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Nintendo of Japan has announced plans to form a new developing subsidiary composed mainly of former Squaresoft programmers. This new team, called Browny Brown, will begin operations on

The new, slimmer Playstation will go on sale in Japan on July 7th with a retail cost of 15,000 yen and the official name PS One. The PS

Question: What’s the difference between anime and Japanese culture? Are they very similar, or are there significant diferences?

Cartoon Network will begin airing the four part OAV CGI anime series Blue Submarine No. 6 on Saturday mornings starting July 8 at 11 a.m. The series is

The Miyazaki Discussion Group recently received a comment from Tokuma International concerning the Anchor Bay DVD release of Hayao Miyazaki’s classic Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind. According

There is a rumor that key members SNK’s King of Fighters development team have left the company to form a game studio of their own. The rumor has

Capcom of Japan has revealed a list of their upcoming releases with tentative release dates. Some of the highlights include: June 29 Street Fighter III 3rd Strike for

Question: Why is it that with the current success of Pokemon, other anime titles, such as Sailor Moon, haven’t been commercialized as much Pokemon has been? Also, if

Cartoon Network has begun airing an advertisement detailing new episodes of Sailor Moon. Starting June 12th at 4:00 pm, Cartoon Network will begin airing the Sailormoon S season.

Even though it is past the due date, Manga will still switch the defective Macross Plus DVDs for the correct versions. In the first week alone, Manga received

Jerry Chu of Bandai has e-mailed Anime on DVD with clarification about the statements Bandai made at A-kon. Saber Marionette J is awaiting dub production while Saber J

Palisades Marketing released an image of the upcoming Final Fantasy VIII Laguna Loire vinyl statue. The statue will be released in stores next week. The figure stands an

Although still relatively a new console and a new technology, Japanese sources have already confirmed the existance of a working Playstation 2 mod-chip and the existance of bootleg

Question: Would Hello Kitty be considered anime? It’s been so Americanized for so long it almost seems to not count as an imported product from Japan.