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ANIME MOMOTARO Makes East Coast Premiere at Imagination Stag...

Anime Momotaro is a staging of a famous Japanese folktale that teaches powerful lessons about inner strength and the ability to stand up against bullying. Created and premiered by the Honolulu Theatre for Youth, Imagination Stage is bring [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2012 | Comments : 0

ANIME NEWS: Showcase of Japanese films, animation to hit Bus...

The Agency for Cultural Affairs will host a special showcase of Japanese films and animation from Nov. 29 to Dec. 3 in Busan, South Korea, under the title "Eiga to Animation no Mangekyo" (The kaleidoscope of films and animation) [...]

Posted On : Nov, 27 2012 | Comments : 0

'Ikki Tousen' anime to be adapted into a live stage play

Tokyo - "Ikki Tousen" is one of the latest anime series to be adapted into a live stage play. It will play from November 30 until December 9 in Tokyo. Manga, which is can be called a Japanese comic book, is one of Japan's bi [...]

Posted On : Nov, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

ANIME NEWS: Hayao Miyazaki receives Person of Cultural Merit...

Anime director Hayao Miyazaki was among the 15 recipients of this year's Person of Cultural Merit honor for his longtime contributions to Japan's arts and culture, the Agency for Cultural Affairs has announced. The first anime [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

"Fairy Tail" Beach OVA Preview

Set to be released in Japan November 16th, the limited edition of 35 volume of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga will be packaged with a special OVA episode featuring the wizards of the titular guide taking a break from Grand Magi [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Anime club offers students to express themselves

It’s a dark, brisk, fall evening on a Thursday as the clock tower at Missouri Western calls out seven times from the shadows. The wind slowly shuffles the leaves outside of Murphy, twisting them into small dancing tornadoes of orang [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2012 | Comments : 0

'Barbie Flu' Spreading in Ukraine

Ukrainian girls from the city of Odessa keep making the news for altering their appearance in dramatic fashion. The story of a girl who turned herself into a real life Barbie doll has spread across the globe and the saga continues. Two mo [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Japanese culture, animation festival

Are you interested in Japanese anime culture? If you aren’t, you might want to consider it just for this weekend, when you get a unique opportunity to learn more about it at the Festival of Japanese Culture and Animation. Japan [...]

Posted On : Oct, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

Anime Thrills: True anime stays long after the credits

When an event occurs in anime, it’s written in stone, figuratively, and this is what allows the fans to really invest in the story, root for the hero’s victory and despair at the occurrence of whatever events we find unfortuna [...]

Posted On : Oct, 01 2012 | Comments : 0

Anime review: ‘Steins;Gate’ part one

On Sept. 25, 2012 anime publisher FUNimation Entertainment releases the first part of “Steins;Gate” in a DVD/Blu-ray combo pack and we decided to check out this science fiction mystery based on the visual novel from 5pb. and N [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Anime Studio Production I.G Forms Canadian Film Subsidiary

IG Port, the parent company of the anime studios Production I.G, Xebec, and Wit Studio, announced on August 31 that it would establish a Canadian subsidiary in Ottawa in September. IG Port intends to use "Production I.G Canadian Bure [...]

Posted On : Sep, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

ANIME NEWS: Tokiwa-so Project to join Kyoto manga fair to pr...

Aspiring manga artists looking to start careers as comic professionals will be able to get a leg up on the competition by attending the Sept. 22-23 Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2012. The Tokiwa-so Project, which assists just su [...]

Posted On : Sep, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Otaku rejoice! Viki is taking its anime worldwide with YouTu...

Global video site Viki has continued to expand its presence online after doubling down on Japanese anime with the launch of a dedicated YouTube channel, a new content deal with Hulu and exclusive access to a classic anime series. Vik [...]

Posted On : Sep, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

Anime Culture Association focuses on mainstream exposure

Dragon Ball Z. Pokemon. Digimon. Yu-Gi-Oh! If you’re a kid of the 90s, you probably recognize these shows as the animes you might have grown up watching. Although anime, a Japanese animation style, is usually thought of as a genre f [...]