There’s been a fair amount of doom and gloom when it comes to the anime industry these past few years. Madhouse’s book on the state of the industry certainly didn’t paint a particularly rosy picture, and our interview with Taliesin Jaffe ended with him describing …Read more »
Short Peace , if you’ll recall, is the latest film from Katsuhiro Otomo – a man who’s forever linked with his masterwork Akira , but should also noted for his contributions to the world of anime shorts, stretching all the way back to Labyrinth Tales …Read more »
It’s hard to believe, but Millennium Actress is 12 years old. Millennium Actress , a film about a famous actress recalling the story of her life, was the second feature directed by Satoshi Kon ( Paranoia Agent, Paprika ), who died in 2010. The film …Read more »
The fourth Blu-ray and DVD of Kyoto Animation's Tamako Market anime is set to come with a special treat when it arrives in Japan on June 19. The release will come packaged with an OVA called "Occhyoko Choi-chan," focusing on island fortune teller Choi Mochimazzi's …Read more »
Sword Art Online is pretty darn popular, and it's looking to get even more so with Aniplex of America's announcement that the series—which adapts Reki Kawahara's light novels of the same name—will be making its way to Adult Swim's Toonami block. According to Aniplex's announcement …Read more »
It's been a good year for co-productions, especially if the name of your animation studio happens to be Madhouse. Japanese fans of The CW Network's hit show Supernatural have already experienced their take on the Winchester brothers' various run-ins with ghastly mythology-turned-reality, but we're about …Read more »
Unsure whether or not to get pumped for the 13-episode retelling of Masamune Shirow's Appleseed manga? Let the trailer below either heat you up or cool you down, depending on where you stand with the animation style. It's very similar in look, but not directly …Read more »
Yes, that's right, the original Mobile Suit Gundam series gets the real headline spotlight here because, well, it's OG Gundam ! That's not all it is, though, as the company detailed at their New York Anime Fest panel this past weekend. To be specific, Bandai …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 »
Anyone that thinks North American anime DVD buyers have ever been given the shaft on disc content probably hasn't purchased many Japanese discs. It's kind of like a more expensive trip to the starry Suncoast-ruled past, with two-episode DVDs and Blu-rays reminding one of those …Read more »
FUNimation had a couple of acquisition announcements during this Anime Boston-tastic weekend (I think there may have been some other cons, too, and, uh, Easter). One of those concerns Chobits , the 26-episode Morio Asaka directed series based on CLAMP's manga. The Persocoms therein will …Read more »
What is Mega Monster Battle , you ask? I'm glad you're curious, because it never gets old to talk about a movie that features fifty, count 'em FIFTY Ultramen working together to put a stop to Ultraman Belial and his monstrous horde. Thus is the …Read more »
This should come as good news for anyone that double-dipped on FUNimation's Evangelion 1.0 and 1.11 releases. The Japanese Blu-ray and DVD editions of the second in the rebuild series, Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance , will feature the longer version of the film …Read more »
I figured it's been a while since I've watched Neon Genesis Evangelion in its entirety, so going into Evangelion 1.11 would be kind of a fresh slate viewing, or at least a memory-jogging one. It turns out the former isn't actually possible, but it …Read more »
Are you hankering for a peek at Mobile Suit Gundam UC (AKA Unicorn ), but just can't wait any longer? Don't fret, and don't resort to anything we wouldn't legally recommend, no matter how tempting, as Bandai Channel has offered up a stream of the …Read more »
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