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According to The Magic Box, Sega has announced plans to release a PS2 port of Melty Blood: Act Cadenza, the PC fighting game spin-off of fan created PC

Question: Hello, John. I am a Japanese Pretty Cure fan. I am interested in asking you about “Futari wa Precure Max Heart” & Kujo Hikari. What do you

AnimeNation will be officially attending this weekend’s Megacon convention in Orlando Florida. AnimeNation will have an exhibitor’s booth in the dealer’s room throughout the weekend, and will host

A minute long streaming Windows Media trailer for the Angel’s Feather bishonen fantasy OVA series is now available from the series’ official site. An exact release date for

The “Violence and Desire in Japanese Popular Culture” academic symposium will be held at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 14-15. The two day event will feature presentations

The Los Angeles based Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films has announced that Howl’s Moving Castle, along with Chicken Little, Corpse Bride, Hoodwinked, Madagascar, and Wallace

Trans World Entertainment Corporation, parent company of the FYE chain of music stores, has submitted a bid to purchase bankrupt Musicland Holding Corp. for $104 million in addition

Question: What are the chances of a title being picked up after a license expires? I recently heard that Manga Ent. had several titles that expired. For instance

Underland Online has published its review of AN Entertainment’s recently released Haré+Guu DVD volume 1.

The official website for upcoming anime television series Yoshimune is now open. The 24 episode series is scheduled to premier in April. Animate.tv reports that Gonzo will produce

The Yomiuri Newspaper has published an introductory article about graphic designer Takashi Okazaki’s Afro Samurai and plans to develop the franchise as an American/Japanese co-produced animated series and

Contrary to reports from last summer that director James Cameron’s next feature film would be a live action adaptation of Battle Angel, ICv2 reports that Cameron has told

Entries are now being accepted for Metrocon’s Anime Fan Film Festival, an exciting event debuting this year at the fourth annual Tampa, Florida anime convention. Creators are invited

Pop Japan Travel is now accepting reservations for participation in its March 23-31st Neo Tokyo Tour and April 1-8th Samurai and Anime Tour.

Question: Are similarly named and iconic characters Binchou-tan, Habanero-tan, the OS-tans related in any way? I’ve also seen images of other, similar characters posted on the English-speaking 4chan