Joe Benitez's "Lady Mechanika" Debuts in September

Aspen Comics is proud to introduce their newest comic, "Lady Mechanika". Created by the famous Joe Benitez, "Lady Mechanika" combines the new world design concept with turn of the century supernatural elements. Read More Here -->

"New Bleach on the air!"

Adult Swim, a Cartoon Network program block, has posted it's august schedule with the return of Bleach to the line up with new episodes. Two Bleach movies will air on August 14th at midnight and two. To Read More >>

"Deadman Wonderland"

Ten years have passed since the Great Tokyo Earthquake, and Japan's memories of the disaster have faded. Ganta Igarashi, a middle school evacuee, has finally begun to live a normal life... That is, until the day "Red Man" appears at his school and Ganta's fate is changed forever. His entire class is brutally murdered, and although innocent of the crime, Ganta is sentenced to death and sent to the bizarre prison known as "Deadman Wonderland."

QT Talks Additional Kill Bill Anime

During a press interview for his latest film, Inglourious Basterds, director Quentin Tarantino discussed his work with anime studio Production I.G on anime sequences produced for Kill Bill. Tarantino confirmed that I.G has completed an additional anime segment depicting O-ren Ishii taking revenge on the man who killed her father. Tarantino states that he originally wanted to include this scene in the 2003 film, but including more than 8 minutes of anime in Kill Bill volume 1, “may be not the wisest move.” However, the freshly produced anime sequence will be included in Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, which Tarantino expects to focus on after finishing the promotional junket for Inglourious Basterds.

Just as a reminder, the original anime sequence in the Japanese release of Kill Bill vol. 1 is a few seconds longer and contains slightly more graphic violence than the cut released to American theaters and DVD. Furthermore, America has still never gotten an official release of the fully uncut and uncensored version of Kill Bill volume 1.

'ICv2 Insider's Guide' #67: Top 25 Manga Properties Q2 2009 'Naruto' Dominates Manga Sales

1 Naruto Viz Media 2 Fruits Basket Tokyopop
3 Vampire knight Viz Media

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Karino Takatsu's Working!! Manga Gets Anime Green-Light

The official pamphlet of Tokyo's Young Gangan Fes. Anime no Okage Summer 2009 event has revealed on Sunday that an anime adaptation of Karino Takatsu's Working!! four-panel manga has been green-lit. The story is set in a family restaurant named Wagnaria in the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido. Sōta works part-time among the restaurant's high-spirited, mysterious, yet cool staffers.

More details on the anime will be provded in Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine. The pamphlet lists the official homepage of the anime project as wagnaria.com, but the site has yet to open. The manga has been running in Young Gangan since 2005, and six compiled book volumes have been published. The first three manga chapters are available online.

Blade of the Immortal Anime to Finally Hit American Shores!!!!

Media Blasters is releasing the first volume of the Blade of the Immortal anime on September 29th. Based on the innovative seinen manga by Hiroaki Samura (published by Dark Horse in North America) Read the full article

Anime convention brings together art, fans

The second annual Northern Michigan Anime Convention has partnered with Gaming for a Cure, a nonprofit tournament that raises money for cancer research. But that's just one part of the convention, which begins Saturday at Northwestern Michigan College. Read the full story

Bruce Campell Goes Samurai

Brand new domestic cult film distributor Shinobi Splat! Entertainment has announced its first DVD/BD release, the 1987 low budget samurai action movie Ambush at Blood Trail Gate. Shinobi Splat! founder Jeff Stephens was able to obtain a print of the “lost” film from director Naohiro Takita, but while the music and effects tracks were recoverable, the original Japanese language dialogue was lost. So Shinobi Splat will release the film domestically with an original English dialogue track starring cult film icon Bruce Campbell. The DVD will include remastered video, a Q & A with director Naohiro Takita and voice actor Bruce Campbell, and a documentary on the restoration of the film. The movie will go on sale October 13th at $24.95 MSRP for the DVD and $29.95 for Blu-ray.

Paul Bettany tells ShockTillYouDrop.com about Priest Live Action Movie

Legion director Scott Stewart and star Paul Bettany talked to ShockTillYouDrop.com about the next project they are working on together, Priest, which is expected to start shooting late next month. An adaptation of a TokyoPop comic book, the story is set in a world ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampire and follows a warrior priest who turns against the church to track down a murderous band of vampires who have kidnapped his niece. Screen Gems is targeting an August 13, 2010 release.
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Anime Sketch Auctioned for 1.311 Million Yen

An auction for a sketch of a Lucky Star character by game illustrator Naru Nanao ended at 1,311,000 yen (about US$14,000). Nanao had originally drawn the sketch of the Kagami Hiiragi character to mark the end of the Lucky Star anime series, even though Nanao was not directly involved in Lucky Star. Three bidders all entered bids of 1,285,000 yen (US$13,770) or higher in the last ten minutes of the July 12 auction on the Yahoo! Japan website.
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NEW MORIBITO EPISODES WILL AIR IN AUGUST

Adult Swim’s programming block shows in its updated programming schedule that new episodes of Moribito : Guardian of the Spirit will premiere on August 22. Adult Swim is currently showing the first 10 episodes . The entire series will run on Adult Swim this summer.

4th FMA trailer

The fourth Full Metal Alchemist trailer showcasing their seconds season is out. The show is said to release on April 5th in japan. The show it a revamp of the old anime with new cast members but same voice actors. TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

Bandai get Lucky Star

At last weeks Wondercon convention Bandi Entertainment announced they have gained the distribution rights to the Luck Star OVA. although this was expected Bandai plans to be releasing the OVA released last september in japan to America. TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

Tatsunoko and Marvel

The Nihon Keizai newspaper says that the anime studio Tatsunoko Productions will be developing a animated TV series that with have both Tatsunoko and Marvel characters in it. The series to says to be planned for international distribution in 2012... TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

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New FMA trailer

Fullmetal Alchemist has released another trailer for their new series... this is the second video to be released so far. The show is to be released on the 5th of april...to view the trailer click here... TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

Haruhi-Chan Youtube

The Kadokawa Anime channel on youtube as the first 5 minute episode of Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya and the first 127 seconds of Nyoron Churuya-say both with English subtitles. The first epeisdoes of these were to air on Febuary 13th.. but instead 46 seconds montage of boats and a nice sunset was played with the message "It was not finished" played. TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

Pokemon Movie

The latest Pokemon movie aired on Cartoon Network this Friday. It is said to also be showed throughout this week if you missed the show on Friday. You can catch it again on Wednesday at 8:00 PM. To can buy the DvD on March 31! TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

Japanese Comic Rating Feb. 3rd -9th

1.) Naruto #45

2.) Bleach #37

3.) Katekyo Hitman Reborn! #23

4.) Gintama #27

5.) Worst #22

6.) Toriko #3

7.) Kuroshitsuji #6

8.) Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar #16

9.) Glass No Kamen #43

10.) Rosario + Vampire Season II #3

TO SEE THE FULL LIST CLICK HERE

Takashi Miike Interview

He is best known for Audition, and Ichi the Killer. Though he has began to become more mainstream with the films Sukiyaki Western Django, Family fare like Zebraman and Yatterman. Anime news network has a exclusive internview with the man! TO READ THE INTERVIEW CLICK HERE

Fullmetal Alchemist 2

The official Japanese website for Fullmetal Alchemist now has a 16 second trailer showing the new Fullmetal series. Click here to view the trailer... The New Series is going to air on April 5th... TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

Second Nogizaka Haruka Series

MediaWorks has officially announced the production of Nogizaka Haruka's Secret T.V series
The Series is a adaptation of the novel written by Yusaku Igarashi. It is about a High school girl who hides from the fact that she is really a obsessive anime otaku.

No New Suzumiya Haruhi Series

It was thought that in April of this year that a new Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi Television series was to start. This came up because of a cover of a magazine. A representative of Kadokawa Shoten Animation group has clarified that in April they will be Rebroadcasting the 2006 series... TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

DLE YouTube Channel

Dream Link Entertainment (or DLE) is Japan's number 1 Flash animation studio. The Youtube Channel offers a variety of their animation productions. Some of these include Fightension School, Eagle Talon, Sguy and Family Stone.... TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

Goodbye Toonami Jetstream

The 11 year Block on Cartoon Network has eneded. Also the Toonami jetstream website is closed. The website would allow you stream some of your favorite anime, but with the website closing you will only be able to watch Naruto on Cartoon Network's CN viedo page.. All the other (MAR, Blue Dragon, Hikaru No Go, Zatch Bell and Kiba) will no longer be avaible online.

Saki Trailer!

The website for the umcoming anime Saki now has the series Comic Mark 75 trailer in a streaming flash. The show is about a high school girl playing Mahjong. .To view the trailer click here(click the tab just to the left that says PV)... TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

FMA Premium DvD

Fullmetal Alchemist Is being released in a "Premium DvD" collection later this year. The DvD set is said to have full Fullmetal Alchemist series, a 10 minute short of "The 7 Homunculi vs The State Alchemist" and two six minute long anime shorts.. TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

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Ryihei's New Film

Ryuhei Kitamura (Azumi, Versus, Godzilla: Final Wars) will direct the making of the new anime short movie "Baton" The film will be made with traditional rotoscope animation with 2D and 3D effects. The film will be screened between the 28th of april and the 27th of September. TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

Conan catches Lupin?

It has been reported that Shuukan Shonen magazine will announce a Lupin III vs. Dectective Conan Tv special. Who will win... The legendary theif Lupin III or the famous dectective Conan... To read the full artile click here

Death Note Tops the Chart

Death Note: The Last Name (the second live action movie based the the anime "Death Note") topped Japanese Anime Tv's charts with a 18.7 Average household rating. Other notable shows were...

Crayon Shin-Chan - 9.8

One Piece - 7.7

Pocket Monsters: Diamond and Pearl - 5.4

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - 5.3

TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

Tenchi Muyo spinoff Streamed!

This anime has been in development for a decade and has just recently relaunched with a short promotional video. They also have three teaser trailers on the website. With the relaunch they added a introduction to the first episode... TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

Shogakuan Awards

The 5th Shogakuan Manga awards were recently annouced. The winners of this year where...

Naisho No Tsubomi : Best Children's Manga

Cross Game : Best Manga For boys

Black Bird : Best Girls Manga

Gaku - Minna No Yama : Best Manga for general readers

A ceremony will be held on March 3rd for the winners.. FOR THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

Basquash Robot Sports

Basquash Rboto Sports official Japenese website has launched a page dedicated to all promotional movies they have released so far. They currently have 10 movies you can see on their website. The series combines Robots and Basketball and is supposed to be a lighthearted anime. TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

Rave Master on Sci-fi

Rave Master will be taking the midnight slot on the Sci-fi channels Ani-monday on March 16th. The show will follow two episodes of Gurren Lagann.The show will continue to run at least through the month of March.... TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

Live Action Cowboy Bebop

Twentieth Century Fox might be making the live adaptation of the anime Cowboy Bebop. 2 other studios are supposed to be helping with the project alongside Fox. Also Keanu Reeves is supposed to be the star of the movie! TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

Sakuran Boy Streamed

Sakuran Boy is Japan's first Flash-animated TV show. The show is about a high school boy who transforms into Sakuran Boy DT to rescue the mayor's daughter from a secret society. To watch the first episdoe click here... TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE

Hajime no Ippo New Champion Torrent!

The new season has just started of Hajime no Ippo. Thankfully nice people of the internet has began to fansub the episodes. You can download the first episdoe from Tokyo Toshokan or CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TORRENT!

Gigantor Built!

Mitsuteru Yokoyama's Tetsujin 28 anime was made into a screenplay. Those of you who have seen the anime will remember the robot (named Gigantor in the English adaptation). Well Mr. Yokoyama made a replica of Gigantor for his screenplay. It ways over 1,000 pounds and stands over 20 feet tall! TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE
also to see pictures of this awesome mech CLICK HERE

Naruto is top 150 books on USA Today Booklist

Volume 33 of Naruto has climbed 36 spots in USA Today top 150 books. It currently is in 68th place, but less than a week ago it was in 104th. That is a 36 spot jump for those of you who are wondering. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!

Pandora Hearts Promo

Pandora Hearts is a gothic action mystery that centers around Oz Bezarius, an heir to one of the four dukes of the land, but his life is changed drasticly during his coming-of-age ceremony when is is thrown into prison... READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!

Watch the promo here

Shugo Chara episode 65 streamed

The Crunchroll media distribution website started to stream episode 65 of Shugo Chara which is a magical girl anime. This is only availble to the websites subscribers though. This episode is the second series, "Shugo Chara!! Doki-... Read the full article here

Crunchroll Media Distribution website Here...

Hatsukoi Limited Promo Movie

The Hatsukoi Limited anime page has began streaming a promotional movie. The television series will premier this spring in japan..READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

Watch the promotional movie here!

Second Gurren Lagann movie trailer!

You can now view the trailer for the next movie Gurren Lagann: Ragan-hen. To view the trailer open up Internet Exlporer (at least version 5.5) and go to their website which can be found HERE. The top link will let you watch the trailer but you will need windows movie player version 7.1 or higher to view it. Enjoy the awesome! READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

Anime songs on iTunes

You can now find some of your favorite anime songs on iTunes. The selection inclued Shakugan no Shana's Opening theme song, Shakugan no Shana Second's opening theme song and Black Lagoon opening theme song. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

Gurren Lagann Movie 1 Scene

A scene from the movie, which is from episode 11 if you watched the series (The manly tears episode). Only Gianex could take something pure awesome, and then make it more awesome...

NEW HAJIME NO IPPO!

The Continuation of The Fighting Hajime no Ippo called "Hajime no Ippo 'New Challenger'" started on the 6th of January. Ippo is continuing his voxing career and still trying to find out knowing the true meaning of being a strong boxer READ MORE HERE....

Hayate no Gotoku OVA Announced

Hayate the combat butler is getting a OVA. On March 6th a japanese release wil be available in DvD and Blu-Ray format. Also it was announced that bandai would be distributing the 2007 series in America. READ MORE HERE

AKIRA GOES TO BLU-RAY

In febuary both U.S and Japan will be getting Blu-ray version of Akira.
Japan's copy will be available on February 20th for 8,190 yen (roughly around $77.90 US)
While The US will be available on February 24th for $49.98 READ MORE HERE

During a press interview for his latest film, Inglourious Basterds, director Quentin Tarantino discussed his work with anime studio Production I.G on anime sequences produced for Kill Bill. Tarantino confirmed that I.G has completed an additional anime segment depicting O-ren Ishii taking revenge on the man who killed her father. Tarantino states that he originally wanted to include this scene in the 2003 film, but including more than 8 minutes of anime in Kill Bill volume 1, “may be not the wisest move.” However, the freshly produced anime sequence will be included in Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, which Tarantino expects to focus on after finishing the promotional junket for Inglourious Basterds.

Just as a reminder, the original anime sequence in the Japanese release of Kill Bill vol. 1 is a few seconds longer and contains slightly more graphic violence than the cut released to American theaters and DVD. Furthermore, America has still never gotten an official release of the fully uncut and uncensored version of Kill Bill volume 1.

King of Thorn Movie Trailer Released

An official web page for Kadokawa Pictures and director Kazuyoshi Katayama’s (The Big O) King of Thorn anime feature film has launched, featuring an English friendly trailer promising a 2010 worldwide release. The spectacular trailer looks exceptionally faithful to Yuji Iwahara’s original manga, and the narrative nature of the story should make it particularly well suited for international distribution since it’s a speculative sci-fi action story not specifically tied to Japanese culture. See offical trailer here

Real Clothes Manga Gets TV Drama Series in October

Right Stuf's Nozomi Entertainment announced its acquisition of the series in March 2010, two DVD box sets are planned, the first scheduled for late Fall 2010. Each set features remastered video from the Japanese DVD release, as well as Japanese audio and English-language subtitles.

The Dirty Pair TV series follows the action-packed, sci-fi misadventures of Kei and Yuri, operatives dispatched by the for-profit World Welfare Works Association to resolve crises throughout the universe. Their preferred codename is “Lovely Angels,” but their on-the-job effectiveness, is only rivaled by the path of destruction left in their wake, has earned them a very public, very unwanted nickname – the “Dirty Pair.”

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