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After two years of development, the Montreal, Canada-based Akira Project has released its three-minute live-action fan-film trailer based on Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 anime film Akira, based on his

The Disney XD network has plans to begin broadcasting an English dub of 26 select episodes of the iconic Doraemon television anime (presumably the current series that premiered

Ayumi Ishii’s historical manga Nobunaga Concerto will be adaptated into an anime TV series, a live-action TV series, and a subsequent live-action feature film. The award-winning manga premiered

Shogakukan has announced that multiple forthcoming volumes of Hiroshi Fukuda’s historical shounen action/horror manga Joju Senjin!! Mushibugyo will include bonus OVAs, beginning with the 15th collected volume scheduled

Shogakukan has announced that an unspecified forthcoming volume of Michiteru Kusaba’s soccer manga Fantasista Stella will include a bonus OAD. The ongoing Fantasista Stella series premiered in 2012

Shogakukan has announced that an unspecified forthcoming volume of Haro Aso’s “survival suspense” manga Alice in Borderland (Imawa no Kuni no Alice) will include an exclusive OAD. The

Shogakukan has announced that an unspecified forthcoming volume of Wakoh Honna’s romantic comedy manga series Nozo x Kimi, a spin-off from the earlier Nozoki Ana manga, will include

Shueisha has announced that the 11th compiled volume of Io Sakisaka’s romance manga Ao Haru Ride will be released in a limited edition that includes a bonus OAD.

Publisher enterbrain! has announced word that Go Ohinata’s cuisine manga Medamayaki no Kimi Itsu Tsubusu? (When Do You Break the Yolk of an Egg Fried Sunny-Side Up?) will

NISA has announced its license-rescue of the 1998 Cardcaptor Sakura television series. The series will be released on August 5 as a nine-disc bilingual Blu-ray set retailing at

Discotek has revealed its acquisition of the 2008 Chi’s Sweet Home and 2009 Chi’s New Address anime television series. Both series are based on Kanata Konami’s manga about

Sentai Filmworks has announced its acquisition of home video distribution rights to the current sword & sorcery television series Blade & Soul. Gonzo’s adaptation of the South Korean

Distributor Pony Canyon has announced that author Hideaki Koyasu’s light novel series Lance N’ Masques will get an anime adaptation. Yuruyuri TV series script writer Koyasu premiered his

ufotable has scheduled a TV series adaptation of its fictional blog “Ohenro.” The Ohenro ~Hachi Hachi Aruki~ (Ohenro ~Eighty-Eight Steps Chronicle~) anime TV series will follow three high