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At the recent Anime USA convention, AD Vision officially confirmed plans to release former VHS titles Debutante Detective Corps, Maps, and Princess Minerva on DVD. However, AD Vision

FUNimation has revealed that the 1996 theatrical Lupin the 3rd: Dead or Alive movie will be released on DVD February 22nd at a $29.98 retail price. Source: Anime

Last October it was reported that Central Park Media would re-release 8 of its DVD titles on January 8, 2005, at a retail price of $9.99 each. The

DVD Vision Japan has updated with a number of new reviews: Exclusive interview with J-rock group Camino eX-Driver The Movie review Initial D volume 7 review Read or

Hiroyuki Takei’s Shaman King manga series has ended abruptly in Japan’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, and the publication of the final volume of the manga has been delayed

Software developer ESP has announced the development of a Playstation 2 game based on Koyama Yuu’s samurai action manga Azumi. The Azumi PS2 game Source: The Magic Box

Question: Why did they change the characters for Burn Up Scramble? They made the gun-toting Maya more feminine, Rio, who was just always in debt, is obsessed with

Geneon has officially announced a distribution deal to release Toei Animation titles in North America. The first three titles included in the distribution deal are the 27 episode

During 4Kids’ Entertainment’s third quarter November 9th conference call company CEO Al Kahn stated that 4Kids expects to begin distributing Magical Doremi (Ojamajo Doremi) in North America next

Media Blasters has announced that the first English translated volumes of the Gunparade March anthology manga, Death Trance manga, and Volcano High Origin Korean comic series will be

The Anime Network has announced that its video on demand service is now available on the Click! Network in the Seattle-Tacoma, Washington area, and will be available in

Sony’s Metreon Theater located in San Francisco, California, will screen Ghost in the Shell TV episodes 1-16 from 11 AM through 5 PM on November 14th. On December

The Magic Box now hosts screenshots of the upcoming St. Seiya fighting game and the Steamboy action game for the Japanese Playstation 2.

Question: I’ve heard people, mostly severe die-hard anime fans, put a new anime like Wolf’s Rain down too often to keep silent. I say give it a break.

Based on commercial listings from Amazon and Borders, Viz has acquired the domestic translation rights to four new manga series: Legendz, by Daisuke Higuchi. Volume 1 available March