Anime News

Rebuild of Evangelion opens in Japan; Reviews begin to stream in.

Evangelion Shin Gekijo Ban: Rebuild of Evangelion began its theatrical run today, with reviews from fans being generally positive. It is currently rated 4/5 on Yahoo! Movies Japan as reviews begin to pour in: http://moviessearch.yahoo.co.jp/detail/tymv/id327253/

19 years ago

Chinese Manga-Inspired Internet Police

The Chinese government has decided to use two police officers, one female and one male, drawn "manga-style" to patrol computer screens of Internet users to make sure they are abiding by strict censorship rules. The man and woman cartoon crime-fighting duo will patrol the screens...

19 years ago

School Days PS2 Portation

The Eroge School Days by Overflow will be ported to PS2 by Interchannel December the 13th 2007, with a new title called "School Days Love and Hate". There will also be new scenes and endings! Source: Visual Novels Source: moon phase

19 years ago

Hunter x Hunter to be resumed

Well, it seems that the Hunter x Hunter manga will be resumed on October 6th in Weekly Shounen Jump. The last issue of Hunter x Hunter was back in early 2006. Source: ANN Source: Ultimatum

19 years ago

Retailer exclusives with Naruto the Movie

There are 3 retail chains that are offering exclusive DVD versions of the Naruto movie, Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow, which hits the streets September 4. At Transworld stores you can get the DVD with a Naruto lunchbox ($29.98). Borders Group stores are sellin...

19 years ago

Odex has copyright owners' support in illegal downloading case

Accompanied by a panel of representatives from the respective copyright-holding anime companies from Japan, the Singapore-based anime distributor held a press conference Thursday to announce its plans to continue its battle against illegal downloaders... In an attempt to stop R3...

19 years ago

Top 10 Weekly Manga From Japan

The top ten list of manga in Japan, according to Tohan, for the week (August 29th) has been released. First Place: Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 20 Second Place: Hataraki Man, Volume 4 Third Place: Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 17 Fourth Place: Bokura ga Ita, Volume 12 Fifth...

19 years ago

School Days now rated R

The School Days anime is now officially rated R from episode 9. Up to this point it had no such age restriction set and many viewers and fans of the violent game endings were anxious that this meant no "bad ending". But maybe School Days is now free to write some new anime histor...

19 years ago

Aria Season 3 Announced

The third season to ARIA the ANIMATION and ARIA the NATURAL has been announced and apparently has been in production since the past spring. The director who oversaw the first two series and the OVA will return, and the staff shall largely be the same as the OVA's. No confirmed br...

19 years ago

Yukari "Yukarin" Tamura to perform on Budokan arena

It was last weekend that "Yukarin" announced the news at the 2007 Summer *Sweet Milky Way* concert that she will perform on the Budokan arena in Japan next spring. For those who are not familiar with her she is the seiyū behind characters as Mai in Kanon and Tenten in Naruto. Sou...

19 years ago