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The official Code-E anime series homepage reports that the series will be getting a second season. Source: Anime News Network

Anime production studio Xebec has announced that the Ryusei no Rockman: Tribe anime television series, the second Ryusei no Rockman anime series, will premier on Japanese television on

The official homepage for Production IG’s upcoming anime OVA “Tokyo Marble Chocolate” now hosts two short, streaming trailers. The OVA is scheduled for Japanese DVD release on December

Aurora Publishing will launch its “josei” (“female”) line of English translated manga targeted at young adult and adult female readers in January. The “Luv Luv” line of translated

Anime production studio Madhouse and Japan’s oldest film production studio, Nikkatsu, have jointly established an American company named Index Holdings. The Index Holdings office will open in Los

Question: Within the last two years, we’ve seen numerous magical girl shows targeted at young boys like Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and My Otome. Is this the start

The latest half-year report from the Japan Video Software Association reveals that mainstream anime DVD sales in Japan during the first half of 2007 have increased by 15%

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”