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Twitch has published an early, negative review of the live action Blood: The Last Vampire motion picture.

Question: What females would make up your ultimate anime harem?

The Chicago Tribune newspaper reports that Mr. Christopher Handley, an Iowa manga and anime fan who was arrested and charged with posession of obscene material, in this case,

Japanese retailer Rakuten reports that the fifth collected volume of Ditama Bow’s risqué comedy manga Kiss x Sis will be available on November 20 in a limited edition

Either you get it, or there’s no point in explaining it.

Question: What were Central Park Media’s best anime titles and is there any other lincensor trying to get those titles?

Viz Media has issued an official statement confirming plans to end the publication of its monthly Shoujo Beat magazine. Yes, the final issue of Shojo Beat magazine will

Wholesale distributor Alini Magazine Services reports that Viz Media’s “Shoujo Beat is ceasing publication with the July 2009 issue–subscribers will receive Shonen Jump” to fill the remainder of

Publishers Weekly journalist Kai-Ming Cha reports that the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, will present Japanese artist Hayao Miyazaki with its Berkeley Japan

Viz Media’s English language publication of Naoki Inose’s book of historical analysis The Century of the Black Ships is now on sale. The new book offers meticulously researched

Sales figures reveal that the $99.99 official re-pricing of the Playstation 2 encouraged a 50% increase in consumer sales leading to the 9 year old PS2 system out-selling

Question: Why aren’t there more Gutsoon/Raijin license-rescues? Yes, the U.S. magazine bombed, but new companies are taking a chance on the Hokuto No Ken shows and 80’s movie,

hampion RED magazine has confirmed that an anime TV series adaptation of Hiroyuki Yoshino and Kenetsu Satou’s supernatural action manga series Seikon no Qwaser. The 2006 and ongoing

The official Japanese homepage for Production I.G’s upcoming biographical anime film Miyamoto Musashi: Souken ni Haseru Yume (Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai) is now streaming a

Twentieth Century Fox motion picture studio subsidiary Fox International is presently setting up a Japanese “production consortium” to supervise the production and marketing of a live action film