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© Rumiko Takahashi / Shogakukan Ranma ½ will forever remain a staple of my formative years as an anime and manga fan, from the series itself to the way it introduced me to two then distinctly different markets within the same fandom. When I was …Read more »
A few weeks ago, we buzzed excitedly about the new Takeshi Koike-directed Lupin III film. Man, is this going to be cool or what? Well, a few shots of the film dropped along with an interview with the man playing Jigen one last time, and …Read more »
© Rumiko Takahashi / Shogakukan Anime classic Ranma ½ is finally back on shelves along with a new collection of Rumiko Takahashi's original manga. We took the opportunity to fire off a quick round of questions to some folks at Viz Media, and Senior Manager …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks made a quick announcement today regarding the Maoyu — Archenemy & Hero anime. The 12-episode series will be available soon through select digital outlets, with a home video release to follow later. Based on the light novel series by Log Horizon 's Mamare …Read more »
Good news for lovers of fraud, lies, and gross misrepresentation on a colossal scale: Japanese composer Mamoru Samuragouchi, known for writing the soundtracks to Capcom’s Onimusha and Resident Evil video game series, as well as a number of film soundtracks, has been revealed to be …Read more »
Space Dandy is gearing up for its January 2014 debut in Japan and in America, and Bandai Visual has a preview of the latest from Shinichiro Watanabe ( Cowboy Bebop , Samurai Champloo ) in a new full promo. The Japanese voice cast is on …Read more »
Picture this: A couple, madly in love, is flying aboard a hot air balloon. They’re in trouble: the load must be lightened or the balloon will crash into a ravine. “Maybe I should jump,” says the man. “You’d have a good life.” “No!” screams the …Read more »
As announced at Otakon in August, Viz Media is planning a major comeback for Rumiko Takahashi's legendary manga and anime series Ranma ½ . The manga will be available in deluxe 2-in-1 omnibus editions, displayed in the original right-to-left format for the first time ever …Read more »
Plenty of folks can tell you where the impulse to cosplay comes from—even though it varies from person to person, there's still that difficult to define, fan-driven urge that's impossible to shake. But what about the actual history of cosplay? Who were the first people …Read more »
As usual Sentai Filmworks is at Anime Expo with a handful of anime announcements. Heck, more could be coming in as I type this! Thus far we have the distributor adding Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East season 2, Stella Women's Academy: High School Division …Read more »
What happens when a bookworm boy is killed during a robbery, reincarnated as a dachshund, and adopted by a cruel, scissor-wielding teenage girl? Your guess is as good as mine, but that's the premise of Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyou , an upcoming anime produced …Read more »
Dark Horse has been making it really hard to conserve shelf space with their re-releases of CLAMP’s back catalog. Even if, like me, you already own all the previous releases from Tokyopop, it’s almost impossible to pass by these brand new, retranslated, cleaned up, full-color …Read more »
Crunchyroll announced a couple new series to its streaming winter lineup today with the addition of high school comedy Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru , AKA Oreshura , and the fantasy series Maoyu . Oreshura kicks off on January 5 at 9:00 …Read more »
Politics and pop culture have been colliding the past week in Tokyo, with idols and anime characters playing a role in the city’s upcoming gubernatorial election. Politics and entertainment have plenty of crossover in the States, too, with presidential runners announcing their candidacy on talk …Read more »
Berryz Kobo is one of the three main acts, along with Morning Musume and C-ute, headlining Hello! Project, Japan’s leading empire of all-girl J-pop singing groups. They made their first trip to America when they performed at Sakura-Con in Seattle in April 2011 and followed …Read more »
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