The homepage for creator/director Mamoru Nagano’s upcoming anime film Gothicmade now features a streaming teaser trailer. This has a very unusual look to it. The color design is quite unusual. Of course, the character designs epitomize Nagano’s distinctive style.
Anime from Five Star Stories creator also previewed at Newtype event
Film falls off top 10 in DVD sales, video rental sales
Voice actor Minoru Shiraishi to race against anime staff, cast for publicity
MMORPG to offer Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood items starting March 31
Sentai Filmworks has announced acquisition of the La Corda D’Oro ~primo passo~ (Kiniro no Corda ~primo passo~) and Brighter than the Dawning Blue (Yoake Mae Yori Ruriiro na) anime television series. The 12 episode Brighter than the Dawning Blue series will be released in a single DVD collection on June 1. The harem comedy based on [...]
“New studio” Maiden Japan will release its first anime license, Papillon Rose, on domestic DVD June 8. The release will include the original 2003 Lingerie Senshi Papillon Rose OVA animated by Echigoya & Pink Company and the six episode Papillon Rose: New Season television series from 2006 that was animated by Kelmadick. The franchise, which [...]
Viz Media has confirmed plans to begin an English language release of Mitsuru Adachi’s 2005 baseball manga series Cross Game beginning October 12th. The series has been (somewhat loosely) adapted into a currently airing anime television series. If I’m not mistaken, this will be Viz Media’s first English language release of manga by Mitsuru Adachi since [...]
During a recent stockholder conference call, 4Kids Entertainment Chairman and CEO Al Kahn stated, “We have decided that 4Kids needs to return to its roots as a licensing and merchandising company that specializes in bringing wonderful Japanese programming and merchandizing to the rest of the world.” Kahn continued, “We signed yesterday a very important Japanese [...]
A predicted, the Japanese parliament’s Government Affairs Committee has unanimously agreed to delay voting on a proposed amendment to the Japanese child welfare laws that would outlaw sexually provocative visual depictions of characters that appear to be children. The amendment now will not be eligible for vote until at least June, when the Tokyo government’s [...]
Fan blog Ogiue Maniax has published the second part of an authorized English translation of Japanese manga critic Kumi Kaoru’s thorough analysis of the panel layout of Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind manga. The translation is an excerpt from Kumi’s 2008 book The Age of Hayao Miyazaki. Just a little bit late to [...]
Question: Kazuki Akane was interviewed at the Japan Expo in France this year. There were many interesting questions. Especially when he was asked about about evolution in the industry. Akane said, “My impression is that the world of Japanese animation will take a decisive turn. There will be a radical change, that will leave in another [...]
Toei's 2nd Marie & Gali educational anime to add new Norika character
Gedo's Goro Miyazaki storyboards, Ponyo's Katsuya Kondo oversees animation
Flex Comix's slice-of-life school comedy was made into 2008 TV anime
Deliberations will continue beyond the end of current session into June
According to The Right Stuf International Funimation Entertainment has issued a recall for the Darker Than Black Season One release. Although the release was scheduled for March 23, consumers started reporting a problem with the third episode of the third disc in the set earlier this week. Thank you to Shiroi Hane for this information.
Also licensed: Brighter than the Dawning Blue
Naruto, Bleach, Black Butler, Soul Eater, Negima, Vampire Knight, 2 Alice books, Skip Beat, Black Bird
New Oshii short film about lonely basset hound in world's largest animation festival
Sequel to Jotei to focus on Ginza hostess searching for her mother
Details are slim but the first two titles from NIS America's new anime side now have dates according to Right Stuf where they're newly listed. The company is starting its launch with a pair of premium edition releases for Toradora...
Sentai's changing things up a touch for the month of June as its major focus will be on the bilingual release of the Clannad Complete Collection, which clocks in at $70 for the full 24 episode series. In addition to that...
When Sentai Filmworks announced that a dub was in the works (or completed actually)...
NIS America is set to put their first two releases out on July 6th and they're making the price worth it for those who want these premium editions they're launching with. Information surfaced on their Rosenqueen retail site today and it's worth noting there's an extra bonus if you order direct from them:
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