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To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the opening of the 1983 Cat’s Eye TV series. The opening theme is

Question: Casual browsing indicates that Wikipedia seems to be on the way to becoming an alternative reference/information source for anime and manga in its own right, as compared

Art-house family film distributor GKIDS has acquired the theatrical and non-home video distribution rights to 13 Studio Ghibli films produced from 1984 to 2002. Walt Disney Pictures retains

The homepage for Production I.G’s upcoming Noitamina series Guilty Crown has added a selection of streaming trailers. The sci-fi action series will premiere on October 13. Wow. Can’t

The homepage for this fall’s C³ ~Cube x Cursed x Curious~ television series has added a second, longer trailer that provides a better sense of the show’s content

Newtype Magazine has announced that the second year of the current Digimon Xros Wars television series will be an all-star sequel titled “Digimon Xros Wars: Toki o Kakeru

The homepage for 21-year-old independent animator Soubi Yamamoto’s sci-fi short film Kono Danshi, Uchuujin to Tatakaemasu (This Boy, Aliens & Fighting) has added a streaming trailer. Comix Wave

Independent animator Keita Kurosaka has released a new, second trailer for his latest animated film, Midori-ko. Kurosaka spent ten years drawing the 55 minute film. The movie has

The 45 minute long “Episode 0” of BONES’ upcoming mystery anime series Un-Go will premiere exclusively in 12 Japanese movie theaters for a two-week engagement beginning November 19.

Twitch has published a rare English language review of Studio Ghibli’s current film “From Up On Poppy Hill” (Kokuriko-zaka Kara).

Publisher Kadokawa Shoten has canceled its planned publication of a ninth Dantalian no Shoka light novel next January, “due to various circumstances.” Series author Gakuto Mikumo has explained

Reportedly creator Haruki’s popular 2005 erotic manga Kisei Jui Suzune (Parasite Doctor Suzune) will be adapted into a live-action film. Rei Yoshii, who played Orihime Inoue in the

California based animation studio Cybergraphix has announced the development of an original supernatural adventure cartoon series titled “Moksha.” The production will be developed in collaboration with Automaton Productions

To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the first opening of the 1998 Chosoku Spinner TV series. The opening theme

Question: Has there been a gradual trend toward anime with familial themes? I’ve been seeing many shows lately that prominently feature parents/guardians or highlight the struggle to define