Question: Akiyuki Shinbo is an anime director with a fair sized body of work. Do you think he qualifies as an auteur – someone with his own recognizable
The homepage for the upcoming Aki Sora ~Yume no Naka~ OVA series has added a 35 second streaming trailer. The first episode of the 2 episode series will
The cover of the August issue of Shounen Sirius Magazine reveals the development of a Kaibutsu Oujo ~ Princess Resurrection OAD. Madhouse adapted Yasunori Mitsunaga’s Kaibutsu Oujo manga
The Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA), which received a 214.5 million yen ($2.27 million USD) grant from the Japanese government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs earlier this year, has
Domestic home video distributor Well Go USA will release director Mamoru Oshii’s Avalon spin-off live action movie Assault Girls on bilingual domestic DVD on October 19. The sci-fi
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit to you the opening of the current Arakawa Under the Bridge television series.
Independent anime production studio Primastea, which launched with the Isshoni Training: Training with Hinako OVA and its sequel Isshoni Sleeping: Sleeping with Hinako, will release its third anime
The Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Official Visual Book scheduled for Japanese release on July 24 will include a bonus DVD containing series episode 13′ (presumably pronounced “13 dash”).
Japanese online content distributor Bitway has made a made a $750,000 USD strategic investment in San Francisco based video streaming site Crunchyroll. This is the third major cash
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit to you the Mousou Dairinin (Paranoia Agent) opening from 2004. Susumu Hirasawa performs
Question: Are there any anime characters with ridiculously overlarge guns? There have been characters like Cloud, Gatts, and Sagara Sanosuke who wield swords that are bigger than they
The official homepage for the current Kuruneko television series has announced that “Kuruneko Season 2” will premiere on July 3. The series of five-minute shorts adapt Kuruneko-Yamato’s wildly
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit to you the opening of the 1984 Tongari Boushi no Memoru TV series
Japan’s Oricon entertainment news service reports that and anime adaptation of Ko Amami and Aki Kuruwa’s fantasy romance boys-love manga series Gakuen Hakkenden is in development. The production
Broadcaster Nagoya TV has formally announced the development of a third Battle Spirits television series. The card-battle anime premiered in 2008 with the 50 episode Battle Spirits: Shounen
