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Actor/director Stephen Chow has announced plans for a second CJ7 movie, this one to be animated. Chow, along with the cast of the live action original movie, will

Question: John, have you ever seen “Meimon! Daisan Yakyubu”? It’s a late 80’s baseball show. If you have seen it, what did you think of it? Touch is

I don’t have a clear recollection of where I first heard mention of the OVA Down Load, but I know that it was some time in 1992, as

Vocalist Nana Mizuki’s seventh and latest album, Ultimate Diamond, sold 74,000 copies during its first week of release last week, making it the first pop album by a

Japanese hobby/collectible chain retailer Yellow Submarine has revealed the development of an anime TV series adaptation of Natsumi Matsumoto’s shoujo manga Yumeiro Patissiere (Dream-Colored Pastry Chef). The manga,

Last week, Canadian animation studio & distributor Nelvana Enterprises announced plans to begin North American television broadcast of the current Japanese Metal Fight Beyblade television series in the

Anime News Network has conducted an exclusive interview with FUNimation CEO Gen Fukunaga regarding the “leaks” of numerous anime episodes from FUNimation’s streaming service. Fukunaga admits, “We know

ICv2 now hosts an exclusive interview with Tokyopop’s Chief Operating Officer John Parker. Parker states that current Tokyopop sales are meeting expectations, and the bleak outlook of the

Japanese publisher Wani Magazine has confirmed that manga artist SABE passed away on January 28 at age 41. The death was not reported publicly until nearly six-months later

Question: Almost a year ago it was announced that a third anime series for Black Lagoon was greenlit for production, but since then there has been no new

Documentary film makers Bharath Murthy & Alka Singh are now at work on “The Fragile Heart of Moé,” a documentary film about Japanese doujinshi and manga creators. Murthy

The official homepage for the upcoming Sea Story (Umi Monogatari ~Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto~) television series has added promotional video 2. The series is scheduled to premiere

The official homepage for the Akikan! television series has added a streaming trailer for its inevitable “hot springs” OVA. The 25 minute long “Akikan!/Can Ippatsu!!? Onsen Panic” episode

Frank Marshall, one of the producers for the North American release of Ponyo, has announced that the film, “will be opening on 800 screens in August, by far

Aniplex has announced plans to premiere the English subtitled version of “Gurren Lagann the Movie –Childhood’s End-,” the first of two planned Gurren Lagann movies, at next month’s