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Geneon has formally canceled its announced plan to use A.D. Vision as an exclusive distributor for Geneon anime product. No explanation has been offered yet regarding how Geneon

The official homepage for the live action Mahou Sensei Negima television series now hosts a 30 second long streaming trailer. The TV series is scheduled to premier on

In the wake of an apparent case of patricide reported in Kyoto earlier this week, several Japanese television networks canceled their broadcasts of the violent final episode of

Question: Are there any shoujo mecha anime other than Magic Knight Rayearth? If no, why? Do girls hate robots or something?

Animation Insider has published a new, exclusive interview with American anime scholar Fred Schodt regarding his latest book, “The Astro Boy Essays.”

After first announcing plans to develop a new Tower of Druaga PC game and an accompanying anime series in early 2006, Gonzo has now opened early websites for

The Hochi Newspaper has announced that a second live action Detective Conan TV special will air in December. The very successful first Detective Conan drama special aired last

Question: I watched the DVD only episode of Moon Phase and while the rest of the series was good stuff, the DVD episode was a horrible pile of

The official homepage for the upcoming Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations OVA series now hosts a downloadable 15 second long trailer. The first of three OVAs is scheduled for Japanese

The Mainichi Daily News reports that during the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday, September 18th, a 45 year old police sergeant employed by the Minami Police Depeartment in Kyoto,

CMX has revealed its acquisition of translation and distribution rights to Yu Yagami’s four volume “Go West,” and three volume “Dokkoida?!” comedy manga series. The first volume of

Viz Pictures has formally announced its acquisition of North American distribution rights to the two live action Death Note motion pictures, based on the successful manga by Tsugumi

Yuricon has announced that Media Blasters’ English translation of the Simoun sci-fi adventure anime television series will premier at the 2007 “Yurisai” event held on Sept. 29th at

Question: (Yeah here’s a doozy for ya mr.john better anwser it. Sure you had same questions like this over and over.) I got total respect for you otakus

Japan’s Yahoo News has reported that the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, regarded as one of Japan’s finest schools for the arts, is developing a