Yasuyoshi Tokuma, president of publishing company Tokuma Shoten and producer of well known Studio Ghibli anime including Mononoke Hime and Tonari no Totoro passed away Wednesday. Tokuma was
Fox has announced a December 5th release date for the first, dubbed only volume Digimon on DVD, to retail for $24.95. Manga’s release of Angel Cop is being
Viz will be releasing a number of graphic novel collections this January. Marionette Generation volume 1 will be released January 12th, for $15.95 at 192 pages. The relationship
Anime Central, the Midwest’s largest anime convention, has announced its first round of guests for its 2001 convention. The first two Japanese guests attending will be Kia Asamiya,
Stan Lee Media, Inc. officially announced that it is partnering with the estate of Gene Roddenberry to develop the property known as Starship” into a global, multimedia entertainment
X-Men producer Lauren Shuler-Donner and Warner Brothers have chosen writer-director Hype Williams (whose only feature credit is writer, producer and director of Belly) as the latest director to
Diamond Distributors will be importing a die-cast Speed Racer Mach 5 from Uni-Five (a subsidiary of Bandai Japan) this February. Measuring 8″ in length, this high-end collectible is
Magic Box has shots of several upcoming arcade light gun shooting games, including Namco’s sniper rifle based Golgo 13 II, Gun Barret (Gun Barl 3, known in the
Question: Why do you think that, in general, the anime version of a series is translated before the manga version (we all know there are exceptions)? Personally, I
Central Park Media has clarified some of the details regarding the Japanese audio problems some purchasers have had with the Slayers DVD boxed set. Apparently there is no
According to The Escaflowne Report, ratings for the Fox broadcast of Escaflowne are poor enough to begin rumors of a possible cancelation for the series. Apparantly, ratings for
Question: Ever since Pokemon was brought over to the US, it seems like everyone misjudges other monster anime series that came later, as they claim them to be
Early reports from Anime on DVD warn that some purchasers may encounter an “inverted phase” audio problem (a defect akin to the left and right audio tracks reversing
Stan Lee Media, Inc. has announced it will begin development on a web multimedia project by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry titled Starship. Space Battleship Yamato creator Leiji
