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Sony will be shipping a new model of PlayStation 2 in Japan this summer, with the model number updated from SCPH-10000 to SCPH-15000, it is rumored that the

Mecha fans should be interested in seeing that Palisades Marketing will be shipping its line of Front Mission 3 action figures, based on the Square game, the first

Japanese Electronics firm Hitachi Ltd. announced on Thursday, it plans to roll out the world’s first DVD-RAM video recorders and camcorders to the Japanese market on August 25th.

San Jose, California-based public television station KTEH will broadcast Ranma 1/2: Nihao, My Concubine (The second movie) June 25th, at 9:30 P.M.

Anime Fan has translated the Newtype Magazine article about the upcoming Ah! My Goddess movie, planned for release this fall at “Shouchiku” in Japan. The film will take

A post on Anime News Network’s forum points out that a Japanese site has posted a 10 minute clip of the Escaflowne movie. The clip is under four

Information about the upcoming Gundam Wing action figures has been unveiled. Interestingly, the assortment of action figures include the Endless Waltz Gundams (Gundam Wing Zero Custom, Deathscythe Hell

FUNimation has launched its new Dragon Ball Z site. Though there is an html version, the site is very Flash intensive. A large amount of information has been

Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, Street Fighter III: Double Impact (Street Fighter 3 & Street Fighter 3: Second Impact on one disc), and the mech fighting game Tech Romancer

Nintendo of Japan has announced plans to form a new developing subsidiary composed mainly of former Squaresoft programmers. This new team, called Browny Brown, will begin operations on

The new, slimmer Playstation will go on sale in Japan on July 7th with a retail cost of 15,000 yen and the official name PS One. The PS

Question: What’s the difference between anime and Japanese culture? Are they very similar, or are there significant diferences?

Cartoon Network will begin airing the four part OAV CGI anime series Blue Submarine No. 6 on Saturday mornings starting July 8 at 11 a.m. The series is

The Miyazaki Discussion Group recently received a comment from Tokuma International concerning the Anchor Bay DVD release of Hayao Miyazaki’s classic Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind. According

There is a rumor that key members SNK’s King of Fighters development team have left the company to form a game studio of their own. The rumor has