Anime News

Kite sequel expected early next year.

Kite Liberator, the sequel to the 1998 Kite is expected to be released from Media Blasters in the first half of next year. You can watch a trailer at the Media Blasters website.

19 years ago

Death Note on Adult Swim

It has been officially announced that Death Note will air on Adult Swim on the Cartoon Network. Watch the first ep. October 20 at midnight.

19 years ago

ADV is having a sale to celebrate its 15th anniversary. To commemorate the occasion new releases of Volume 1 DVDs, including but not limited to the first volumes of Air, Innocent Venus, Red Garden, and Welcome to the NHK are up for $15. The sale lasts for 15 days. Reportedly they...

19 years ago

Kanon 2006 Licensed by ADV

David Williams of ADV Films has confirmed that they have indeed licensed Visual Art's/Key and Kyoto Animation's Kanon 2006 at Anime Weekend Atlanta yesterday. ADV also has the license for Air, which was also done by the same Japanese companies. Source: AnimeOnDVD

19 years ago

Tsubasa Chronicle Tokyo Revelations Trailer

The official site for Tsubasa Chronicle Tokyo Revelations has released a 15-second trailer which is available for download (in .wmv format). The first of the OVAs (three in all) will be released with the limited edition of volume 21 of the manga which will be released in Japan on...

19 years ago

Diamond Previews for October

MangaCast has published the Diamond Previews list which will be available in December 2007/January 2008. It includes new releases and cancellations. Included are: Gakuen Alice Vol. 1 (TOKYOPOP), High School Debut Vol. 1 (Viz Media), and Zombie Fairy Vol. 1 (CMX). For a complete l...

19 years ago

Media Blasters Acquires Tweeny Witches

According to Animeondvd.com the show Tweeny Witches was picked up by Media Blasters. Here is the announcement on the website: Media Blasters Acquires Tweeny Witches (05:35 PM EDT): John Sirabella is the master of sneaking in some license news in a rather amusing way when people l...

19 years ago

Mishaps of 2007

In lieu of the recent controversies of School Days and Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai episodes being pulled from the air, a list of unfortunate mishaps in the anime industry in 2007 has been drawn up in comparison: RGB Adventure: Due to some circumstances in the production company...

19 years ago

Higurashi and the Last Episode of School Days Status TBA

The last episode of School Days has been removed from the airing schedule on several different stations. According to the official School Days website it is unknown if they will allow it to be aired. A while back, it was announced that School Days might have a tragic ending as in...

19 years ago

Animation Major for Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music

The Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (TNUFAM) have filed an application to Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to start a new graduate program in Animation. If approved it will be the first undergraduate or graduate major program...

19 years ago