Anime News

Korean Drama Winter Sonata goes anime

The hit Korean television drama, Winter Sonata (also known as Winter Love Song), will be receiving an animated version. Originally shown in 2002 in South Korea, the show aired in Japan in 2004 on the NHK network, receiving high ratings and helping to further the wave of Korean po...

18 years ago

Vampire Knight will be animated to a TV series

The January issue (on sale November 24) of Hakusensha's LaLa shōjo magazine has announced that Matsuri Hino's Vampire Knight manga will be animated for television in Japan. Source: ANN Moonphase

18 years ago

Adapts Manga New Anime

Legal English-Subbed Anime Downloads

Vuze, Inc., the entertainment provider formerly known as Azureus, Inc., is premiering the anime series Neko Rahmen worldwide with free, English-subtitled video downloads with no digital restrictions. Vuze tells ANN that its Neko Rahmen videos are "full-resolution" files with shor...

18 years ago

Code Geass Season 2 in Spring and Season 1 on Adult Swim

The second season for Code Geass has been confirmed to air in Spring 08 in the latest issue of Newtype Magazine. Source: RandomC (Scan is at this link) --- Sunrise, the company behind Code Geass has announced that it will air on Adult Swim in the US spring 08. Source: ANN

18 years ago

National university to set up anime graduate course

Source: Daily Yomiuri Online Ever wanted a Master's degree in anime? Well... Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music will establish an animation major course at the Graduate School of Film and New Media in Yokohama from April to nurture young artists in the field of anim...

18 years ago

Kodansha Employee Sends Fake Emails to Bloggers

An employee at Kodansha was busted for sending fake emails to manga bloggers on November 28th. The employee pretended to be a college student and sent email surveys saying that they were conducting market research in order to obtain confidential information from the bloggers. The...

18 years ago

ADV February Releases

ADV has released the list of anime DVDs that will be released in February 2008. The list includes Tokyo Majin (DVD2), Kanon (DVD2), Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann (DVD1), and The Wallflower (DVD2). Pricing ranges from $27 (US) to $50 (US). For a comprehensive list and pricing visit:...

18 years ago

Japan offers to solve 'Union Jack problem'

Regarding the debate in the United Kingdom to redesign their flag, commonly known as the Union Jack, Japanese citizens, specifically those on 2ch.net, have decided to help out. "Telegraph" said:Earlier this week a Labour MP called for the Union flag to be redesigned to include th...

18 years ago

Lenny Kravitz Single to be Used for New Death Note Movie

L change the WorLd is the codename for the spinoff of the live action Death Note movie planned for a Spring 2008 release in Japan. Lenny Kravitz's new single, "I'll Be Waiting" from his upcoming album "It Is Time for a Love Revolution", will be the theme song for this movie. Krav...

18 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings

The top ten manga for the week of November 28th are as follows: 1. Kimi no Todoke, Volume 5 2. Nodame Cantabile, Volume 19 3. Tsubasa: Resevoir Chroncile, Volume 21 4. Gantz, Volume 22 5. Air Gear, Volume 19 6. Pride, Volume 8 7. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Volume 16 8. Fairy...

18 years ago