Anime News

Hokkaido TV's On-chan Mascot Gets TV Anime in January

Japanese television broadcaster HTB (situated on the northern island of Hokkaido) has announced a new anime series for children starring their mascot on-chan (which debuted for the station on December 1, 1997). The anime will be called Yume-miru Anime on-chan (Dreaming Anime on-c...

18 years ago

MIT Professors Write, Direct Anime-Themed Play

The Dance Theater Ensemble of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will perform a play this week based on anime. "Live Action Anime 2007: Madness at Mokuba" involves a giant robot competition. Two MIT professors are behind the writing and directing of this play. For more i...

18 years ago

Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu Light Novel Gets TV Anime and CD Drama

The publisher MediaWorks has announced that Yusaku Igurashi's romance comedy light novel, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, will be adapted into both a CD Drama and television anime series for 2008. The announcement came from Dengeki's 15th Anniversary Stage Show event on Sunday. Nogiz...

18 years ago

GDH Int'l Head Condemns Illegal Anime Distribution

Arthur Smith, the president of G.D.H. International, said in an interview with ActiveAnime.com: "Viewing fan subbed versions before official release is not different from smashing the window of a Mac Store and taking an iPhone the day before it is released." ANN further reports t...

18 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings

The top ten manga for the week of November 21st are as follows: 1. Nodame Contabile, Volume 19 2. Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 21 3. Air Gear, Volume 19 4. Angel Heart, Volume 24 5. Hellsing, Volume 9 6. Fairy Tale, Volume 7 7. Naruto, Volume 40 8. Beck, Volume 31 9. Diam...

18 years ago

Torrenting Warning Notices a Mistake

If you heard last week, various users who had Comcast as their ISP received notices of copyright infringment for torrenting unlicensed anime. An administrator for the AnimeSuki website of anime BitTorrent links reported that users received a "Notice of Claim of Copyright Infringe...

18 years ago

Student suspended for names written in "Death Note"

A student at Franklin Military Academy in Richmond, Virginia was suspended for writing students' names in a book labeled as "Death Note". The principal of the school caught the student reading the list of names in the Death Note. According to fellow students, he did not say much,...

18 years ago

The Anime Network releases episodes online

The Anime Network, an all-anime cable station run by ADV films, has just added an online episode viewer. The first three episodes of twelve series are currently available, and new episodes are to be released every Thursday, presumably until the show ends. Each episode will stay o...

18 years ago

New Kyou Kara Maoh! Season in Spring 2008

Kyou Kara Maoh! will be back for its third season during the Spring 2008 season. It premieres in Japan during the month of April. It is a continuation of the light novels by Tomo Takabayashi and Temari Matsumoto. The director, studio script editor, and the animators at Studio DEE...

18 years ago

Hidamari Sketch Season 2 Announced!

"Posters at the Hidamari Sketch event, 'Chou Hida Matsuri' (Super Hida Festival), informed attendees of a second season. The new series titled 'Hidamari Sketch x 365' is slated for release in 2008." Source: moetron

18 years ago