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Thai newspaper The Nation reports that actor David Carradine, best known to anime fans as a co-star in Kill Bill, was found dead in his Bangkok hotel room

Japanese production and distribution company Asmik Ace Entertainement has announced that Juon (The Grudge) creator/director Takashi Shimizu has begun filming Japan’s first live action digital 3D film, a

Crunchyroll has announced a distribution partnership with Tai Seng Entertainment, North America¹s largest Asian entertainment distributor and content provider. Crunchyroll will provide online streaming for a variety of

Viz Media’s English language publication of Naoki Inose’s book of historical analysis The Century of the Black Ships is now on sale. The new book offers meticulously researched

Sales figures reveal that the $99.99 official re-pricing of the Playstation 2 encouraged a 50% increase in consumer sales leading to the 9 year old PS2 system out-selling

China’s Prime Minister Wen Jiabao last month made a point by complaining that his grandson watches Ultraman (Japanese entertainment) instead of homegrown Chinese cartoons. Wen then encouraged Chinese

The Hunger Pains Magazine blog has secured the amazing first trailer for director Isaac Florentine’s upcoming action film Ninja. The movie stars Scott Adkins, the stuntman actor most

Gametrailers now hosts the trailer for the upcoming Wii survival horror game Kyofu Taikan: Ju-on (Experience Fear: The Grudge). The game features the involvement of Ju-on film franchise

Screen Daily reports that director Shinya Tsukamoto has finished principle photography on his third “Tetsuo” film after a year of shooting not a peep of this production leaking

Online retailer ThinkGeek has uncovered a supply of unopened Dreamcast console game systems and is now accepting orders at $99.99 per unit. The system in original US retail

The first trailer for director Neil Blomkamp’s first feature length film District 9 is now online. The trailer streams on the film’s official site, and is available as

If you’re a motorcyclist and anime fan like myself, you’ll enjoy this gallery of bikes from Japan. Very cool 🙂

MTV now hosts the first trailer for the Watchmen movie supplemental animated short film Tales Of The Black Freighter. Movie Trailers – Movies Blog Source: Ain’t It Cool

The Los Angeles Times reports that Palm Harbor, Florida, based Distribution Video Audio Inc. has delivered its final shipment of retail movies on VHS, signifying the end of

The fantastic first theatrical trailer for director Shane Acker’s animated post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure film 9 is now online. The movie is scheduled for theatrical release on September 9,