The official Japanese homepage for the Ar Tonelico Playstation 2 RPG now hosts a new 2:30 trailer for the Ar Tonelico: Sekai no Owari de Shii Tsuzukero Shoujo
The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming Himesama Goyoujin anime television series now hosts a short trailer in low and high bandwidth resolutions. The series is scheduled to
Viz Media has formally announced its acquisition of master licensing and distribution rights for the Bleach anime series broadcast, home video, and merchandising throughout North & South America,
Geneon has announced that its first domestic DVD volume of Elemental Gelade will be released on June 13th in a $29.99 disc only edition and a $39.99 disc
Tampa, Florida based Metrocon has opened its online “Vendor Signup System” which allows dealers and exhibitors to register their attendance and select their booths at the Metrocon convention
Question: Despite the slow growth of popularity of anime in North America or more precisely the lack of acceptance of the genre in mainstream entertainment, the opposite seems
The official Japanese homepage for the Soul Link anime TV series now hosts a streaming 30 second TV commercial promoting the show’s first episode, which is scheduled to
Digital Manga has announced its acquisition of translation rights to the yaoi manga Time Lag, by Shinobu Gotoh (writer of the Passion series) and Hotaru Odagiri (artist of
A live action feature film adaptation of Aya Nakahara’s best selling shoujo manga series Love Com ~Lovely Complex~ will open in Japanese theaters this August. Source: Akadot
Question: I read somewhere that Evangelion ended a “slump” in anime and put Gainax on the map. Though this is highly subjective, I can’t help but feel that
The official Japanese website for a Gonzo produced “original CG anime” based on the popular Japanese collectable Pinky:st figure toys is now open. Source: Moon Phase
Anime News Network reports that Production I.G. will officially announce production of a 24 episode historical action/horror anime television series on March 23rd, at the Tokyo Anime Fair.
Studio Ghibli has announced that Kazuo Oga, background art director for films including Totoro & Princess Mononoke, will direct “Taneyamagahara no Yoru” (Night of Taneyamagahara), an anime adaptation
Japanese television network NHK has announced that its children’s anime & educational variety program “Miracle Mimika” will premier on April 3rd. Source: Moon Phase
Question: Why is it that anime endings almost always have an “epilogue” that runs through the ending credits or occurs after the credits? Is this exclusive to anime?
