In June, Crunchyroll received a $750,000 strategic investment from Japanese cell phone manga distributor Bitway, leading to speculation that the site had plans to begin offering digital manga.
Dragon Odawara’s comedy manga Cherry Nights will be adapted into a live-action television series premiering on October 10. Comedians Ayumu Kato and Yu Sawabe will play a pair
Freshly released screenshots of the upcoming independently produced Iron Vendetta (Koutetsu no Vendetta) Episode 0 look quite impressive, and appear to have come a long way from last
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the opening of the Kingyou Chuiho TV series from 1991. The theme song
Question: Why is fanservice getting blamed for the downfall of anime. All I hear these day is how ecchi fanservice/harem show is killing the industry, why is that.
The homepage for studio BONES’ latest work, Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto, has added a streaming trailer. The “school robot action” anime series will premiere next month. Can’t
Kadokawa has released a two minute trailer for next month’s Sora no Otoshimono Forte television series sequel to last year’s first series. The second season of the adaptation
Anime production studio Group TAC (Night on the Galactic Railroad, Touch, Miami Guns) filed for bankruptcy on August 31. The company claimed about 650 million yen ($7.7 million
Independent animator Atsuya Aki has publicly announced his development of Cencoroll 2, a sequel to his highly regarded 2009 fantasy action short film, which he wrote, designed, animated,
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the opening of last year’s Seitokai no Ichizon TV series from 2006. The
Question: An issue arose over the comparison in character design between the manga One Piece and Bleach and their anime counterparts. Basically, some of the female characters have
Funimation has announced its acquisition of distribution rights to the 2006 Disgaea anime television series formerly distributed domestically by Geneon. The 12 episode series will be re-released on
Japanese multimedia developer CIRCUS has released the second trailer for the upcoming T.P. Sakura ~Time Paladin Sakura~ Jiku Boeisen game & anime spin-off from the D.C. ~Da Capo~
