ICv2 News reports that the top ten best selling graphic novels in bookstores nationwide for the week ending July 25th were all translated manga titles. TOKYOPOP’s Princess Ai
The official website for AD Vision’s Lady Death: The Motion Picture now hosts a trailer for the Korean animated film in Quicktime and Windows Media formats. The trailer
Question: Why does Gainax, above other animating companies, take so much time into finely and smoothly animating their anime? For instance, Evangelion (especially the End of Evangelion movie),
According to Japanese fan site Fullmeta.com, the September issue of Dragon Magazine will contain an official confirmation that Fullmetal Panic! Fumoffu? director Yasuhiro Takemoto will direct the third
The Movie Box now hosts the original Japanese trailer for Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, and the new American trailer, in a variety of formats and sizes.
The official Japanese website for the To Heart ~ Remember My Memories TV series is now open. The series will debut on Japanese television in October. The first
Providing evidence of what types of anime are most successful in Japan, in its second week of theatrical release, the new Pocket Monster movie held its position as
The Boston Globe newspaper has published a lengthy article introducing mainstream readers to the phenomenon of English translated manga. The article presents little new information that anime fans
At last week’s San Diego Comic Con, Media Blasters announced its acquisition of translation rights to Seiji Matsuyama’s Eiken manga series and Naoki Serizawa’s Samurai Man. Source: ICv2
From Anime on DVD: According to a response from Bandai Entertainment, they’re currently investigating an issue with the just released DTS version of Ghost in the Shell: Stand
Coming as little surprise, Mag Garden has announced that Sirou Tunasima’s popular mecha action manga Jinki Extend will be adapted into an anime. Source: Moon Phase
ICV2 News now hosts a photo of the limited edition Stellvia metal DVD collector’s box from Geneon Entertainment. The metal box will retail at $39.98 beginning September 21st.
Sponichi Annex reports that the live action Cream Lemon movie, based on the hit adult anime OAV series from 1984, is an adaptation of the famous Ami Nonomura
Question: All these years watching anime, I always thought the studios behind them were big and make a lot of money. But I heard it’s just the opposite.
