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Question: Is Cowboy Bebop still relevant? And are there any modern day classics of its caliber?

Viz Media has announced that the Cartoon Network’s Toonami Jetstream website will begin offering free, streaming episodes of the Eyeshield 21 anime series beginning December 17th.

Gonzo Digimation Holdings International president Arthur Smith has released an open letter to the English speaking anime fan community as a contribution to the recent and ongoing community

Japanese publisher Shodensha has announced the development of an anime television series adaptation of Yoshiki Tanaka’s supernatural detective mystery Yakushiji Ryoko no Kaiki Jikenbo (The Strange Case Files

Publishing company EeAGOSTINI Japan has announced plans to release the entire 205 episode Science Ninja Team Gatchaman television series in a magazine with DVD format. The first issue

Question: Why do guys love tsunderes? For example, you have Shana. She’s always like, “Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!” and people love it. I’m not getting it.

Japanese anime specialty store chain Animate has revealed that Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi’s Iron Linebarrels (Kurogane no Linebarrels) “real battle action robot” manga series will be adapted

Bessatsu Margaret Magazine has announced that British author Alex Shearer’s novel Bootleg will be adapted into an anime and manga under the Japanese title “Chocolate Underground.” The manga

Toho has announced plans for a theatrical adaptation of Takuya Mitsuda’s baseball manga series Major. The anime film will be released in 2009. Major has already had three

Japanese anime news site New Akiba now hosts a Japanese language petition designed to allow viewers to express their unhappiness over alterations made to characterizations and stories in

Question: Why isn’t Masakazu Katsura more popular in the U.S.? While there’s clearly a stateside market for romantic comedies, it’s clear that his anime and manga haven’t hit

Anime on DVD has published a review of the Haré+Guu DVD Collection.

Japan’s Newtype Magazine now hosts a streaming trailer for the upcoming Hidamari Sketch x 365 anime television series. Source: Anime News Network

Korean media company Key East has reached an agreement with Japanese entertainment company Total Promotion to develop an anime adaptation of the internationally successful 2002 Korean romance TV

The official homepage for the upcoming Soul Eater anime television series is now online. Source: Moon Phase