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According to The Magic Box, Final Fantasy X sold 1,831,843 copies in its first week of availability, making it the fastest selling PS2 game ever released. The Final

At last weekend’s Ai-kon convention in Winnipeg, Canada, Bandai Entertainment confirmed that DVD versions of the Escaflowne movie, and Char’s Counterattack (the fourth Gundam movie) are now early

Diamond Select, the toy production arm of Diamond Comics Distribution, has signed an agreement to create statues, die-cast cars, and action figures based on the anime properties controlled

The Ohayocon convention website has posted interviews with guest of honor voice actors Dorothy Melendrez (Kaoru from Rurouni Kenshin, Meryl from Trigun, et. al), Angora Deb (Aika, Clancy

Ain’t It Cool News has published a spoiler free but very adult-oriented review of Takeshi Kitano’s latest film, Brother, Kitano’s first movie directed in America. “Beat” Takeshi is

Question: Where does the term “anime” come from? Is it derived from the French word for cartoons, which is also “anime,” or is it a shortened form of

Toynami displayed and previewed a number of toys from their Robotech license at the San Diego Comic Con including prototypes of the poseable batteloid figures, the “third generation”

AD Vision has revealed that the first four episode DVD volume of the 26 episode, child-friendly Power Stone TV series, based on the Capcom fighting game franchise, will

Contrary to earlier reports that the Kids’ WB had the license to only the first two seasons of DBZ and that they would be broadcasting the first five

Akadot has published an interview with Madhouse Studios animator Hisashi Abe discussing his evolving career. Abe has served as a designer on shows including Petshop of Horrors and

Ain’t It Cool News has posted a positive and relatively spoiler-free review of Hayao Miyazaki’s Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi. Source: Anime News Service

The Gaming Intelligence Agency has posted five short QuickTime video clips from the upcoming Playstation 2 Xenosaga prequel to Xenogears. The clips focus on the individual characters and

Question: There are so many shows where the main character’s mother died while they were an infant/young child. Is there a reason for this?

Question: What exactly are OAVs, and how are they different from anime we see on T.V.?

Anime on DVD has posted a detailed list of the supplemental material expected to grace the upcoming Utena movie DVD, as well as an early cover image for