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Ain’t It Cool News’ AsiaAICN column confirms that the Madhouse Studios digital anime movie Metropolis, scripted by Katushiro Otomo from a manga by Osamu Tezuka, directed by Rin
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Z.O.E. TV Special

On February 12th, TV Tokyo will broadcast an hour long TV special devoted to the making of the the upcoming Playstation 2 mecha simulation/shooting game Zone of the
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FASA Closes Shop

After 20 years in the business, the seminal RPG production company FASA has announced that is going out of business. Best known for creating Battletech and the cyberpunk
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Akira Re-Release Confirmed

Variety Magazine has confirmed that Pioneer Entertainment will spend $1 million to re-translate and remaster Akira for a theatrical and home video re-release. Pioneer is preparing the “violent
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Kizuna Coming to DVD

According to The Right Stuf International, the yaoi (male homosexual) hentai OAV series Kizuna, which has been out of print on American VHS for several years, will be
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