GfK Marketing Services Japan reports that more than 50% of the money Japanese consumers spent to purchase Blu-ray discs during the first half of 2009 went to anime
Phoenix Pictures (License to Wed, Pathfinder) has signed on to produce an original horror film co-created by Ju-on producer Taka Ichise and creator/director Takashi Shimizu. Ichise & Shimizu
Dreamworks Pictures has hired Oscar-winner Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost) to write the script for its remake of the 2003 Japanese fantasy drama film Yomigaeri (Resurrection). The heartwarming film
It’s not anime, but any American R-rated 2D sci-fi action animated film deserves some notice from anime fans. The official site for War of the Worlds: Goliath, a
The official homepage of the Tales of Symphonia: Teseara Chapter OVA series has added a streaming trailer. The series will premiere next spring. Source: Moon Phase
The official homepage for the Koihime Musou anime franchise has announced that the Shin Koihime Musou television series will premiere in October. Source: Moon Phase
About.com has published an exclusive interview with IKKI Magazine editor-in-chief Hideki Egami, conducted at the recent San Diego Comic Con. Source: Anime News Network
Harutoshi Fukui, author of the Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn novel series, has told the Mainichi Newspaper that the Gundam Unicorn anime currently in development will be slightly different
Film producer and manga authority Northrop Davis, who arranged 20th Century Fox’s acquisition of film rights to Yukito Kishiro’s GUNNM (“Battle Angel”) manga, has revealed that he’s currently
The official homepage for director Michael “Bully” Herbig’s German live action film Vicky the Viking has unleashed a full trailer. The film is an adaptation of Zuiyo Eizo’s
The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) has officially refused to grant a certificate (rating) to writer/director Koji Shiraishi’s recently released live action “torture porn” horror movie Grotesque,
FUNimation has announced the return of streaming One Piece episodes. All One Piece streaming in the U.S. was halted on May 29 when FUNimation inadvertently allowed episode 403
The broadcast schedule for the Syfy Network’s “Ani-Monday” programming block reveals that two episodes of “Monster” will air weekly beginning October 12. Viz Media announced its acquisition of
The homepage of the Locarno International Film Festival now hosts streaming video samples from First Squad, Redline, and Summer Wars. The film festival’s page for Madhouse & director
