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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?

MTV has published a primer on yaoi anime and manga and its introduction into America. The article is supplemented by a two minute long streaming video. Source: Anime

Although there’s presently not much on it, the official Japanese homepage for the upcoming Project BLUE Earth SOS OAV has opened. Source: Moon Phase

Japanese television network YTV has announced that a Black Jack 21 anime television series will premier on April 10th. Source: Moon Phase

The Otaku University Anime Conference, an educational anime convention designed to assist attendees interested in working in the anime and manga industry, has scheduled the event for September

Orlando, Florida based anime convention JACON has announced its guests of honor for the upcoming convention, which will be held at the Sheraton World Resort in Orlando, Florida

Question: What kind of an effect do you think the advent of the ONA will have on the anime industry as a whole in the grand scheme of

Viz Media has announced that the ImaginAsian television network plans to broadcast the Hikaru no Go anime series in both dubbed and subtitled formats. The dubbed version will

DramaQueen has announced its acquisition of translation rights to Shushushu Sakurai’s “Warera Takarara Corporation” and “Moeyo! Takarara Corporation” yaoi manga. Warera Takarara Corporation is scheduled for English language