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The official Japanese Shakugan no Shana homepage has formally announced plans for “Shakugan no Shana II” (“Shakugan no Shana Second”), a second TV series for the popular franchise.

Japan publisher Ohzora has announced plans to begin translating and releasing shoujo and yaoi manga in America itself, through an American division named “Aurora Publishing.” Aurora Publishing will

Vertical has announced plans to publish a number of new translations of classic Japanese manga. Osamu Tezuka’s MW (pronounced “mu”) will be released in October as a 600

This year’s Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (MTSC), scheduled for April 13-15 in Nashville, Tennessee, will host US Marines representing the Toys For Tots charity program. MTAC will sponsor

Question: Why is it that in anime that have characters with glasses, the characters are sometimes evil?

In response to overwhelming demand, Illumitoon has initiated a program for consumers to trade-in their “dubtitled” Illumitoon anime DVDs for replacement discs with literal subtitle translations. The trade-in

Digital Manga Publishing is in search of a production associate and a licensing/guest relations associate. Qualifications, benefits, and application guidelines are available at Monster.com.

Digital Manga has announced that Satoru Kannagi creator Satoru Kannagi, author of yaoi manga Only the Ring Finger Knows, will attend this year’s Anime Expo convention as a

Microsoft has announced that its Xbox LIVE service will offer anime titles from ADV Films. No further specific details are provided. Source: Anime News Network

28 year old Tatsuya Ichihashi has been identified as the prime suspect in the murder of a 22 year old British teacher working in Japan. The body of

Question: I am fascinated. Have you seen any of the series Ghost Hunt? Watching it actually raises the hair in the back of my neck.There has been a

The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming Nanatsuiro Drops anime television series now hosts a 2 minute long streaming trailer. The series is scheduled to premier this summer.

Question: Do you think any of the new hentai series being released will reach the peak of most anime fan known [shows] like Urotsukidoji & La Blue Girl?

The official Japanese Hellsing OVA homepage now hosts a 98 second long trailer for the third Hellsing OVA (known in America as “Hellsing Ultimate”), scheduled for Japanese release

Fan site Ghibli World now hosts a short Japanese language trailer for the recently broadcast episode of NHK’s television program Professional ~ Shigoto no Ryuugi that focused on