News - May 2006
- Otaku Express Tour Group (15:15)
- Gunsmith Cats Burst, Re-Release in 2007 (14:29)
- Central Park Media Talks August Releases (13:18)
- Always Premieres in NY (09:35)
- The Pillows in San Francisco (09:24)
- Oban Premieres Next Week (09:16)
- Tees, Totes from ADV (18:40)
- Poll: What does "Otaku" mean to you? (18:30)
- Central Park Media Statement (14:43)
- Gundam Online Premiere not Online (12:01)
- First Anime Evolution Guests (11:54)
- ADV on ZVUE (11:51)
- Tetsujin 28 Film at LA Convention (11:44)
- Kenshin PS2 Site Online (11:40)
- Five New Otakon Guests (11:35)
- Anime News Network at Otakuthon (11:30)
- Japan Times on the Manga Name Game (11:28)
- Beck Creator at AnimeNext (19:21)
- Anime Boston 2006 (14:39)
- ANN Downtime (10:40)
- Aoyama in Germany (10:22)
- Robotech to Screen at NY, AZ Festivals (10:11)
- Naruto Powers Toonami Ratings Surge (09:50)
- Funimation Announces Beck (19:45)
- ADV Announces Jinki:Extend (14:00)
- Funimation Picks up Full Metal Panic TSR (21:00)
- Koge Donbo, New Di Gi Charat at AX (20:00)
- Broccoli Gets Disgaea, Yoki Koto Kiku (19:00)
- CPM Lays off Staff, Prepares for Bankruptcy (17:00)
- Hellsing, Yellow Creators at Otakon (15:47)
- CNAnime Scheduled (16:05)
- Anime News Network at Anime Boston (10:17)
- Peggy Sue, Gonzo Loves You (09:44)
- The Pillows Tour North America in June (09:28)
- New Kujian Anime (02:23)
- Goku Movie (02:18)
- Suncoast Anime Update (17:29)
- More Anime at Cannes (11:47)
- Bleach Movie in December (11:04)
- Protoculture Addicts on ICv2 (11:00)
- New Anime Series from Kenshin Creator (05:05)
- First Fruit of Appleseed 2 (04:56)
- Naruto UK Plans Revealed (04:28)
- Paranoia Agent Streaming (00:15)
- Naruto Ultimate Ninja Trailer (18:10)
- Anime Expo Hotels Sold Out... But Not Sold Out (15:02)
- ADV "Babes" (14:48)
- Valerian and Laureline Trailer (10:40)
- Appleseed Game Screenshots (10:31)
- Manga, Jetix Present Naruto UK Premiere at London Expo (10:24)
- Funimation to Distribute Tokyopop Titles (10:24)
- UK Paper on Maid Cafes, Otaku Boom (10:32)
- Geneon Keeps Kyo Kara Maoh Coming (16:48)
- Viz Confirms New Licenses (15:38)
- Naruto Scores Nike Shoes (06:30)
- Toei Targets China (05:59)
- Booklist Update (05:55)
- Kong Gets Blood on His Hands (05:42)
- Pokemon Chronicles on Cartoon Network (05:28)
- ADV, Media Blasters Aug/Sept Dates (05:18)
- CPM Signs with Consortium (17:47)
- Maid Cafe Opens in Thailand (16:49)
- New Poll: Are you an Otaku? (15:38)
- CMX Fall Manga Dates (15:35)
- Naruto on Nintendo this Fall (09:49)
- Works Re-Worked (09:44)
- Free Yu-Gi-Oh Cards in Shonen Jump Titles (09:10)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion 10th Anniversary Box Set (16:12)
- June Manga Launches (15:45)
- Cromartie High to End (14:59)
- Akita Shoten to Launch Josei Magazine (14:56)
- Hare Hare Yukai #5 on Oricon (14:45)
- Hino Matsuri at Comic Con (14:23)
- Liberty Media to Acquire IDT Entertainment (11:19)
- Patlabor: No School like the Old School Contest Begins (10:47)
- Yutaka Izubuchi at Anime Expo (10:36)
- Media Blaster Release Changes (17:37)
- Animal Crossing Movie Concept Art (17:26)
- Poll: Are You an Anime Fan? (14:13)
- 4KidsTV Fall Lineup (13:02)
- 4Kids Q1 Earnings Report (12:07)
- GDH To Provide Aid to UNICEF (12:02)
- Dark Horse Editor on Appleseed, Hellsing, 2007 (11:29)
- New Gedo Senki Trailer (07:03)
- Bandai Distribution in Canada (14:35)
- Death Note, Bokura ga Ita Anime in Production (12:36)
- New Poll: How did you discover ANN? (09:51)
- MUCC at Otakon (06:00)
- Mainstream Moe Raises Artist's Ire (17:43)
- GI Joe vs. Transformers Comics Now Available (01:11)
- Animal Crossing Movie in December (16:33)
- Shinobi and Cromartie at New York Asian Film Fest (17:25)
- Negadon in the New York Times (15:26)
- Haruhi Suzumiya Single on Oricon (14:55)
- More Manga Awards (13:34)
- Haruhi Suzumiya CD Sells Out (12:10)
- Pokemon Moves in with Miguzi (11:48)
- Puffy AmiYumi East Coast Tour in July (23:48)
- Twelve Kingdoms and other Pop Fiction Novels in '07 (22:18)
- Anime at The ImaginAsian (18:26)
- Madman Corrections (16:11)
- Toonami Interview (13:55)
- Matsumoto Discusses Online Manga (05:37)
- More Negima (04:41)
- Yu-Gi-Oh Movie to Stream Online (04:19)
- Brave Story at Cannes (04:13)
- Tezuka Cultural Award Winners (01:56)
- Fullmetal Alchemist Cracks Booklist 100 (01:45)
- Bandai Japan DVD Trailers (01:40)
- Tokyo Tribes TV Anime in October (20:47)
- Tomino Brings Gundam Z Films to Chicago (19:00)
- Correction: World Manga (16:38)
- Digital Manga New Acquisitions (15:51)
- Madman Acquired by Funtastic for $34.5 Million AUD (14:57)
- Lohan Comments on Sailor Moon Rumors (13:45)
- Pokemon Special Reruns on AOL (10:42)
- Ugly Yet Beautiful Trailer Online (10:21)
- ADV Films Website Follow-Up (17:08)
- Gundam Theme Hits #5 on Oricon (17:05)
- Bernie Mac Joins Transformers Movie (16:59)
- Musician Masahiro Kawasaki Dies (16:38)
- Death Note, XXXHOLiC Novels in the Works (16:33)
- D'espairsRay at AnimeNext (16:22)
- Gedo Senki Director Interview Translated (15:51)
- Anime Central 2006 Reports (12:08)
- Negadon Contest Reminder (12:14)
- Ventura Files General Assignment, Liquidates Assets (06:41)
- Gundam Seed Destined for Movie (06:41)
- King of Fighters Anime to be Packaged with Game (06:41)
- An Anime Quest for Deltora (06:40)
- Evangelion Producer Interviewed (06:40)
- MIT Symposium Recording Online (06:40)
- New Anime in Japan Update (02:27)
- ADV Films Website Hacked (13:45)
- Tokyopop To Move Away from OEL and World Manga Labels (14:55)
- IGN Weekly: Babes of Anime (13:41)
- Errata: Anime on Nickelodeon (11:50)
- Monkey Punch Coming to Metrocon (08:49)
- Oh! My Goddess Pre-Order for $29 (18:51)
- Crashing Japan: Golden Week (18:22)
- LA Area College to Display Banned Manga Book (11:19)
- Advent Children #2 on VideoScan (09:35)
- New ADV Release Dates (09:27)
- Netcomics September Lineup (09:21)
- Metal Gear Solid Movie in the Works (09:14)
- Details on Hayao Miyazaki's Next Film Tomorrow (09:07)
- Nickelodeon to Co-Produce Anime (08:53)
- Poll Closed, Results Final (21:47)
- Trinity Blood Theatrical Premiere (19:10)
- Rintaro, Maruyama at AnimeNext (17:23)
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Storms Amazon.JP (12:14)
- Watanabe Interview Audio Online (10:29)
- ICv2: US Manga Market is $155-180 Million (09:51)
- Hyde Adds Hollywood, Fillmore Gigs (09:40)
- Poll Update (12:34)
- Mick Takeuchi Coming to Anime Expo (09:16)
- Tokyopop Starts Young Adult Fiction Line (09:13)
- New Poll: What Title / Franchise Introduced You to Anime / Manga? (18:11)
- Viz Fall Releases (10:57)
- Win a pair of tickets to the NYC Negadon premiere! (10:57)
- Viz Media Acquires Lots of Manga (10:56)
- Hikaru no Go Premieres Tomorrow on ImaginAsian (10:49)
- Gedo Senki Site Open (09:51)
- Ice Kunion Relaunches Site (08:04)
- Sonic X Scores Card Game (07:57)
- Fruits Basket, Naruto Dominate BookScan Graphic Novel Rankings (07:52)
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Charlotte Blu-Ray 1
anime
Renowned visual novel writer Jun Maeda returns to anime for his first series since Angel Beats! Nick Creamer investigates the opening beats of Charlotte.
― Jun Maeda is one of the more high-profile creators in anime circles, though he didn't initially build his reputation in anime at all. Maeda is instead largely famous for his visual novels - he was a central player in building KEY's reputation, whe...
Answerman - What Is Anime Midstream?
anime
A scrappy little company called Anime Midstream picked up the series B'tx recently, so it's the perfect time for a refresher on just who Anime Midstream are.
― Drew asks: This past week I saw the article on ANN about a company called Anime Midstream releasing anime B'tX. I was excited because I liked that anime and it never was completely released here before, but it got me wondering who was this co...
Comiket 90: Cosplay and More
events
Our Tokyo correspondent Ken shares both his experience attending the massive Comic Market 90 at Big Sight and a horde of new cosplay photos!
― The biannual Comiket (Comic Market) is the largest anime and manga related event in Japan. Every August and December, thousands of hobbyists flock to the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center in Odaiba, Tokyo for the three-day festival, where they can sell and pur...
Kuroko's Basketball GN 1
manga
Even though it gets off to a slow start, this compilation of Kuroko's Basketball's first two volumes lays a strong foundation for a story that will only get stronger as it grows.
― If you pick up one new shonen sports title this year, it should probably be Haikyu, but if you're in the mood for more than one, Kuroko's Basketball is definitely worth a look. That's not an entirely fair comparison, of co...
The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Aug 12-18
just for fun
Mob Psycho 100 descends more than a few spaces while Danganonpa is on the ascent - find out how your favorite summer anime fare in our weekly user rankings!
― Our team of reviewers are following 30 anime series of the Summer 2016 season and readers are rating each episode as the reviews go up. So let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season. Keep in mind that the...
Fate/Grand Order Saber Artoria Pendragon Figure
merch
Saber Artoria Pendragon is as majestic as ever with her cloak, crown, and swords in this high quality figure from Medicom Toy, available immediately on Tokyo Otaku Mode.
― Saber Artoria Pendragon is as majestic as ever with her cloak, crown, and swords in this Real Action Heroes figure by Medicom Toy. And the best part is, you don't have to wait months for your pre-order to arrive. She is available f...
Vice & Luna - #11
just for fun
Maybell takes Luna on their first date - inside a roleplaying game!
― Editor's note: Vice & Luna is on hiatus next week so our team can take a little break, but we'll have a bonus comic and a fan art gallery so please look forward to it!
A Certain Magical Index II BD+DVD
anime
Despite a bevy of pitfalls, the wide range of subplots explored in the final season of the Index franchise will definitely give fans plenty to chew on while they wait for more. Theron Martin dives in.
― The Certain Magical Index franchise has four anime series and one movie to date, of which this was the third installment, airing in Fall of 2010. Although I consider it to be the weakest series in the...
Answerman - When Did US Anime Publishers Transition from VHS to DVD?
anime
Back when VHS fell to the mighty DVD, how did the US anime industry transition to a new format, and what did that mean for the industry as a whole?
― Jake asks: I have been wondering for a while now about when the anime industry transitioned from VHS to DVD's. I know that the DVD player was introduced on the market in the mid 90's but like a lot of people I did not get around to transitioning until ...
Shelf Life - Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
anime
Shelf Life finishes up its run of Gundam reviews with the divisive final part of the original Univeral Century timeline. Plus, all this week's new releases!
― I started playing the farming game Stardew Valley last week, and it's taught me that I should never, under any circumstances, be allowed to name a real animal. My character owns three chickens named "Drumstick," "Buffalo," and "McNugget," and ...
Corpse Party: Blood Covered GN 1
manga
Corpse Party's manga adaptation isn't quite as good as it could be due to some issues with both art and story, but it still seems like it has potential.
― Based on the updated version of the horror visual novel/adventure game, Corpse Party: Blood Covered feels like When They Cry's younger sibling. It's trying really hard to hit all the same horror highlights, with some lighter moments thrown in to ke...
The Mike Toole Show - Touched By a Galaxy Angel
anime
Mike sings the praises of Right Stuf's recently resurrected space comedy, Galaxy Angel - and ruminates on the genre as a whole.
― Last week at Otakon, I somehow ended up in the audience at the Right Stuf's panel. There were some technical challenges, but we won't get into that—my big takeaway from the event was company head Shawne Kleckner extolling the virtues of a genre he simply referred to as spa...