Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King is available today on Blu-ray and DVD in North America courtesy of Viz Media, and the publisher is teasing the release with an English trailer . The first of Studio 4ºC's theatrical film …Read more »
Viz Media originally made the announcement that the weekly digital Shonen Jump Alpha manga anthology would be going simultaneous with Japan back around New York Comic-Con. At the time, there wasn't a start date provided for the exciting shift, but now it's been narrowed down …Read more »
Joey Jones is a good kid. He goes to school, holds a job, and is a loyal friend. That doesn't change the fact that he still feels powerless. He wants to be a hero—he wants to help people where he can—but he lacks the power. …Read more »
Level-5 has been trickling out a few new promos for its collaboration with Capcom, Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney , in which the two title characters team up to solve puzzles and crack cases. The adventure kicks off on November 29 when it lands on …Read more »
As announced during Flonya Festival 2012, a Dog Days event in Tokyo, the anime series will officially be getting a third season . Fujima Takuya, illustrator of the Dog Days manga, tweeted about the announcement , but no further details were divulged. As of right …Read more »
When the first Blu-ray collection of this season's Girls und Panzer anime drops in Japan, it'll bring "Water War" with it. "Water War" isn't quite the maritime madness the title would suggest; it's a swimsuit OVA! Naturally. The Blu-ray set will also come packin' a …Read more »
Dark Horse starts off the third hefty week of manga releases this month with a new edition of Trigun Maximum . They're releasing this sequel series in 3-in-1 omnibus format, offering over 500 pages of bounty hunters and donuts per volume for only about twenty …Read more »
Whoa, it's that time again already! The latest issue of the Otaku USA newsletter has arrived for subscribers, and this one's a doozy. If the word doozy already has you tingling with excitement, you can skip the formalities and subscribe here for free to have …Read more »
DmC: Devil May Cry has been under fire from the moment it was first announced along with images of Dante's revamped look. If one were to generate a word cloud based on descriptions of the antagonist, it wouldn't have much variety, and "emo" or something …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of films such as Spirited Away , Ponyo and Princess Mononoke was recently awarded a Person of Cultural Merit honor by the Japanese government. The honor is awarded annually to 15 individuals who have made a significant …Read more »
RDG: Red Data Girl is a light novel series by Noriko Ogiwara, and as is the case with many a light novel, it's making its way to television in its very own anime series from P.A. Works ( Angel Beats! , Hanasaku Iroha , Tari …Read more »
If you’re a resident of southern California, take heed: The live-action film adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin , which we reviewed a few months back, is making its American debut in December at LA EigaFest, a Los Angeles-based film festival celebrating Japanese cinema. The festival, set …Read more »
For the past 25 years, filmmakers, reporters, critics and film fanatics in Tokyo have been setting aside a week in late October for the Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan’s biggest cinematic event. Though not quite as significant as festivals like Cannes or Sundance, Tokyo nonetheless …Read more »
There was a moment of awkward silence once the house lights came up in the theater after the end credits of Evangelion 3.0 : You Can (Not) Redo . To Evangelion veterans who were there the first time around, it was probably a familiar feeling. …Read more »
There have been plenty of teasers, TV spots, commercials, and so on for One Piece Film Z , which series creator Eiichiro Oda promises will rival the blockbustin' power of 2010's Strong World . That remains to be seen, but for now we can soak …Read more »
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