According to Fanboy Entertainment, Pioneer has licensed the 13 episode Niea_7 TV series for American distribution. Anime on DVD reports unconfirmed rumors that Media Blasters has licensed the
The Japanese version of Premiere Magazine has published its list of the 100 most powerful figures in the Japanese film industry. The top 10 names are: 1. Shigeru
Bandai has announced that they will discontinue the home video release of the edited version of Escaflowne after volume 4. Volumes 1-4 will stay on the market, but
IGN.PS2 has published the first revealed screenshots of Sega’s Virtua Fighter 4, to be released on the Naomi 2 arcade board and the Playstation 2. No new characters
Third party developer Sun Electronics will release the first Playstation 2 broadband internet adaptor on March 29th, for a retail price of 10,000 yen. Sony has announced that
According to Variety Magazine, Miramax is in negotiations to license the American distribution rights to Tsui Hark’s Legend of Zu (Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain 2). Director
The Cartoon Network has announced plans for Toonami in 2001 that include 5 new anime series, at least one new non-anime, and a soundtrack CD. Outlaw Star will
This spring Toycom will be releasing a very nice looking series of Rurouni Kenshin action figures to retail outlets including Toys ‘R’ Us. The prototype figures on display
A feature length One Piece movie will premier in Japanese theaters on March 3rd. The pirate adventure TV series One Piece, based on a best-selling manga, is currently
Japan’s Nippon Television Network Corp. has indefinitely postponed the television broadcast of the Hollywood Godzilla movie in the wake of the recent accident involving the USS Greeneville submarine
Korean site Ruliweb.com has posted 2 MPEG format Japanese television commercials for the eagerly anticipated Sakura Wars 3, due out for the Dreamcast on March 22nd. The commercials
Sony has announced that the company intends to ship 20 million Playstation 2 units in the company’s next fiscal year, which begins in April. That’s more than double
Following on the heels of his incindiary comments regarding Squaresoft and Microsoft’s Xbox, Nintendo company president Hiroshi Yamauchi has expressed more harsh criticism in an interview with Japanese
Digital Mayhem, a division of Interplay, has announced that they have signed a roster of sci-fi movie luminaries to provide voices for their Playstation 2 sci-fi action game