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Question: What is the difference between the Ruroni Kenshin TV series and the OVA series? Which one comes first?

The Ah! My Goddess (Ah! Megami-sama) movie has concluded its scheduled one month window in Japanese movie theaters with the distinguished classification of “most popular current film”, according

Yu-Gi-Oh! Dual Monster collectable card game sales have now reached over 3 billion units, making Yu-Gi-Oh the most successful “post-Pokemon” monster collecting franchise in Japan. Some of the

Hiroaki Samura, the artist best known for his Blade of the Immortal manga serial, has begun a new manga story titled Ohikioshi (“moving”). Ohikioshi is a five part

According to Fanboy Entertainment, the current issue of Shonen A manga magazine has reported that CLAMP’s current cyber-shoujo manga series Angelic Layer will be animated some time next

Contrary to the previously posted erroneous report, the upcoming Street Fighter 2 V DVDs will contain the entire 29 episode series on 4 individual DVDs. According to new

About.com has posted information gleaned from the Nan Desu Kon 2000 convention, including the “official” word from Hiroki Hayashi and Kazuya Tanaka from AIC that there are no

A post on the AnimEigo DVD Mailing List has suggested that the first five Urusei Yatsura TV series DVDs, previously only available as a limited edition, pre-order only

NewType Magazine has posted its December online issue with information about the Cowboy Bebop movie, Gichi Otsuka’s comments on For the Barrel, and art information from American comic

Figures.com has named Shogun Warriors number seven in their daily countdown of the top 20 toys of all time. Shogun Warriors left its mark in the late seventies,

Sideshow Toy has announced that it will be US distributor of Epoch Toy’s Samurai Showdown action figures. The line features 4 six inch action figures from the Samurai

Capcom’s upcoming sequel to Capcom vs SNK will be the last intercompany game under the current contract between the two companies. The original contract specified that each company

Question: What do you think of people who call anime “Japanimation?”

According to the Japanese newspaper Gifu Shimbun, Aoki Yoshinori (age 33) and his wife Wakako (age 29), Tokyo video retailers, were arrested on November 22nd for selling illegal

A life sized sculpture of San from Princess Mononoke has been constructed completely out of Lego building blocks by amateur artist Eric Harshbarger. The project has its own