In March 2007, singer Noriyuki Makihara filed a lawsuit against manga creator Leiji Matsumoto after Matsumoto publicly accused him of plagiarism. Volume 21 of Matsumoto’s Galaxy Express 999
The Los Angeles Times reports that Palm Harbor, Florida, based Distribution Video Audio Inc. has delivered its final shipment of retail movies on VHS, signifying the end of
The official website for director Shinpei Hayashiya’s low budget giant monster movie Deep Sea Monster Raiga (Shinkaiju Raiga) now includes a minute long trailer. The movie is scheduled
Crunchyroll has announced plans to begin digital distribution of illustrator Naoto Iwakiri’s 28 minute long anime short Kaede Newtown and director Kengo Takeuchi’s 34 minute long full CG
Without making much effort to actually tell anyone, earlier this month St. Louis, Missouri based Anime Midstream announced its establishment with its first anime series license, the 51
FUNimation has formally announced its acquisition of distribution rights for the Oh! Edo Rocket, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, and Slayers Revolution anime television series.
The February 2009 issue of Ciao magazine has announced that Tomoko Nishimura’s shoujo comedy manga series Gokujo!! Mecha Mote Iincho (The Best!! Extremely Cool Student Council President) will
Shinshokan Publishing has formally announced the development of an OVA adaptation of Kaori Monchi’s “campus school romance” boy-love manga Seitokaicho ni Chukoku (Hey! Class President). The original manga
Japanese publisher Kasugade reports that a new Sangokushi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) anime television series will air next spring. Moon Phase reports that the new production will
An official website has launched to announce the development of a 13 episode OVA series adaptation of Rieko Yoshihara’s 1986-1987 sci-fi yaoi novel series Ai no Kusabi. AIC,
The “MOVIE” section of the official RideBack homepage how offers the series’ 2:40 Tokyo Anime Fair 2008 trailer. The series will debut on January 11. Japanese publisher Media
The official homepage of the 2008 Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka television series has confirmed that an OVA episode will be released on June 26, 2009, following the conclusion
The official webpages for the upcoming two episode Sex Pistols OVA series, K-on television series, and Taisho Yakyuu Musume television series have pre-opened. Source: Moon Phase
ICv2 reports that the number of manga volumes expected to hit American store shelves in 2009 will be nearly 10% lower than the number of manga volumes released
