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Manga creator and illustrator Moribi Murano passed away due to heart failure in a Tokyo hospital on Monday, March 7, at 10:00 p.m. He was 69, and is

To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the atmospheric opening of the 1998 Midnight Detective Nightwalker television series. The opening

Question: Apparently, some controversy has surfaced regarding the Madoka Magica series and that it’s possible that the series could be canceled. Apparently, some watchdog groups are petitioning for

The homepage for next month’s Sket Dance anime television series has added its first “SD Character Flash Anime” short, this one introducing Bosun. The anime short is accessible

Japanese consumers that purchase all three upcoming Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei Blu-ray boxed sets will be qualified to receive an exclusive mail-away Zetsubo Sensei OVA episode. Ironically, after purchasing

Bandai has formally blocked American viewers from watching the freshly released trailer for the upcoming Appleseed XIII OVA series, but that hasn’t stopped Canadian movie blog Twitch from

Tokyopop CEO Stu Levy has confirmed that the publisher laid off several staff members (possibly five) last week. Levy explained, “Borders — our biggest customer — went bankrupt,

I’m glad that NIS America is offering a free replacement box for “Our Home’s Fox Deity” volume 2. I noticed the problem last week, before the replacement was

The Hellsing OVA series seems to be turning into this generation’s Giant Robo, except while I remember a lot of constant anticipation and demand for further episodes of

To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the first opening of the 1995 Virtua Fighter television series. The opening theme

Question: Your last question and answer about the death of magical girls series in the West bears another look. Do you think “Puella Magi Madoka Magica” has the

The official website for the Appleseed XIII anime series has announced its multi-platform debut. Appleseed XIII ~Yuigon~, the first of two planned compilation movies that condense the whole

Next week’s issue of Big Comic Spirits Magazine will formally announce that anime studio ufotable (Kara no Kyoukai) will produce an anime adaptation of Junji Ito’s horror manga

Limited edition copies of the 11th collected volume of Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou’s manga series Deadman Wonderland will include an unaired bonus episode of the upcoming Deadman

New York City’s Carnegie Hall will screen the Hayao Miyazaki directed 2006 short anime films Yado-Sagashi (House Hunting) and Mizugumo Monmon (Mon Mon the Water Spider) in a