The Japanese Moon Phase message board claims that Kadokawa Shoten’s Comp H’s magazine has reported tentative plans for an anime adaptation of Ramen Angel Pretty Menma, a fictional
The winners of the 53rd Shogakukan Manga Awards have been announced. The annual Shogakukan Manga Awards, sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing, is Japan’s longest running and one of its
Japan’s Association of Copyright for Computer Software (ACCS) has announced that the Kyoto Prefectural Police’s High-Tech Crime Task Force and officers from five police stations arrested three men
Question: Call me crazy, but I think another company, one of the big ones, will follow Geneon into oblivion either this year or next, and that could possibly
Biglobe now hosts a streaming trailer for the home video exclusive 13th episode of the Moetan anime television series. Please note that the trailer contains brief, non-graphic nudity.
Japan Focus now hosts an English translated interview with Barefoot Gen creator Keiji Nakazawa in which the artist discusses his childhood experience of the Hiroshima atomic bombing and
Reportedly AD Vision has placed the continuing release of more than a dozen of its current titles on hiatus in the UK while the company reorganizes to a
Director Makoto Shinkai’s 2007 feature film “5 Centimeters per Second: A Chain of Short Stories About Their Distance” was awarded the grand prize at the recent Future Film
Question: Why don’t domestic anime distributors keep the Region 2 DVD covers? Using the artwork of the Japanese releases, translating the title/logo where necessary, would result in a
Viz Media has announced plans to offer a number of anime titles to potential American television broadcast licensors at this month’s National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE)
Chinese forum QxWar now hosts a selection of stills and behind the scenes photos from the currently in production American feature film adaptation of Production IG’s Blood: The
Question: Is there reason to hope that the Dragonball movie would be a quality movie (obviously an incredibly subjective question)? I’d assume the special effects are there, but
ICv2 now hosts an extended, revealing interview with FUNimation founder and CEO Gen Fukunaga in which Mr. Fukunaga discusses the state of the anime industry in America and
The official ToLove-Ru (pronounced as “Toraburu”) homepage now hosts a small resolution trailer for the upcoming ToLove-Ru anime television series. The trailer is also available in higher resolution
Japanese home entertainment distribution company King Records has announced that the 2007 Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Jou motion picture will be released on Japanese DVD in April. The film
