the title. For

The English language homepage for the latest Production IG animation is now online. Following up Blood: The Last Vampire is the 43 minute long full digital samurai action/drama

Pioneer has officially confirmed in retailer solicitations that the recently delayed remaining 3 El Hazard: Wanderers DVDs will now be released on December 11th, February 5th and April