Shinei Animation, the studio best known for animating Doraemon and Crayon Shin-chan, has launched its Shinei Puchi Ani Gekijo (Shinei Petit Anime Theater) series online with two original
Kodansha International has announced its development of an original English language manga adaptation of Yamamoto Tsunetomo’s (1659-1719) written reflections on his life as a samurai and the philosophical
Final Destination franchise creator and Dragonball: Evolution director James Wong has signed on to write and direct a remake of Yasuo Inoue’s 2005 film Neighbour No. Thirteen (Rinjin
Takashi Kubota will direct a live action feature film adaptation of Hiroshi Tanaka’s best selling “bosozoku” manga series Bad Boys. The original manga, serialized from 1988 to 1996,
Beijing-based studio Vasoon Animation has released promotional reels for three films in production: Deity Hunters, Ksitigarbha, and Legend 333. The Legend 333 children’s adventure film is tentatively scheduled
Japanese publisher Frontier Works has announced the development of a live action film loosely inspired by Hyouta Fujiyama’s yaoi manga series Junjou. Digital Manga Publishing distributes the manga
Anime Central will host the world premiere of X Japan founder Yoshiki’s documentary film “YOSHIKI history through X JAPAN” on Saturday, May 15. Yoshiki will personally introduce the
Although Media Blasters has previously coordinated free streams of anime episodes through other sites, the distributor has revamped its website to offer free streaming anime directly. Media Blasters
Taking the Gundam anime franchise in a completely new direction, Bandai has announced the development of a three episode mini-series titled “Mokei Senshi Gunpla Builders Beginning G,” that
Reportedly three of the four Japanese DVD/BD volumes of the current Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei (known in America as “The Tatami Galaxy”) television series will include unaired mini-episodes. The
Following an unspecified number of staff layoffs in February 2009, Viz Media has again laid off a number of employees. Publishers Weekly reports that Viz Media laid off
The homepage for the Sora no Woto television series is now streaming a 2:12 trailer for the home video exclusive episode 7.5 that will be included on the
The Fuji-Q HighLand amusement park located near the foot of Mt. Fuji has announced plans to develop an “Evangelion: World – Life-Size EVA-01 Construction Project” attraction that will
