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TOKYOPOP has formally announced an immediate company reorganization that splits TOKYOPOP into two separate companies and eliminates 39 positions.

Bandai Visual USA now hosts the first episode of the Galaxy Angel Rune television series for free online viewing. The episode is accessible only to North American viewers

The official website for the upcoming Mahou Sensei Negima Ala Alba OAD (Original Anime DVD) series now hosts a streaming trailer. The first episode is scheduled for release

Warner Home Video will release its first domestic DVD volume of the Japanese Bakugan Battle Brawlers anime television series on August 26th. The American “Bakugan” DVD will contain

Universal Pictures has revealed that Vertigo Entertainment (not “Vertigo Films,” which is an unrelated film production company) is developing an American live action film adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba

A four minute long promotional trailer for the upcoming first 20th Century Boys feature film, based on Naoki Urasawa’s acclaimed manga serial, is now available on Brightcove and

Question: I can’t help but notice that nearly for every anime or manga series that have Shinigami, there is a different kind of Shinigami. Full Moon wo Sagashite,

At this past weekend’s A-Kon convention, Bandai Entertainment announced its acquisition of distribution rights to the 88 minute long Tamagotchi anime feature film from December 2007, “Eiga de

The official Japanese homepage for the My Hime/My Otome franchise has formally revealed development of a new project to star a schoolgirl character named “Mao.” No details, including

Comic publisher Drawn & Quarterly has revealed plans to publish an English language translation of influential manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s 800+ page manga autobiography “A Drifting Life.” Tatsumi,

The Sponichi Annex newspaper reports that director Hitoshi Iwamoto, director behind popular Japanese TV dramas including Nobuta wo Produce and Queen’s Classroom, is now helming a live action

Variety Magazine has reported that Tartan Films USA has closed and all of the company’s American assets, including its physical property and its catalog of 101 films, are

Question: ShoPro and Viz merged back in 2005, but does that mean that Viz has actually licensed the shows that ShoPro has? There are a small number of

Famitsu Magazine’s website now hosts a streaming Flash trailer for the upcoming World Destruction fantasy adventure anime television series from Sega and animation studio Production IG. The series

The June issue of Newtype Magazine (page 60) reveals that Madhouse is now developing its long delayed anime adaptation of Hiromoto Sin-Ichi & Yasushi Nirasawa’s 2003 comedy/horror/adventure manga