A whole new era for the physical distribution of anime? Yes!
After months of hype from the North American anime distributor Bandai Entertainment boasting that a “new era” is coming as part of the Nebula Project, and our own representitive…
Anime Expo 2008 License Roundup
Spanning from July 3-6, Anime Expo is arguably the biggest anime convention in America, usually where the American anime distributors announce several titles.
Amongst all the noise Funimation…
Fullmetal Alchemist, Darker Than Black sequels in the works?
Information is scarce, but Canned Dogs is reporting that Japanese animation studio Bones has a sequel to Fullmetal Alchemist in its planning stages – with Irie Yasuhiro as the director,…
Behold, the sword of power! Excaliborg!?
Popularly translated as Club-to-death (or Beating) Angel Dokuro-chan, the fan-favourite ‘slapstick’ comedy “Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan” has been licensed…
On with the show! – Bandai Entertainment’s Project unfolds
On April 16th 2008, Bandai Entertainment started what would turn into a frenzy of regular updates and an ongoing space opera epic, using all but two websites, secret source code messages, and…
Geneon to return with new distribution method – Summer 2008?
It has been several months since the President of Geneon USA, Eiji Orii, left his [PDF format] parting words back in November 2007, and while there is still no official word on the situation, …
News from the New York Comic Convention and Kawaii-Kon
As the American convention season starts to hot up, several major announcements have sprung up from the most recent “New York Comic Convention”: [Note: Companies refered …
Gonzo pave the way for new era of anime distribution
In a surprise turn of events, one of the most prominent Japanese animation companies – Gonzo Digimation – have made the first step – with respect to Japanese companies …
Bones eat souls
The highly regarded Japanese animation studio “Bones”, responsible for such acclaimed productions as “Fullmetal Alchemist”, “Wolf’s Rain”…
Real Drive – Ghost Hound – Ghost in the Shell live-action?
With all the recent exciting news coming from Production I.G – it would seem as if Christmas has come a month too early. Several Masamune Shirow themed developments have surfaced over…
Updated: Haruhi release ends, Lucky Star on the horizon?
Recent reports point towards the possibility that Bandai Entertainment have licensed the latest anime phenomenon “Lucky Star”, after the show had been advertised as an “Available…
Greek mythology related anime, Mnemosyne – revealed
AnimeNewsNetwork are reporting that the Japanese animation company, “Xebec”, who are a subsidary of “Production I.G.” and who specialise in TV anime working on …
Trick or treat? Funimation announce Fuyumi Ono’s Ghost Hunt
A midnight news report on the AnimeNewsNetwork announced that Funimation have licensed the anime adaptation of Shido Inada’s shoujo manga “Ghost Hunt”, which is in turn…
Late manga “god” Osamu Tezuka to have his manga coloured
The company Tezuka Productions, founded by the late Osamu Tezuka, will begin a project to digitise and colour all 150,000 pages of Tezuka’s manga, at a speed of 1000 pages a month. Tezuka’s…
Interview with Viz Media’s (US) Liza Coppola on ICv2
ICv2 have posted a three–part–interview with Viz Media’s Senior Vice President – Liza Coppola. The interview focuses on the growth of the manga industry in the US,…
Update of Geneon’s (US) current affairs
Following on from the earlier news that Geneon Entertainment USA’s (a large US distributor; MVM distribute a lot of their titles in the UK) sales and marketing will be completely taken …
FLCL novels to be released by Tokyopop (US)
The popular franchise of many different names, most commonly known around Western countires as “Fooly Cooly”, has already had six episodes of anime, two volumes of manga, and three…
Death Note live-action movies licensed by Viz Media USA
Originally released in June (original movie) and November (sequel) last year, the two “Death Note” live-action films finally get an English DVD and theatrical release in America…