Keiko Tobe, creator of the acclaimed manga series With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child (Hikari to Tomo ni… ~Jiheisho-ji wo Kakaete~), passed away on Thursday at the
This year’s New York International Children’s Film Festival will host the U.S. theatrical premieres of Madhouse’s Summer Wars and Mai Mai Miracle (Mai Mai Shinko to Sennen no
Nintendo today announced that a new “main entry” game in the Pocket Monster franchise will debut later this year for the Nintendo DS. The game will be the
Question: What’s your opinion of anime/manga that have anti-war themes like Azumi/Barefoot Gen/Grave of Fireflies and what titles of the latest generation continue their tradition?
The March issue of Ciel magazine, which goes on sale in Japan this weekend, will reportedly announce the development of an anime TV series based on Shungiku Nakamura’s
Reportedly the first Japanese DVD volume of the current Nodame Cantabile: Finale anime television series will include the show’s first two broadcast episodes plus an unaired bonus episode.
Japanese music label Lantis has officially uploaded the full length music video for Minori Chihara’s new single “Yasashii Bokyaku” (“Kind Forgetfulness”) to YouTube. The song is the theme
An unconfirmed Japanese promotional image that’s just surfaced states that the Strike Witches 2 television series will premiere this summer. Source: Moon Phase
The Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan has announced that box office revenue for domestically produced Japanese films hit an all-time high in 2009. More interesting to manga
The Kyoto High-Tech Crime Task Force yesterday arrested a Japanese man suspected of uploading anime episodes, including episodes of the current Fullmetal Alchemist television series, to the internet
Hong Kong-based animation studio Imagi Animation laid off approximately 100 of its 450 employees last month. Now the company has announced the closure of its Los Angeles office
The Disney owned film production & distribution company Miramax Films officially ceased operations today. The producer/distributor’s New York and Los Angeles offices close today, leaving 80 former staffer
After talking to our new USPS rep about (what else) mail issues today, we made some changes to our mailing layout that should greatly reduce transit times. These
Capcom yesterday announced that Japanese copies of the Xbox 360 game Super Street Fighter IV will include a bonus OVA animated by Gonzo and directed by Fuminori Kizaki
Capcom has revealed its production of a live action Dead Rising movie based on its action/horror game franchise about surviving a zombie outbreak. Dead Rising game producer Keiji
