News - February 2010
- Daily Briefs (23:30)
- Sailor Moon Creator Takeuchi Makes Bentō Class Cameo (23:28)
- Nurarihyon no Mago Dated & Casted, Hetalia Film Dated (23:13)
- Tegami Bachi: Leter Bee's 2nd Anime Season Airs in Fall (16:33)
- NTT, 3 Publishers to Expand E-Manga in North America (16:10)
- Eva 2.0, Summer Wars to Be Screened in Dublin in March (03:00)
- Daily Briefs (15:00)
- Jouji Nakata Voices Virtual Singer Macne Nana's 'Dad' (15:00)
- X Japan to Move to L.A., Hold 'Simple' Concert There (14:05)
- 14th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced (02:36)
- Monster to Run in Canada, Deltora Quest in Australia, NZ (07:00)
- Daily Briefs (23:54)
- 2nd Ookiku Furikabutte TV Anime Series Titled, Dated (23:44)
- Angel Beats, Eva 1.11, Tailenders Videos Streamed (16:00)
- Sentai Adds Asu no Yoichi, Eyeshield 21, Hell Girl 2 (Update 2) (12:19)
- K-On! Wins DVD of the Year, Gold Disc of the Year Awards (11:53)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, February 14-20 (10:00)
- Anime Expo to Host Japanese Rock Band Sophia in L.A. (07:00)
- SOS TV Walpurgis Night Fever Anime Streamed on Phones (05:05)
- Gundam 00's Event Anime Short Gets DVD Release (00:43)
- Funimation Streams More Anime Online (23:48)
- Japanese Box Office, February 20-21 (23:45)
- Carved Horror Film's Manga Adaptation Listed by Amazon (20:00)
- Boys Be's Itabashi, Love Song's Nishi Launch New Manga (17:24)
- Toei Animation Raises This Year's Earnings Forecast (14:22)
- Nick Simmons' Incarnate Halted Over Alleged Bleach Plagiarism (09:49)
- Daily Briefs (08:55)
- Shun Oguri's 1st Broadcast Anime Lead Role in Rainbow (08:52)
- Hyakka Ryōran Samurai Girls Novels Get TV Anime (07:32)
- Apple Confirms Stricter Content Ban on iPhone Apps (08:24)
- Gundam UC's U.S. Theatrical Premiere in San Francisco (21:24)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, February 15-21 (16:41)
- Seattle's Sakura-Con to Host Haruhi Artist Noizi Ito (13:55)
- Watchmen's Alex Tse Wrote Script for Live-Action Ninja Scroll (12:16)
- Haruhi's New Light Novel to Be Previewed in The Sneaker (11:41)
- Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, February 8-14 (06:00)
- Daily Briefs (03:00)
- Daume Studio Plans New TV Anime Series for July Premiere (01:04)
- Da Capo Anime Spinoff for Sakura Yoshino Green-Lit (23:44)
- Hetalia Fan Disk to Include Unstreamed Episode (21:59)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, February 15-21 (21:54)
- The Story of Saiunkoku Manga Listed by Viz's Distributor (17:31)
- Elementhunters' 1st DVD to Include Pilot Version (14:21)
- Yankee-kun to Megane-chan Manga Gets Live-Action Series (11:27)
- GoGo Monster Manga Nominated for LA Times Book Prize (08:34)
- Bakemonogatari's 2nd Unaired Episode Streams in Japan (07:03)
- SD Gundam Sangokuden TV Anime Confirmed for April (23:13)
- Daily Briefs (22:57)
- Nodame's Eita, Ueno Star in TV Drama About Twitter Friends (22:52)
- Mitsudomoe Anime, Gundam UC #2 Dated (22:42)
- Couple Arrested for Swindling Eva Phones off Auction (18:52)
- Seattle's Sakura-Con Hosts Trigun Film Premiere, Staff (17:02)
- Minnesota's Anime Detour to Host Shinichi Watanabe (16:43)
- Damens Walker Dating Essay Manga Gets Mobile Web Anime (16:18)
- Bandai Ent. Adds Code Geass: Knights & Queens Manga (13:11)
- Haruhi Film, Moyashimon, Sarai-ya Goyou Promos Posted (13:03)
- Azumi's Kitamura to Write Shunji Iwai's Itasha Script (06:31)
- Dogs Director Abe Indicates a Madhouse Film is on Hold (21:10)
- Shiki, Yojō-Han Shinwa Taikei, Working Promos Streamed (12:24)
- Daily Briefs (06:27)
- Gackt Stars in Shiki, Noitamina Anime Details Confirmed (06:18)
- Mag: Live-Action Vampire Hunter D, More Anime Planned (00:27)
- Nippon Ichi Software Sales/Marketing Head Satō Resigns (15:47)
- Daily Briefs (12:32)
- Hetalia Axis Powers Anime Movie Titled (12:28)
- Kodansha Hints at Launch of 5 Loveplus Manga Series (11:32)
- IMAGI's Astro Boy Film Debuts at #3 on UK Charts (20:40)
- Sydney Manga and Anime Show Hosts Actress Yuko Miyamura (23:33)
- Animelo Holds 1st Overseas Live Concert in Shanghai (19:47)
- Kirsten Dunst & McG's 'Akihabara Majokko Princess' Video Streamed (17:57)
- Media Blasters Adds Record of Lodoss War OVA, TV Anime (15:31)
- Daily Briefs (14:13)
- Orphen's Melon Kinenbi Idol Group to Disband in Spring (14:12)
- Miyazaki's Nausicaä Gets Japanese Blu-Ray This Summer (14:06)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, February 7-13 (10:00)
- Time of Eve Sci-Fi Film's New Footage Previewed (07:33)
- J-Pop Band Chatmonchy to Perform in New York, California, Texas (14:55)
- Anime Expo Hosts Excel Saga Director Shinichi Watanabe (19:55)
- One Piece Opening Anime Made for Hey! Spring of Trivia (19:32)
- Producer: Battle Angel Film Planned After Avatar 2 (16:02)
- Media Blasters Confirms Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei License (13:57)
- Girls Bravo's Kaneda Launches Hamidoru! Idol Manga (13:41)
- Daily Briefs (12:10)
- Walt Disney Japan Confirms 2010 BDs for Ghibli Catalog (12:00)
- Ponyo, Bakemonogatari, Conan Win Japanese BD Prizes (06:23)
- Ghost in the Shell Writer, Akira's DiCaprio Interviewed (12:08)
- Japanese Box Office, February 13-14: Haruhi Adds $567K (05:47)
- Anime Encyclopedia's McCarthy Decries Book's Copying (22:52)
- Crunchyroll, Funimation Stream Shinkai Works, Moeyo Ken (22:16)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, February 8-14 (16:42)
- N. Carolina's Animazement Hosts Utena's Saito, Chika Sakamoto (13:18)
- Haruhi's Day of Sagittarius III Game Offered on iPhone (10:09)
- Yamato Resurrection's BD/DVD to Include Both Endings (02:30)
- 'Young Director' to Helm Studio Ghibli's Work in 2011 (01:29)
- Daily Briefs (00:22)
- Shuho Sato Earns Y500,000 in Web Manga in 2010 So Far (00:12)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, February 8-14 (21:15)
- Report: Ashita no Joe Boxing Manga Goes Live-Action (19:18)
- California's FanimeCon Hosts Japanese Band LM.C in May (15:01)
- So-Ra-No-Wo-To's BD/DVD #4, #7 to Add Unaired Episodes (10:42)
- Dance in the Vampire Bund Special Edition Compilation Airs (06:39)
- Welcome to the Space Show's English Trailer Streamed (06:22)
- Summer Wars Wins Tokyo Anime Fair's Top Award, 6 More (03:42)
- Some of the 4th Annual Seiyū Award Winners Revealed (03:05)
- Fujoshi no Hinkaku Essay Manga Gets Flash Anime (01:57)
- Emma's Mori Draws Shirley Spinoff, Satoshi Fukushima to Start Series (00:03)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Hatsune Miku DVD Collections at #6, #7 on Weekly Chart (23:34)
- Hawaii's Kawaii Kon Hosts Hideo Ishikawa, Masakazu Morita (23:39)
- USC to Host Azumi/Baton/Godzilla: Final Wars' Kitamura (20:01)
- Amazon JP Gets 88,000 Evangelion 2.22 BD/DVD Pre-Orders (19:04)
- Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku Anime's 2nd Preview Streamed (16:54)
- NY Int'l Children's Film Fest to Host Director Hosoda (16:26)
- Sunred, Kawasaki Soccer Team Create New Anime Special (16:08)
- SMASH announces Venue, Dates and Guests! (20:47)
- First Gundam Anime, All of Gundam Seed Now Streaming (23:10)
- Report: Tecmo's Rio Game Character Gets TV Anime (15:51)
- Funimation Announces Dragon Ball Z Kai's English Cast (13:41)
- Funimation Gets Trigun TV Anime Series on BD/DVD (13:32)
- Amano Attends Opening of Los Angeles Exhibit Next Week (11:00)
- Anime Network Presents To Love-Ru for Valentine's (10:02)
- Japan's Animation TV Ranking, February 1-7 (13:38)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Premieres on U.S. TV (06:12)
- New Pretty Cure All Stars 2 Trailer (15:31)
- Producer: 2nd Unaired Bakemonogatari Episode Next Week (Update 5) (13:30)
- Kadokawa: Haruhi Film Earns 200 Million Yen in 1st Week (09:30)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, January 31-February 6 (11:00)
- Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, February 1-7 (07:48)
- Daily Briefs (03:25)
- One Piece #57 Manga Gets Record 3-Million Print Run (03:23)
- Sanrio/Sega's Jewelpet Gets New TV Anime Series (20:12)
- MIT to Host Mamoru Hosoda, Free Summer Wars Screening (19:05)
- Totoro Makes Cameo in Pixar's 3rd Toy Story 3 Trailer (15:58)
- Japanese Otaku Awards' 'Girl's Side' Winners Announced (14:27)
- Christopher Handley Sentenced to 6 Months for 'Obscene' Manga (16:39)
- Kurozuka's Noguchi to Revive Babel II Sci-Fi Manga (10:49)
- NIS America Licenses Toradora! as Its First Anime (22:38)
- Japanese Box Office, February 6-7 (03:33)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- 1st Macross Series Streaming with English Dub on Hulu (21:00)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, February 1-7 (17:08)
- Arashi's Ohno to Star in Live-Action TV Kaibutsu-kun (15:52)
- Report: Book of Eli's Hughes Brothers in Akira Talks (13:54)
- Level 5's Inazuma 11 Anime Extended Until March 2011 (11:10)
- Sock Monkey Loves You Book Gets TV Anime (03:18)
- Evangelion Spandex Bicycle Shorts for Sale (00:18)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, February 1-7 (21:34)
- Daily Briefs (20:30)
- Gundam 00 Film, Live-Action Beck Dated for September (20:27)
- Jin Kobayashi's School Rumble 1-Shot, Next Series Planned (20:02)
- Yoshihiro Tatsumi Nominated for Eisner Hall of Fame (19:43)
- Kuragehime Women's Manga Gets TV Anime (18:08)
- Eleanor Farjeon Story Gets Japanese/Korean Animation (14:12)
- Dubbed Strike Witches, Wallflower, Halo Clip Posted (15:38)
- Manga UK Adds New Fullmetal Alchemist, Sengoku Basara (13:46)
- Haruhi Film in Top 10 with 89,010,100 yen (13:06)
- Mitsuru Adachi Ends Cross Game Sports Manga Next Week (11:41)
- King of Thorn, Senkō no Night Raid Promos Streamed (07:59)
- Galileo Galilei Band to Launch TV Anime Shorts (07:13)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Naisho no Tsubomi's Yabuuchi to Launch Mahochū! in March (23:39)
- Anime Boston Hosts Final Fantasy Composer Nobuo Uematsu (15:10)
- Japan's Animation TV Ranking, January 25-31 (14:51)
- Japan Foundation Teaches Japanese via Anime, Manga (14:07)
- Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaō TV Anime's Promo Streamed (09:57)
- Votoms Case;Irvine, Finder, Koei Futatabi Anime Revealed (08:41)
- Coraline's Uesugi Wins Annie, But Not Miyazaki, Hisaishi (18:13)
- Canada's YTV Removes Naruto, Bleach From Schedule (17:31)
- Japan Makes English Evangelion Tourism Map, Poster (14:43)
- Chiaki Kuriyama's Gundam UC Song Gets Overseas Release (06:04)
- Alive - Saishū Shinka teki Shōnen Manga Ends in Japan (19:10)
- CG Astro Boy's Imagi Studio Lays Off 300+ Employees (12:40)
- Daily Briefs (05:46)
- Ghibli's Karigurashi no Arrietty to Open on July 17 (05:45)
- Japanese Box Office, January 30-31 (23:57)
- Time of Eve Science-Fiction Anime Gets Manga Series (22:27)
- Dengeki Daisy Shōjo Romance Manga Listed by Amazon (14:00)
- xxxHOLiC Rō, Eden of the East, Working!! Promos Posted (12:50)
- Five Star Stories' Nagano to Make Directorial Debut (05:08)
- ANN Exclusive Review: Gundam UC Vol. 01 Available Now (03:38)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, January 24-30 (09:00)
- Divorce Living Together Manga Gets TV Drama & Sequel (03:00)
- Daily Briefs (01:15)
- New Aki Sora 'Line-Crossing' OVA, Staff Confirmed (01:13)
- Priest Movie Pushed Back to 2011, Converted to 3D (00:49)
- Seiho Boys' High School! Shōjo Manga Listed by Amazon (10:00)
- Sakura-Con Hosts Giant Robo/Shin Mazinger's Imagawa (23:45)
- Producer: Live-Action Evangelion Project Still Active (21:26)
- Adult Swim to Debut Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Update 3) (18:14)
- Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, January 25-31 (16:42)
- Eagle Talon The Movie 3 Moviegoers Get 10,000 Free DVDs (15:07)
- My Darling is a Foreigner Film's Trailer Streamed (12:06)
- Idol Shoko Nakagawa's Life Story Made into Shōjo Manga (06:45)
- New Fullmetal Alchemist's 9th BD/DVD Adds Unaired Anime in Japan (02:21)
- Daily Briefs (01:21)
- Japan's Animation TV Ranking, January 18-24 (23:37)
- Halo Legends, Kakera: A Piece of Our Life Videos Posted (23:57)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, January 25-31 (17:21)
- Yen Press Adds Haruhi-Chan, K-On! Manga, Bungaku Shoujo (15:21)
- Evangelion 2.22 Film's Digitally Mastered DVD Listed (Update 2) (12:29)
- 'Namco Bandai Group Restart Plan' Announced (12:11)
- Daily Briefs (00:59)
- Stan Lee, Bones' Heroman TV Anime Dated for April (00:49)
- Funimation Parent Navarre Reports 3Q Sales Drop (00:46)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, January 25-31 (21:45)
- Bakemonogatari Vol. 4 Blu-ray Sells 48,000 in 1st Week (15:31)
- Heartcatch Precure, Senkō no Night Raid Promos Posted (14:28)
- Navarre Reveals Funimation's Dragon Ball Kai License (11:51)
- Ponyo Not Nominated for Oscars (10:47)
- Highschool of the Dead Manga Gets Anime Green-Lit (10:24)
- X Japan Band Invited to Lollapalooza Fest in August (05:14)
- Daily Briefs (04:54)
- 7th Animax Award Winner 'Shoka' to Debut in March (04:15)
- Australian Sentenced for Cartoon Child Pornography (04:52)
- Nodame Cantabile Manga to Bundle Anime DVD, CD in April (20:36)
- Kure-nai Manga's 5th Volume to Bundle Anime in July (19:06)
- Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, January 18-24 (17:28)
- Live-Action Jin Producers Deny News Reports of Film (15:26)
- Eden of the East the Movie II's Trailer Streamed (10:52)
- Kuroshitsuji II to Debut in July with New Butler, Master (10:11)
- 8 Fuji TV Stations to Launch Anime Shorts Next Month (03:46)
- All of Z Gundam, 2 Gundam UC Trailers Now Streaming (00:28)
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The Spring 2016 Anime Preview Guide
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The Spring 2016 Anime Preview Guide has begun! Check back daily for fresh takes on all of this season's hottest new shows.
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Childhood friends Akeno Misaki and Moeka China enroll in a marine high school in Yokosuka in order to become "Blue Mermaids," a new female force established to protect the remaining coastal towns after many countries have sank into the sea.
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The Pro Wrestling-Shonen Anime Connection
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If you've ever wondered why shonen anime like Dragon Ball Z seems like pro wrestling so often, Daryl Surat is here to illuminate the Japanese pro wrestler who's likely responsible for influencing a generation of mangaka.
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Music shapes and defines the life of Kosei Arima in this acclaimed drama, out on bluray now from Aniplex of America. Theron Martin dives in.
― This release from Aniplex of America covers the first 11 episodes of the adaptation of Naoshi Arakawa's award-winning manga, which constitutes the first of the series' two seasons. Ostensibly it is a series about classical music, and indeed, that is featured r...
Full Time Managing Editor Wanted in Tokyo
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