Production I.G has produced a four-minute video overview of the making of its Ghost in the Shell: Arise OVA series. The video was produced as a promotion for
In advance of the opening of the live-action Kanojo wa Uso o Ai Shisugiteru (“Lovely Love Lie”) motion picture on December 14, the Fuji TV network will broadcast
A live-action TV series based on UME’s (writer Takahiro Ozawa & artist Asako Seo) acclaimed drama manga Tokyo Toy Box premiered on Japanese television last month. The TV
Question: Do international fans really want “authentic” Japanese animation, albeit with English subtitles? It seems everywhere I look I find evidence to the contrary, such as a country’s
DiscoTek has revealed its acquisition of the 1989 first Lupin III television special, Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis. The feature-length special has never been officially released in
Sentai Filmworks has acquired the domestic distribution rights to the 1990-1991 Nadia of the Mysterious Seas anime television series. Studio Gainax’s debut television series was partially released on
FUNimation in collaboration with Japanese producer/distributor Eleven Arts has announced plans to begin limited North American theatrical screenings of Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo in January. Most
Chiaki Kuriyama (Battle Royale, Kill Bill) will star in a two-part live-action TV special based on Chie Shinohara’s 1996 mystery manga story Shikeidai no 72-Jikan (“The Gallows’ 72
Question: With the simultaneous dub broadcast of Space Dandy, coming in January on Toonami, will we see more dub simulcasts in the North American market?
The homepage for next year’s Wake Up, Girls! original anime television series has announced that a Wake Up, Girls! Shichi-nin no Idol (Wake Up, Girls! The Seven Idols)
Aniplex has announced that next year’s Sword Art Online: Extra Edition TV special will be broadcast worldwide immediately following its Japanese television broadcast. The Aniplus cable channel will
An official website has launched to reveal an anime TV series component of creator Shouji Kawamori’s multi-media franchise Nobunaga the Fool. The multi-media franchise will premiere on December
Next spring the NHK network will broadcast an anime TV series based on Hikaru Katsuki’s high school tennis manga Baby Steps. The ongoing manga premiered in 2007 and
The homepage for studio ufotable’s original family-friendly anime film Majocco Shimai no Yoyo to Nene (Witch Sisters Yoyo & Nene) has added a new, full-length theatrical trailer. Takayuki
The NTV network’s variety program every has broadcast a three-minute-long trailer for director Isao Takahata’s forthcoming film Kaguya-hime no Monogatari (The Tale of Princess Kaguya). Studio Ghibli’s adaptation
