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Anime News Network now hosts a new interview with Japanese composer Kenji Kawai.

Question: What is the Japanese take on hentai? Is it looked at as nothing more then pornography? The average hentai has a lot more work put into it

The latest anime production from Katsuhiro Otomo, director of Akira and Steamboy, is a 30 second TV commercial for Nissin Cup Noodle featuring the song “This Is Love”

Toonami Jetstream, a partnership between Cartoon Network and Viz Media, will launch on July 17. The ad-supported site will offer free, full-length episodes of shows including Naruto, Samurai

Blu has scheduled the release of two new English translated yaoi manga. Gerard et Jacque volume 1 will retail at $9.99 beginning September 30. Junjo Romantica volume 1

Manga Entertainment has announced plans to release a Castle of Cagliostro Special Edition DVD on July 25th. The new DVD will retail at $24.98. Source: Anime on DVD

Galaxy Anime has updated with an audio interview with Harmony Gold Creative Lead Tommy Yune and Operations Coordinator Kevin McKeever discussing Robtech: Shadow Chronicles, and an audio interview

Anime News Network has reported that Manga Entertainment will distribute the Tokko anime television series in North America. Manga Entertainment is listed as a co-producer in the show’s

Kids’ WB has announced its broadcast schedule for the 2006-2007 season. The programming mix includes no anime titles. Kids’ WB currently airs the Viewtiful Joe, Pokemon, and Yu-Gi-Oh

Movie news & rumors site Dark Horizons has reported that Christophe (Silent Hill) Gans’ next feature film will be an adaptation of Capcom’s action game series Onimusha.

Anime Festival Orlando (AFO) has announced that Aaron Dismuke, the American voice for Alphonse Elric on Fullmetal Alchemist, will attend the 7th annual AFO convention scheduled for July

Question: When I’m in search of a new anime series to view/buy, I often find it difficult to judge appropriate titles because their names often seem somewhat obscure/irrelevent

Question: What makes anime studios decide if the anime will follow the manga (like Naruto) or if it will gain it’s own path by “separating” from the manga’s

“Media Blasters has an opening for a Final Cut Pro editor. Job responsibilities include making trailers, managing media, syncing subtitles and audio, creating credits, titles and credit rolls,

Los Angeles, California based film financing company BenderSpink has announced plans to finance a live action Starblazers movie, loosely based on the anime series Space Battleship Yamato and