Anime production investment company Asatsu-DK (ADK) has announced a partnership with the Aniplex, Dentsu, Nihon Ad Systems (NAS), Sunrise, TMS Entertainment, and Toei Animation producers & studios to
Viz Media’s boy-love sub-label SuBLime will begin digital distribution of Rieko Yoshihara’s new yaoi multimedia narrative “Into Illusion.” The first chapter of the sci-fi/supernatural yaoi novel written by
P.A. Works, which has produced regional tourism promotional anime for Japan’s Saitama region, has been commissioned to produce the Koitabi ~True Tours Nanto anime by the city of
Monthy Comic Zenon has released a teaser trailer for director Akitaro Daichi’s adaptation of DD Hokuto no Ken gag manga by Kajio. The satire of Bronson & Tetsuo
A full-length trailer for this month’s Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods motion picture has been officially released online. The new movie is set within the ten year
43-year-old voice Actress Kaoru Shimamura passed away on February 26 due to breast cancer. Shimamura played minor supporting roles in anime including Crayon Shin-chan, Nintama Rantaro, and bigger
Kento Nakajima, lead singer of the idol group Sexy Zone, has announced that he will star in a live-action TV series based on Hiroshi Tanaka’s juvenille delinquent comedy
Question: Can you explain how a anime gets solicited? With a TV series, a liscenor can’t get the right to it until months after the broadcast (unless it’s
Now that the “manga boom” has ended and American readers have become sophisticated and discriminating enough to demand integrity and quality over flashy style and sheer quantity, few
Flash animation studio DLE has announced its development of Glass no Kamen Desu ga (It’s Glass Mask But), a parody of Suzue Miuchi’s classic 1975 shoujo manga that
The April issue of Kerokero Ace magazine revealed yesterday that the current St. Seiya Omega television series will continue in April after it’s initial roughly 50-episode story arc
Weekly Young Magazine has announced that Ken Wakui’s ongoing drama manga Shinjuku Swan will be getting a live-action feature film adaptation. The manga, that premiered in 2005, revolves
Manga creator Motoyuki Ota has announced that his(?) ongoing “heartwarming old lady” manga series Takanashi-san will be getting a live-action TV series adaptation. The manga is a lighthearted
Mitsuyo Miyazaki, the director of the multi-award winning 2011 biographical short film Tsuyako, has announced that she will be developing a hybrid live-action & animation short film for
Question: Recently I saw a blog which mentioned that Alive – Saishū Shinka teki Shōnen was supposed to be animated by Gonzo in 2008 but was canceled. After
