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Kung Fu Cult Cinema has published a short exclusive interview with Appleseed movie director Shinji Aramaki.

Comic industry market watch website ICv2 has reported its picks for Anime Phenomenon of 2004 and Anime Flop of 2004. ICv2 calls the late night TV broadcast of

According to the Internet Movie Database, Howl’s Moving Castle will open in limited American theatrical release in June. Source: Anime News Network

Although founded in 1996 by American Stuart Levy, TOKYOPOP is now classified as a Japanese corporation owned by investors including Softbank Finance Corporation, Mitsui MVC, Nippon Venture Capital,

Question: Who is your favorite anime character designer and what has he worked on? Who are the most influential designers right now and what have they done?

ICv2 has selected Bandai Entertainment as its top anime company of 2004, and named Inuyasha as its pick as top anime property of 2004. ICv2’s article explains the

The Cartoon Network has announced that the Bandai and Xebec co-produced “anime” series D.I.C.E. (DNA Integrated Cybernetic Enterprises) will premier on Saturday, January 22nd at 7:30 pm. The

Central Park Media has released its 2005 Anime 18 catalog in Adobe PDF format. The catalog lists several previously unannounced domestic DVD releases: Crimson Climax – available spring

Marvelous Entertainment has announced that “Beck: The Game,” a Playstation 2 “live adventure game” based on the current Beck anime television series, will be released on March 31.

Japan’s Famitsu Magazine now hosts a lengthy sample of the Playstation 2 opening sequence for Tekken 5. The 2 minute video clip is available in Windows Media format.

Question: Why is it that anime fans are so opinionated? It seems that every old and new series gets ripped to shreds by fans complaining about character develpoment,

Dark Horse Comics has announced plans to release an English translated version of Hideyuki Kikuchi’s first Vampire Hunter D novel, originally published in Japan in 1983. The 300

The Tokyo International Anime Fair, to be held in Tokyo from March 31st to April 3rd, will begin with an advance event held in Hollywood, California, on Monday,

The official Japanese website for the upcoming Sentou Yousei Shoujo Tasukete! Mave-chan OAV has updated with new images and the first look at the OAV title logo. Source:

Bandai has opened its official site for the Sokyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor adventure game for the Playstation Portable. The game is scheduled for Japanese release on the