Reportedly the September issue of Megami Magazine reveals the development of “Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 1st,” a feature film based on the cult hit Magical Girl
A second season of the Junjo Romantica anime television series has been scheduled to premier in October. The first season concluded its Japanese television broadcast last month. Source:
Japanese television network NTV has announced that the “Death Note Rewrite 2: L wo Tsugu Mono” (Death Note: Rewrite 2: L’s Successors) TV special will air on August
The official Japanese homepage for the Queen’s Blade anime television series has opened. The Nagoya TV network has launched its official website for the upcoming Battle Spirits ~
TOKYOPOP has formally announced a partnership with Japanese manga publisher Gentosha Comics. TOKYOPOP will provide worldwide (excluding Asia, France, and Italy) sublicensing agency services for Gentosha properties. And
Young Magazine has announced that Korean director Tae-Gyun Kim (Volcano High School) will direct a live action feature adaptation of Koji Matsumoto’s Higanjima supernatural horror manga. Tetsuya Oishi,
Reportedly Sakichi Sato will write, direct, and star in a feature film adaptation of female manga creator “George Asakura’s” romantic crime comedy manga series “Heibon Punch.” The film
ICv2 reports that Radical Pictures & Bad Hat Harry Productions have signed an agreement to develop a feature film adaptation of Edmund Shearn’s upcoming 5 issue comic book
The Spike television network has officially announced that Afro Samurai: Resurrection will premier on the network in January 2009. Samuel L. Jackson reprises his starring role as “Afro”
At the current San Diego Comic Con, Del Rey has announced its acquisition of translation rights to: Negima!? Neo manga, by Ken Akamatsu & Takuya Fujima Orange Planet
At the current San Diego Comic Con, Bandai Entertainment announced its acquisition of translation rights to Yoshimizu Kagami’s Lucky Star manga series, the basis for the popular anime
It’s not science fiction. UK newspaper The Times reports that 62,000 communities throughout Japan are in danger of becoming extinct because their populations are mostly or entirely elderly
Media Blasters has apparently revealed its acquisition of the 4 episode Dai Mahou Touge OVA series from 2006, director Mizushima Tsutomu’s violent magical girl parody follow-up to his
Japanese publisher Gentosha has announced that Himaruya Hidekazu’s bishonen comedy manga series Hetalia Axis Powers will be adapted into an anime television series. Source: Moon Phase Diary
