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Question: Can you give me a little background info on Oh! My Goddess? How long has it been running in Japan and how much have we see in

Veteran voice actress Michie Tomizawa’s manager announced at this past weekend’s Tokyo Game Show that Tomizawa-san will retire from acting in video games on January 2nd, 2002, after

The English website Independent Enjoyment has published an article explaining to European fans the state of Disney’s (lack of) distribution plans for Hayao Miyazaki’s “Spirited Away” in America.

According to Anime News Service, Kodansha Publishing of Japan has decided to cease international distribution of its Japanese published bilingual Japanese and English Card Captor Sakura, Love Hina,

In response to record breaking viewership ratings for Dragonball during the end of September, Toonami has announced that Dragonball Z, including new episodes, will air for a solid

The popular post-apocalytic action manga & new TV series Rave is getting the video game treatment on several fronts. Konami has announced three Rave console games, a Gameboy

The Gaming Intelligence Agency has published an extensive analysis of the playable demo of Kingdom Hearts, the Squaresoft/Disney action RPG, previewed at last weekend’s Tokyo Game Show. Unfortunately,

Sega has announced that as of next month, total worldwide sales of Dreamcast units to retailers will reach 10 million. However, Sega also announced the cancellation of House

Ain’t It Cool News has published a new collection of reviews of the films directed by Japanese director and cinematic auteur Takeshi Miike screened at the Vancouver International

Question: I read somewhere that Vandread was broadcast in a 16:9 format in Japan. I heard that it was picked up for distribution here in the U.S., and

ICV2 has published the first images of the prototype Dragonball figures from IF Labs, the partnership between FUNimation and Irwin Toys. As previously reported, and verified by these

Dark Horse Comics has revealed that the success of its graphic novel re-releases of the Lone Wolf & Cub and Akira manga have met with unanticipated, overwhelming success.

IGN has published a review and analysis of the playable demo of Xenosaga from the current Tokyo Game Show. The mostly positive review provides detail about the actual

Resident Evil Forum has published a link to a Real Media episode of the French Canal+ Upcoming movie preview television show. 3:40 into the program come the first

Sega has announced that their production of Outrun 2 will be the first release for Microsoft’s arcade Xbox hardware. Sega has announced that it will port its Dreamcast