Aruze, the current parent company of video game studio SNK, has requested special tax exemption from the city of Osaka in order to rebuild the heavily indebted video
Although they are still taking order as usual, Express.com filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week. Express, formerly DVDExpress, became a major name in the .com retail
CPM has announced that the DVD versions of Votoms volumes 1-13, Zeorymer, the GoShogun movie and Rhea Gall Force have all been delayed again, this time until May
Anime fan Brad Jackson has posted a site in search of assistance in coordinating the first American “HentaiCon.” No tentative date has been suggested for the endeavour, but
Post recording for Madhouse Studio’s anime movie Metropolis is said to be nearing completion. Metropolis has so far taken five years and cost $10 million to produce. The
FUNimation has announced that 26-28 episodes of the original Dragonball TV series will debut on the Cartoon Network sometime in May. The official announcement is somewhat unclear on
Irwin Toys will release a new line of Dragonball Z “striking” action figures in June. Each 5″ figure will feature a combat ability like “double-punch action,” “kicking action,”
Figures.com has published photos of the packaged Yamato Toys Dark Angel figures, based on Kia Asamiya’s manga. The figures come packaged on blister cards specially designed and illustrated
The Cartoon Network has sent out an official press release announcing that The Big O will replace Outlaw Star on Monday, April 2 at 5:30 p.m. (ET, PST).
Due to licensing problems, the serial translation of CLAMP’s X/1999 manga will be suspended from Animerica Extra beginning with Volume 4, Number 5. The Viz licensing department is
The new operating president of Tokuma Shoten, Matsushita Takeyoshi, revealed in an interview with the Nippon Keizai Shimbun published yesterday that Tokuma has a 100 billion yen ($840
Figures.com has posted clear images of the first Ghost in the Shell 2 action figures from Toycom. Two 6.5″ figures of “the ‘F4 Decoy Unit’ utilized by Lt.
Atsuo Asada, executive vice president of Nintendo, has confirmed that Nintendo’s next game console, the GameCube, will go on sale in Japan in July, in October in the
