Osamu Tezuka’s manga Black Jack is set to be made into a new anime movie entitled “Black Jack – Futari no Kuroi Isha” (“The Two Black Doctors”) by his son…

According to Empire magazine, (and also noticed by forum regular Paranoia Agent) Japanese director Takashi Shimizu (who directed Ju-On: The Grudge) is working on a live action adaptation of…

According to an update on nausicaa.net, Studio Ghibli (who are responsible for such famous anime films as Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away) will be releasing a short film theatrically on …

Gollancz Manga had previously announced they were bringing four Viz manga titles to the UK, Dragon Ball, Fushigi Yuugi, Case Closed and Yu-Gi-Oh, which will begin on August 1st of this year, however…

According to a post on the AnimeOnDvD forums, Viz will be releasing Naruto on US DvD in both edited and uncut forms in 2006. Starting from March 2006 the edited DvD’s will be released each …

Southhampton anime convention MinamiCon 12 is now accepting registrations. The UK convention will take place from the 17th-19th March 2006. The cost of registration is £42 for the whole…

According to an update on Anime Vision, Japanese animation studio Production I.G. have voiced an interest in working on a third film in the popular futuristic Ghost In The Shell series. Production…

The good people over at Tokyopop UK have sent us news of their upcoming releases hitting UK bookstores in August. Three new titles begin in August, including comedy science-fiction series DearS…

According to news on Nausicaa.net and keenly spotted by forum regular kupoartist, the National Film Theatre will be showing an anime season entitled Japanese Animation: Manga to Miyazaki. …

The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the upcoming live action adaptation of Naoki Urasawa’s manga Monster will have the screenplay written by Josh Olson (who worked on the upcoming…

According to the website ICv2, Manga Entertainment have licensed the 6 episode science-fiction OVA series Karas. The OVA is due for release in the United States starting in April 2006. Currently…

At their panel today during the Anime Expo convention, Funimation announced they had the license to GONZO’s horror vampire anime Trinity Blood.

UK fans should keep their eyes on UK distributors…

According to an update on ANN a Macross dub from ADV Films is not a definite (as opposed to what was previously reported from Anime Expo). ADV do however hope to be able to produce a dub if the material…

Viz Media announced their acquisition of the OVA SaiKano Another Love Song today at the US Anime Expo convention. The OVA is a follow up to the romantic tragedy TV series SaiKano.

Source: AnimeOnDvD…

Bandai have recently announced at Anime Expo that they have acquired the rights to the popular action series Mai Hime. They also reaffirmed their ownership of the latest in their famous mecha …

Geneon recently announced three new licenses at the anime convention Anime Expo stateside. These include Fake/Stay Night (which is set in the “Type Moon” universe that Tsukihime…