An official website has opened for the Lovege Chu ~Miracle Seiyuu Hakusho~ anime television series. The series will be animated by Radix (Divergence Eve, Sakura Taisen) for broadcast
CPM has made the entire first Patlabor OVA available for download. The Quicktime file is formatted for iPod viewing, but can be watched on a home computer. Source:
The Yomiuri Newspaper has published an article detailing the increasing popularity of the “shinigami” (roughly equivalent to “grim reaper”) in contemporary Japanese fiction. Manganews has published an English
Netcomics, an affiliate of Korean online comics publisher Ecomix, will begin publishing English translated Korean manwha graphic novels in the U.S. next month. Netcomics first three releases are
The Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs has announced it’s 2005 Media Art Festival prize winners. The grand prize in the animation category was awarded to Sumito Sakakibara’s latest
TOKYOPOP has for several new publications for release on June 13, 2006: Beyond the Beyond manga volume 1 by Yoshitomo Watanabe Bloodsucker: Legend of “Zipangu” manga volume 1
Although it’s presently just a placeholder image, the official Japanese website for the upcoming Black Lagoon anime TV series is now open. The anime is an adaptation of
Gonzo has opened an official website for the Getsumen Usagi Heiki Mina OVA series, a full length anime version of the parody anime seen briefly in the recent
GFantasy Magazine has announced that Jiro Suzuki’s manga series Soutakun No Akihabara Huntouki will be adapted into anime. No further details are available yet. Source: Anime News Service
Kadokawa Shoten’s fiction magazine The Beans has announced that Mitsuru Yuki’s serial novel Shonen Onmyoji will be adapted into anime. No further details are available yet. Source: Anime
Nippon Animation has announced plans to develop an anime TV series adaptation of the “Penelope” series of children’s picture books composed by French husband-and-wife creative team Anne Gutman
Synch Point has announced that its DVD replicator (Future Media) has gone out of business. As a result, production and release of Leave It To Piyoko DVD volume
Square Enix has “pre-opened” its website for the upcoming PS2 game Dragon Quest: Shounen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon (“Dragon Quest: Boy Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon”). The
Question: Has the magical girl genre in anime finally run its course and died out? Over the years viewers have seen all sorts of variations on the theme,
