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Illumitoon has announced that its first DVD volume of BoBoBo-Bo Bo-BoBo will be released on February 13, 2007. Source: Anime on DVD

TOKYOPOP has announced that Planetwide Media will release a “TOKYOPOP Manga Creator” software program next spring. The $29.99 program will enable users to create original TOKYOPOP “manga” using

Gonzo Digital Holdings has formally announced that its subsidiary company GDH Capital K.K. has established a “Content Firm Contribution Fund” with 650 million yen to invest in small

Type-Moon and Nitroplus, two of Japan’s most successful PC game development studios, have announced plans to collaborate on the creation of a prequel to the best selling adult

Pop Japan Travel has redesigned its website and released dates and other information about its planned 2007 guided “otaku” tours of Japan.

Naruto will premier on the Cartoon Network in Latin America on January 1, 2007 at 22:30 (10:30 PM). Article provided by Papo de Budega

Question: When Kadokawa announced at Otakon last August that it had received several solicitations to license the anime series Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu for US release, I was

Question: Is the demand for fan service higher than it was ten years ago, or is it now at an all time low?

AD Vision has issued a formal press announcement confirming its acquisition of English language TV broadcast, home video, and merchandise rights to the Sgt. Frog (Keroro Gunso) anime

Comic company Top Cow has announced plans to publish Kobayashi Yasuko & Sumita Kazasa’s original Japanese Witchblade Takeru manga series in America beginning in February 2007. Top Cow’s

Comic High Magazine has formally announced that Kirihara Izumi’s manga series “Hitohira” will be adapted into an anime television series next year. The manga series currently has 3

Anime News Network now hosts an exclusive interview with Charles Campbell, director of AD Vision’s English dub of the 2005 Bioboosted Armor Guyver television series.

The official Japanese homepage for the Ichigo Marshmallow OVA series is now open. The first of three OVA episodes is scheduled to go on sale in Japan on

Question: I’ve been bugged by the oft-time used refrain that Americans can’t fully grasp anime, because, “Anime is for the Japanese.” I’ve heard Japanese animators express bewilderment that

A second trailer for director Makoto Shinkai’s upcoming anime movie trilogy Byousoku 5 Centimeter has been added to the official site. The trailer is available in three streaming