Anime News

Virus Buster Serge will air on Sci-Fi channel this fall

Virus Buster Serge will replace Tokko in the Sci-Fi channel's Ani-Monday line up starting October 1. Noein and Street Fighter II V will remain where they are.

19 years ago

Mahou Shoujo Anime/Manga Based on Pachinko

An anime and manga are being made for a pachinko game, Trivy and Sammy's Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel (Thief Angel Twin Angel). Mamiko Noto and Yukari Tamura will star in the main roles in the anime. The manga started in the October issue (on sale August 25) of Kadokawa's Comp Ace mag...

19 years ago

Mai-Otome gets a prequel OVA

Seeing how the Mai-HiME/Mai-Otome series has a pretty good fanbase, the animation production company Sunrise has announced that an OVA prequel to Mai-Otome is in production. The title of this new production is Mai-Otome 0~S and the character designer for the previous entries in t...

19 years ago

Good news for Singaporean anime lovers

Odex's court order forcing Pacific Internet to give names of people who have downloaded anime illegally has failed. Judge Ernest Lau ruled that Judge Ernest Lau said:Only copyright owners - that is, the studios that made the anime - or an 'exclusive licensee' for the anime being...

19 years ago

ADV to Sell Geneon Products

ADV films will gain control over distribution and home marketing of products under licensing by Geneon Entertainment as of October 1st. however, Geneon and ADV will still be separate brand and license wise. Link to Article

19 years ago

New Macross anime

The co-creator of the Macross series Shoji Kawamori, announced that there will be a new Macross anime tentatively titled Macross F(Macross Frontier). The series will be directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi with character designs by Mikan Ehime and Yuichi Takahashi and musical score, by Y...

19 years ago

Injury as the growing trend in Japanese cosplay

An article in the Mainichi News described a growing trend in Akihabara (the otaku hangout of Tokyo) of dressing kegadoru-literally meaning 'injured idols'. Instead of maids and eyeglasses, cosplayers dress themselves as if they have an injury, including eye patches and bandages....

19 years ago

Watch the first episode of Xenosaga for free

ADV is streaming the first episode of Xenosaga as a promotion for the US release. You can see the full first episode at IGN.com. The series will also premiere on The Anime Network on August 30, just before its DVD release of September 11. source: ANN

19 years ago

Hataraki Man to be live-action

Last falls animated version of the manga Hataraki Man will now get its turn as a live-action drama in October. The manga was created by Moyoco Anno, wife of Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno. She is credited with the creation of the manga Happy Mania, Sugar Sugar Rune manga and ani...

19 years ago

The Bible meets manga

Well, it seems a new manga series will be released soon, with the first issue coming out this fall. The first issue is called "Manga Messiah" and it will be released in September. In November, a full version of the Bible called the "Manga Bible" will be released, but it will have...

19 years ago