I had no idea until very recently that Kansai Club Publishing’s effort to Kickstarter publish an English book edition of Tezuka’s manga The Crater had engendered such a
Occasionally interesting comic stories emerge from creators who aren’t fantastic visual artists but diligently self-produce their comic stories nonetheless. Often times the results of such efforts remain little
The official Twitter account for the current Date A Live anime franchise has announced that the anime will receive a theatrical feature. No specific details about the film
Since the original promotional anime for Miki Yoshikawa’s school gender-swapping manga Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo (Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches) reached one-million views yesterday, Kodansha has released
Microsoft’s Japanese branch has formally introduced Claudia Madobe, its new anime mascot character for the “Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform.” Claudia Madobe is actually the cousin of the Japanese
GKids has acquired the domestic distribution rights to director Mami Sunada’s 2013 documentary history of Studio Ghibli Kingdom of Dreams & Madness (Yume to Kyouki no Oukoku). The
Monaco-based animation studio Shibuya Productions has announced a partnership with Tezuka Productions and French animation studio Caribara Animation to create a 26-episode animated series titled “Astro Boy Reboot.”
Sony and Marza Animation Planet are developing an American hybrid live-action & CG Sonic the Hedgehog feature film. Marza Animation Planet produced the CG video sequences for previous
Discotek has revealed its license rescue of the 1986-1990 Violence Jack OVA series. Manga Entertainment first released the three post-apocalyptic horror/action OVAs on domestic VHS in 1996. Right
The first feature film spin-off from the current Youkai Watch anime television series will hit Japanese theaters on December 20. The current TV series from studio OLM is
Shogakukan has released a 30-second trailer advertising the Fantasista Stella OAD that will be released exclusively with limited edition copies of the 8th volume of Michiteru Kusaba’s Fantasista
Question: Considering all the blame media – video games in particular – gets for random shootings, is it a good idea for Discotek to bring back Violence Jack?
FUNimation has announced its acquisition of home video distribution rights to next month’s Tokyo Ghoul horror television anime and the current web fan-film series Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist.
The homepage for the “otoko no ko” cross-dressing anime comedy Himegoto has added its first teaser trailer. The adaptation of Norio Tsukudani’s four-panel manga stars a boy on