After tonight's broadcast of Evangelion 2.0 on NTV, a very brief spot announced a fall 2012 release date for Evangelion 3.0, Rebuild of Evangelion: Q . Huh… did the wait just get easier or more difficult? You can head over to the official website to …Read more »
Goro Miyazaki has to be the unluckiest man in the anime industry. His legendary parentage aside, no one could envy his position of having been promoted from landscape architect to suddenly directing a movie based on an epic fantasy universe spanning a half-dozen books. …Read more »
Fans of Takeshi Konomi's tennis manga, get ready for more anime action! A television adaptation of the Jump Square -serialized manga, The New Prince of Tennis , has officially been green-lit. The announcement comes via a promotional poster, which also notes that the manga's sixth …Read more »
FUNimation is working on getting everyone hyped for the November 22 release of the Hetalia movie, Hetalia Paint It, White! , so they've posted the following English trailer, as well as a promo featuring Prussia voice actor, Jonathan Brooks. FUNimation will also be putting out …Read more »
In this age of Internet streaming, it’s easy to forget that only a few scant years ago, the most efficient way to experience anime was to collect it on home video in such formats as VHS, laserdisc, and DVD. This required disposable income, dedication, and …Read more »
Spanning multiple video services—namely Zune, PlayStation Network and iTunes—the folks at FUNimation have a fresh offer you can't (likely) refuse. Free episodes from a variety of series are now available for a limited time. The deals expire throughout the month, so be sure to hop …Read more »
If you missed your chance to check out the latest from Makoto Shinkai ( The Place Promised in Our Early Days , 5 Centimeters per Second ) at Otakon, the director will also be attending October's New York Anime Festival. The convention takes place October …Read more »
Namco Bandai's Banpresto label has something really interesting in store for fans of, well, a variety of anime series. Heroes Fantasia is an upcoming RPG that brings together characters from different series that you'd never expect to see in the same place. Those series include …Read more »
Fans of A-1 Pictures and Satelight's anime adaptation of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga were treated to some good news in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine . The mag confirms the return of Natsu and the Fairy Tail guild for a 3rd year of animated adventures. …Read more »
“The next Miyazaki.” In an industry seen as slowly drying of talent, perhaps no other person in anime has had this label applied to them more than Makoto Shinkai. This might owe more to his staunchly self-driven, independent approach to animation than to his actual …Read more »
Whether or not we end up getting the PSP-bound Toriko Gourmet Survival in North America (doubtful), we can still marvel, mouths salivating, at the latest round of screenshots. Based on Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro's manga and billed as a "gourmet hunting action game," there's certainly some of …Read more »
One of the best things about going to cons—you know, besides the dealers hall and industry panels and crazy costumes—is catching premiere screenings. Otakon's most recent announcement concerns just that, as they'll be premiering the latest from directo Makoto Shinkai ( Voices of a Distant …Read more »
Warning: Antique Bakery is bound to make you hungry. If you’re like me, you'll need sugar after watching. Based on a popular manga written by Fumi Yoshinaga and published by Digital Manga, Antique Bakery is easygoing, simple and yummy. It’s only twelve episodes, and they’re …Read more »
Ah, university life. Whether a distant, quasi-fond memory or something you've only been given a small reprieve from this summer (for those of you still in high school and yet to know the joys of university life, the phrase "Abandon hope all ye who enter …Read more »
Well it's about time, right? Set to kick off the third and final season of the Hellsing Ultimate OVA series—which will be comprised of three episodes—a trailer for the long-awaited eighth volume is here. Check it out below. The volume will ship on Blu-ray and …Read more »
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