The Mainichi Newspaper reports that as of July 28, two million viewers have watched the Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance motion picture in the 120 Japanese theaters
The Sankei Sports Newspaper reports that Kenji Yokoi (Watch Me) will direct actor/musician Shinji Takeda (Gohatto) in a live action feature film adaptation of Hiroshi Mutou’s action drama
TV Asahi has announced a live action TV drama adaptation of the ongoing 2007 drama manga My Girl, by Voice of a Distant Star manga artist “Sahara Mizu.”
Japanese PC game digital distributor BGameBox has posted a notification that in accordance with requests from Japanese computer game ratings committees, the categories “ryojoku” (rape) and “choukyo” (sexual
Having watched the first five episodes of Fight Ippatsu! Jyuden-chan, I understand that it’s a lighthearted comedy, but I can’t escape the feeling that there are ironic and,
Media Factory will be releasing a “Queen’s Blade: Gyokuza no Tsugumono Episode 0” promotional DVD at next month’s Comic Market 76 convention. A trailer advertising the 1,000 yen
The official homepage for this December’s One Piece Film: Strong World has released its second teaser trailer. A full length trailer will go online August 8th. The movie
Goro Miyazaki, director of Studio Ghibli’s 2006 blockbuster hit anime film Ged Senki and son of internationally renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki, has directed his second anime work with
Japan’s Geneon Entertainment has launched a teaser site announcing a Fate/stay night motion picture. It’s not clear if the “Gekijouban Fate/stay night” will be anime or live action.
Fuji TV has announced development of a new Sazae-san live action TV special based on Machiko Hasegawa’s classic newspaper comic strip serialized from 1946 until 1974. In this
The Japanese Media Development Research Institute’s Animation Market Analysis Project reports that the market for animation in Japan declined for the second year in a row. Total revenue
The Examiner hosts a lighthearted article about the serious subject of Hollywood selecting Caucasian actors to play Asian characters. It’s exactly the sort of article that anime fans
The trailer for director Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, has turned up on the film’s official site, and it is indeed fantastic. The stop-motion animated
