Legendary screenwriter Dan O’Bannon, whose screenplays include Alien, Dark Star, Return of the Living Dead, Total Recall, Blue Thunder, and Life Force, passed away on Thursday, December 17
Koei has clarified details about the Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3: Owari Naki Unmei (Within the Expanse of a Distant Time 3: Endless Destiny) anime TV production
Reportedly next week’s new issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine will formally announce that the fourth Bleach motion picture will premiere next winter. Source: Anime News Network
Shizuka Ito’s 2007 fantasy drama manga Fukusuke will be adapted as the Fuji TV network’s 2010 new year drama special. The live action special will air on the
Bloody Disgusting reports the uncited and unconfirmed news that Takashi Shimizu (Ju-On, Marebito) will produce a feature film adaptation of Satoshi Kon’s 2004 anime television series Paranoia Agent
Studio Ghibli has formally announced its development of an anime feature film adaptation of British novelist Mary Norton’s Carnegie Medal winning 1952 novel The Borrowers. The original novel
Kadokawa has officially added a TV commercial for the upcoming Omamori Himari TV series to YouTube. The “slightly risqué cat-ghost story” romantic action comedy will premiere on January
Toho has formally announced the development of a Metal Fight Beyblade feature film spin-off from the ongoing anime television series. The movie will premiere in Japan next summer.
Although this isn’t really any surprise, Japanese film studio Toho has confirmed that a seventh Naruto motion picture (Naruto Shippuden movie 4) will hit Japanese theaters next summer.
Anime News Network has published an exclusive interview with Kadokawa Pictures CEO Tsuguhiko Kadokawa on Mr. Kadokawa’s views of the evolving distribution of anime and the impact of
USA Today newspaper pop-culture journalist Whitney Matheson has published her list of favorite comics of 2009. Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s A Drifting Life, Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki’s Oishinbo, and
The following was provided by a friend presently living in Japan. Macross Frontier The Movie: The False Songstress wildly exceeded all expectations and established itself as the best
Crunchyroll has announced the launch of a new “drama service” offering thousands of episodes of live action television drama series from Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong. Episodes will
