Anime News

Akira Live-Action Film 2009

Warner and Leonardo DiCaprio will produce a live action film based on the Akira manga. There are two films planned, each spanning 3 volumes of the manga. The films will have some changes to appeal to a western audience. The films will no longer take place in Neo-Tokyo, but rather...

18 years ago

Freedom anime will continue on HD DVD

Despite the recent news of HD DVD cessation in favour of Blu ray, Bandai Visual released a statement yesterday stating they would continue releasing Freedom in HD DVD/DVD Twin-Disc format. Retailers will cease carrying volumes 1-3 but they will still be available on their website...

18 years ago

Dragonball Online previews

The latest gameplay video for the MMORPG based off of the popular Dragonball series has been posted. The game is set to be released Q2 of 2008 in Korea. The game has the World Martial Arts Tournament, where players can compete to see who is the strongest. Players are able to get...

18 years ago

Claymore licensed by Funimation

ANN is reporting that Funimation has licensed the Claymore. They made the announcement at noon CST today. No word on a release schedule as of yet. The manga is being released by Viz Media and has been released up to volume 10 with volume 11 being released in March.

18 years ago

Licenses

Free Comic Book Day May 3, 2008

Free Comic Book Day May 3, 2008 Free Comic Book Day is a special event held each year at participating comic book shops in North America and the world. On this day shops will have a special stash of comics to give out for free! Marvel, DC, Image, and other companies participate i...

18 years ago

Funimation To Pick Up Geneon Titles

Navarre CEO Cary Deacon has revealed that Navarre subsidiary FUNimation is now in negotiations to acquire distribution rights to some of Geneon USA's anime titles. source: ICv2 Good, now lets hope one of the titles is Black Lagoon Season 2 ################################## .: NE...

18 years ago

Japanese movies to air in US theatres.

Funimation and The Bigger Picture will be presenting three Japanese movies at varied points across February. As a part of The Foreign Exchange Series, Funimation will bring One Piece: The Desert Princess and The Pirates: Adventure in Alabasta, Vexille - 2077 Isolation of Japan, a...

18 years ago

Death Note Manga to Return with One-Shot Story in Japan

On February 11th Weekly Shonen Jump will publish a one off, standalone, story based off of the original Death Note manga. The 44 page short story will describe an event after the end of the original story. The story will focus on the fact that a new Kira has emerged and the event...

18 years ago

Hunter X Hunter Resuming Serialization

Hunter X Hunter, after going on-Hiatus again last December, will resume in Issue 14 of Weekly Shounen Jump. The 25th tankoubon of the series will also be released shortly after. Source:Canned Dogs

18 years ago

Tetsuwan Birdy (Birdy the Mighty) anime announced for Summer

Patlabor Mangaka Yuuki Masami's "Tetsuwan Birdy" (Birdy the Mighty) is being converted into an anime, to air this summer. The cast and channel have yet to be decided, and it has been said that the anime version will differ in story and setting from the manga. The manga is current...

18 years ago