Anime News

JoJo's Biological Adventure

For a recent publication of the prestigious science journal Cell, two of the authors behind the issue's featured article, Dr. Mitsutoshi Setou and Dr. Hiroshi Ageta, requested that Mangaka Hirohiko Araki (Baoh, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Steel Ball Run) illustrate the magazine's c...

19 years ago

.hack/G.U. OVA Trilogy

On January 25th, 2008 a three-part OVA set will be released based off of the .hack//G.U. games. They will be released in high-definition DVD and Blu-Ray discs. The anime takes place in the year 2017, in the latest version of The World. Source: ANN | CyberConnect2 (Japanese)

19 years ago

Neon Gender Evangelion

A video has been circulating the internet which plays the OP of Evangelion, but the genders of every character is reversed. The video usually comes attached with this message (probably copypasta originating from 4chan): SPOILERS FOLLOW "The secret of Evangelion is that they took...

19 years ago

Noted manga and Rozen Maiden fan Tarō Asō in running to be Japan's next Prime Minister

Tarō Asō, current Secretary General of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, has been cited as a frontrunner to replace resigning PM Shinzo Abe. He has been quoted as generally reading 10-20 manga per week and is particularly noted as being a large fan of Peach-Pit's Rozen Maiden, pi...

19 years ago

Episode 1 of Welcome to the NHK now available at ADV

ADV has added the complete episode 1 of Welcome to the NHK to their free page. You can see it here. You can still check out the official trailers for their other releases including Pumpkin Scissors, Gantz, Red Garden, Xenosaga, Utawarerumono, Air, Innocent Venus, 009-1 and more....

19 years ago

Night Wizard trailer posted

The official website for Night Wizard The Animation, set to air October 2nd, has posted a trailer for the upcoming series. source: MoonPhase

19 years ago

Genshiken 2 Promo

The Official Japanese Website for Genshiken has released a promo for Genshiken 2 (which premieres on October 9th). It includes information on the new character designs, the opening and ending themes, quotes from the cast, and more. You can view it online here. For more informatio...

19 years ago

Singapore's Odex Directors Speak as Protests Continue

A Sunday article in the Malaysia Star newspaper has quoted the ADR directors of the anime licensor Odex, the company has been sending compensation demand letters to allegedly illegal anime downloaders in Singapore. In the article, the two described Odex's origins and the video-on...

19 years ago

Eva Spear auctioned... ￥13,727,000

A human-sized Eva Spear from Evangelion was auctioned for over 13,000,000 yen ($121,100 USD). The spear war forged by Kaoru Watanabe. Source: ANN , Yahoo

19 years ago

Watch episode 1 of Red Garden for free at ADV

ADV has added the complete episode 1 of Red Garden to their free download page. You can see it here. They have also added some spiffy wallpapers in celebration of the release of Red Garden. You can still check out the official trailers for their other releases including Pumpkin S...

19 years ago