AnimeonDVD has published an interview with Eijiro Shimada, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of MORNING & Editor-in-Chief of MORNING 2 manga magazines, and Yukari Shiina of world-manga.com elaborating on Kodansha’s 2nd
Manga publisher Del Rey is hosting a winter-themed art contest in conjunction with TheOtaku.com for the New York Anime Festival. The winner will receive all titles published by
Three of Osamu Tezuka’s manga stories that feature memories of World War II from a Japanese perspective are being adapted into a stage play by Natsu Onoda entitled
Pop Japan Travel is now accepting reservations for the three new “otaku” themed tours of Japan. A Tokyo-Sapporo tour will take place in January, while yaoi and gothic-lolita
Bang Zoom! Entertainment’s AnimeTV video podcast has been picked up for broadcast by Comcast Digital Cable’s Anime Selects Video On Demand network. The first season episodes will be
4Kids Entertainment has announced plans for the North American release of the Dinosaur King (Kodai Ohja Kyoryu D Kids Adventure) TV series. The show, based on an arcade/collectible
Question: Do you think that anime shows that are completely original (as in, not based off of any pre-existing work) show more creativity than anime based off of
Twentieth Century Fox has revealed that the voice actors who have worked on the Japanese language dub of The Simpsons for the past decade will not be employed
Toei has announced plans to adapt Shigeru Mizuki’s original version of GeGeGe no Kitaro, Hakaba Kitaro, as an anime TV series. Source: Anime News Network
According to the October issue of Comic Blade magazine a third Aria TV series is currently in production. No broadcast date has been determined. Source: Anime News Network
Question: Why are some fans of manga dead-set on categorizing manga as a style and emulating it? To me, it’s a cultural extension of Japan and a subset
