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Anime Innovation Tokyo, the sponsorship committee managed by the THINK Corporation and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, has announced the development of its first anime TV series. Anime Innovation

ICv2 has published a new, lengthy interview with Tokyopop CEO and CCO Stuart Levy on topics including Levy’s view of the current and future domestic manga/anime market and

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The homepage for the upcoming Densetsu no Yusha no Densetsu (Legend of the Legendary Hero) television series has added a streaming trailer. The anime is based on Takaya

The homepage for the upcoming Sarai-ya Goyou anime television series has added a new streaming trailer. The adaptation of Natsume Ono’s samurai era drama manga will premiere on

An official website has launched for creator/director Junichi Sato’s original iyashikei (“calming”) anime OVA Tamayura, providing a first look at the anime’s characters and art design. Sato’s previous

Production I.G will be following up its Bungaku Shoujo (Literature Girl) anime feature film with a 3 episode OVA series. The feature film adaptation of Mizuki Nomura’s light

An official website has launched announcing the development of an anime adaptation of Hiromi Morishita’s award winning slice-of-life comedy manga series Osaka Hamlet. The lighthearted drama about the

Artist Masahiro Anbe has revealed, via an original illustration, that his comedy manga Shinryaku! Ika Musume (Invasion! Squid Girl) will be getting an anime adaptation. The currently ongoing

An official website has launched to announce the development of an anime feature film based on Takafumi Takada’s 2004 two-volume novel. Studio Pierrot (Naruto, Fushigi Yuugi) will animate

Toei has announced tentative plans to produce an anime adaptation of George Akiyama’s 1970-1971 manga series Ashura. The 3 volume manga series is a grim drama detailing a

Anime studio Satelight (Basquash, Aquarion, Fairy Tail) has announced that its planned Mini-skirt Space Pirates (Mini-skir Uchuu Kaizoku) anime TV series will now be titled “Mouretsu Space Pirates.”

Starchild Records has revealed word that the upcoming Mardock Scramble anime film will actually be three theatrical features animated by studio GoHands (Princess Lover) and directed by Susumu

Crunchyroll has announced that Japanese television network TV Tokyo has contributed $750,000 to acquire a minority stake of the video streaming company. TV Tokyo President and Co-CEO Masayuki