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
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
The “obi” advertising wrap found on the latest volume of the “Junai Cosmetic Comic: Bihada Ichizoku” (Pure Love Cosmetic Comic: Beautiful Skin Family) manga series announces that the
Viz Media yesterday revealed plans for English language releases of Inio Asano’s “Solanin,” and Kazunari Kakei’s “Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom” manga series. The Solanin comedy/drama about
The 2005 comedy manga series “Yasuko to Kenji” (Yasuko & Kenji), by artist “Aruko,” will reportedly debut as a live action television series on the NTV network in
SukuPara Club, a Japanese social network service for parents raising children, and printer manufacturing company Epson now sponsor a series of Flash animation shorts based on Kuma Shiroi’s
Kadokawa Group Holdings and YouTube have announced a plan to begin placing advertising around select video clips featuring Kadokawa owned footage uploaded to the Japanese version of YouTube.
Question: I have heard that production values change over the course of a series but I have never really noticed until now. For example, Macross Frontier is one
Japan’s Bandai Namco Holdings has announced plans to dissolve its American Bandai Visual USA subsidiary company by merging the company into American anime distribution company Bandai Entertainment. Bandai
At this past weekend’s Fanime Con convention held in San Jose, California, Bandai Entertainment formally announced its acquisition of distribution rights to the 2007 samurai action anime movie
