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Question: Does Americanization of dubbed anime happen on a regular basis? Would you consider an American dub a form of Americanization?

Critical Mass has scheduled the release of the adult anime Vanilla Series: Punishment (“Korashime”) DVD for August 31st. The 60 minute long DVD will retail at $24.95.

Viz has announced plans to release three new English translated manga series this August. Beyblade volume 1 will retail at $7.99. Case Closed (Detective Conan) volume 1 and

Anime Tourist has published announcements from manga creator You Higuri’s panel at the recent Fanimecon convention. The two significant points are: Central Park Media has licensed Higuri’s manga

Dark Horizons links to a poor quality streaming Windows Media trailer for the Yu-Gi-Oh movie scheduled for release on August 13th. Source: Jagged Team

Viz has announced that Reading is Fundmental, Inc. (RIF), the nation’s oldest and largest children’s and family literacy non-profit organization, will now distribute Viz published manga graphic novels

The official Japanese homepage for the Wind -A Breath of Heart- anime TV series has updated with color character guides and screenshots of the first episode, scheduled for

Question: I was in a book store the other day and saw a new TOKYOPOP manga title on the shelf. Since I more or less expected typical TOKYOPOP

TOKYOPOP has inaugurated its fourth Rising Stars of Manga art contest. Entries will be accepted through August 16th. Prize winners receive cash prizes and may qualify to have

Funimation Productions and 4Kids Entertainment have revealed plans to release their first line of “DVD singles” on June 15th. Each 3″ DVD will contain 1 episode and a

According to the May 28th Moon Phase news update, the current issue of Dengeki Animaga Magazine includes an interview with an unspecified subject which includes the first announcement

Question: What the heck is chibi?

AD Vision announced a number of new title acquisitions at the recent Pacific Media Expo convention: Rockman: Wishing Upon a Star, the anime OAV series The UFO Princess

Anime Crash has issued a press release announcing its acquisition of possibly its first full-fledged Japanese animation series, a currently-in-production TV series called “Shiden.” Anime Crash is the

Media Blasters has revealed its acquisition of 3 new manga titles to Anime on DVD: Apocalypse Zero (Kakugo no Susume), by Takayuki Yamaguchi Baron Gong Battle, by Masayuki