Question: Do you know how Americans came to use the term “hentai” to refer to anime pornographic videos? Did the usage of the word “hentai” evolve among fans
Japanese portal site Goo now hosts the first released screenshots from the upcoming .hack//G.U. TRILOGY full CG OVA. The OVA is scheduled for Japanese released on January 25th.
ICv2 now hosts an interview with Dark Horse Comics editor Philip Simon regarding the transition of publishing Hiroaki Samura’s Blade of the Immortal manga in monthly comic book
The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA), the organizing body for the annual Anime Expo convention, is currently seeking employees to fill the positions of: Vice-President
Ten years after the release of the arcade fighting game Street Fighter III, Capcom has formally announced development of Street Fighter IV. The official Street Fighter website now
ICv2 reports that American anime DVD releases, which fell by 19% in 2006, have shrunk a further 23% so far this year. Domestic anime DVD sales are also
The live stage performance “Trees and Ghosts” is scheduled to debut on November 8 at the Georgetown University Theater in Washington D.C. The multimedia performance, adapted and directed
Digital Manga employee Ben will be auctioned during the 2007 Yaoi Con “Bishie Auction.” The winning bidder will purchase Ben’s company for the evening, the floral patterned “Wa-Lolita”
Pop singer Hiroshi Nagano (35), star of the 1996 Ultraman Tiga television series, will reprise his role as Daigo, the human form of Ultraman Tiga, in a new
IGN now hosts the full length first episode of AD Vision’s English translation of Pumpkin Scissors for online viewing. The first Pumpkin Scissors DVD is scheduled for release
ComiPress has begun to host a serialized authorized English translation of manga scholar Udagawa Takeo’s 1997 book “Manga Zombie.” The book focuses on bringing attention to the work
French movie news website Films Actu has secured the first production still from the currently filming live action Blood: The Last Vampire movie. The still features Korean actress
Question: Looking forward at titles either currently running or recently finished in Japan, which series do you see not receiving release due to Geneon’s closure? Do you expect
Ashida Toyoo, chairman of Studio Live, has organized the Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) in order to petition for improved working conditions for Japanese animators and combat the
