What better time to dig into baseball manga and anime than October? Viz seems to agree with that, and are marking next week as somewhat of a "Cross Game Week" in celebration of the release of the manga's first volume. Series creator Mitsuru Adachi ( …Read more »
Hopefully your plate isn't already too full with shows to watch, because we've recently gotten together with our friends over at Crunchyroll to bring more streaming anime to Otaku USA. Among the shows we now have available from them in full are Reborn! , Skip …Read more »
As awesome as Highschool of the Dead is, the fact that it's been hidden behind a subscription to The Anime Network, for the most part, has likely kept many from checking it out. Now I'm not saying the following placement exactly opens it up to …Read more »
While you shouldn't get too excited over that headline, you should at least get somewhat excited, because Cyborg 009 is coming back! That's an entirely true statement, despite the fact that they'll only be coming back in a brief burst of CG courtesy Production I.G. …Read more »
If you were an anime fan in the mid-nineties, it’s likely you ran across Armitage III . A cyberpunk tale in the vein of Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell , Armitage III was once so synonymous with “anime” that it was featured as …Read more »
It's been a while since we posted a trailer for Takeshi Koike's upcoming film Redline , but that doesn't make us any less excited to check out it out when it finally hits North America. In fact, the trailer is just serving to make the …Read more »
“Congratulations! You’ve won our lottery! You may be one who died with a great sin, BUT, we’re going to give you a second chance, you lucky soul!” Thus begins Colorful , a new film based on an award-winning 1999 novel and directed by Keiichi Hara, …Read more »
Crunchyroll announced a slew of new streaming acquisitions this week, with a handful of new series from Kadokawa Pictures and TV Tokyo. Among the Kadokawa titles is the latest series from Gainax, the hyperkinetic Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (trailer below). More from their fresh …Read more »
Good news for fans of Fairy Tail —the anime adaptation of Hiro Mashima's ongoing manga about the titular mage guild—the show is officially going ahead with more episodes, and will be kicking off the "Nirvana" story arc during its second-year run on TV Tokyo. The …Read more »
Anime fans based in or around San Francisco have something new to get pumped about, because Anime Night at the 2010 J-Pop Summit is on its way. Hosted by Crunchyroll, Anime Night will feature two screenings of a newly remastered version of Makoto Shinkai's 5 …Read more »
While it should come as no surprised that Japan gets cooler and more plentiful bonuses with special releases of their manga, this one truly has me wishing I frequently picked up (and could read) comics from overseas. The latest Japanese bundle-in treat goes to those …Read more »
In the small pool of prominent anime directors, Mamoru Oshii seldom requires introduction. In a medium largely defined by a narrow set of frequently parroted visual tropes, his geometrical compositions, calculated pacing and obsession with basset hounds are in a league of their own. For …Read more »
The latest in Capcom's mass hack-and-slash series—which began in 2005 on Playstation 2 with Devil Kings and is in its second season of anime adaptation—is finally making its way to North America next month. Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes will offer more than 15 playable characters …Read more »
Without any background on its creator, Felipe Smith, being a tad confused by what exactly Peepo Choo is would be understandable. You see, Felipe had the proper mixture of fortune, hard work and guts to be able to produce manga in Japan, where it's considered, …Read more »
It hasn't been a great week for news, as we've lost another innovative artist on top of the passing of Satoshi Kon. Though Kihachiro Kawamoto won't be as familiar a name to most, his contributions are definitely of a similarly high caliber and impact. As …Read more »
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