Sailor Moon is experiencing a major resurgence at the moment, so the timing is perfect for the debut of the Moon Animate Make-Up project. The crowd-sourced group animation effort ended up bringing over 250 fans together to animate a full episode of Sailor Moon , …Read more »
It may not be the addition of Kill la Kill that some were hoping for, but Adult Swim's Toonami block is still adding some more action from the director/writer duo of Hiroyuki Imaishi and Kazuki Nakashima. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is the next anime to …Read more »
It's a bit of a Dragon Ball Z movie news day, with some information on next year’s film and clips from last year’s. Don’t get ‘em mixed up, okay? Firstly, the director for next year’s DBZ film, which does not yet have a title, has …Read more »
For anime fans, it’s one of Tokyo’s must-sees: the 1:1 scale Gundam statue. Completed in 2009, the real-life RX-78 currently keeps watch over the Gundam Front theme park in Odaiba, Tokyo. It’s an impressive tribute to the continued popularity Gundam has had over the decades, …Read more »
The sheer dominating power of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece can't be stopped. Not content with ruling the manga and anime worlds, having its own special exhibitions, and more, One Piece is getting a theme park at Tokyo Tower. The 333-meter-tall tower—located in Minato-ku, Tokyo—will be …Read more »
So Akira , the live action Hollywood remake. Is this thing happening or not? The short answer: uh, maybe. The film, which has been an on-and-off deal since it was announced in 2011, has been through a mound of rewrites, budget cuts and scrapped designs, …Read more »
Crowdfunding, crowdfunding, crowdfunding. Ain’t a week goes by we ain’t reporting ‘bout the stuff. What are those crazy Kickstarting kids up to this time? Sorry, this isn’t Kickstarter – it’s a new original site devoted to crowdfunding independent anime projects. And it is called… AniCool …Read more »
It's been streaming for a little while now, but Viz is getting ready to bring the classic Sailor Moon anime to Blu-ray and DVD on November 11. While we still have a little while to wait, Viz busted out a brief new clip showing off …Read more »
There's a new Dragon Ball Z film on the way to Japan, as revealed in the September issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine. The movie is set for a 2015 release during the Golden Week string of spring holidays, and will be scripted by original …Read more »
The upcoming TV anime adaptation of Yusei Matsui's Assassination Classroom was recently revealed, and now we know when to expect it. According to the official website , the anime is set for a January 2015 premiere as part of Fuji TV's Friday midnight block. As …Read more »
The hype surrounding the recent Sailor Moon remake is yet another reminder that the Japanese animation industry is an unrelenting, ouroborosian machine that consumes itself just as fast as it reinvents itself. Sailor Moon ’s staggering popularity in Japan was matched in the U.S. by …Read more »
As infrequently as live action Hollywood adaptations of manga and anime properties tend to actually make it through to production (see: Akira , Battle Angel Alita , the live-action Robotech with Tobey Maguire), every once in a while something slips through, a freak blip in …Read more »
Bad news for any fans of the Japanese music scene: according to a statement released by record company Avex yesterday, Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder and prominent composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has been diagnosed with throat cancer. YMO is one of the most influential bands of the …Read more »
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