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Bandai Entertainment Will Stop Releasing New DVDs, Blu-rays ...

Last month, Bandai Entertainment closed its online store and only has a select few anime series for sale. Today it was announced that Bandai would stop releasing any new anime series on DVD or Blu-ray. Bandai Entertainment announced they [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Video: You Can Buy This Anime-Inspired Yet Very Human-Like R...

San Francisco-based Meka Robotics wants to make robots that are human-safe and human-scale, but their new S2 humanoid head is more anime than animal. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Mechanically, it’s a marvel: seven d [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Iron Man Anime: "Beginning of the End" Review

This episode had everything we could ask for. Action, intrigue, plot twists, and long-standing mysteries answered. The only problem is that it's all crammed into one half-hour, and while the furious pace is exhilarating, it's also [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Iron Man Anime Episode 8 Preview

Tony Stark's battle with the nefarious Zodiac continues to escalate in a new episode of "Iron Man" premiering this Friday, September 16 at 11:00 p.m. only on G4! Can't wait until Friday, though? You're in luck, be [...]

Posted On : Sep, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Xebec's Rinne no Lagrange Anime Gets Young Gangan Manga

This year's 17th issue of Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine is announcing on Friday that the manga adaptation of Xebec's Rinne no Lagrange: Flower declaration of your heart television anime series will launch in the next iss [...]

Posted On : Aug, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Anime, manga and Japanese pop culture at Baltimore Otakon Co...

The setting is mid-July, downtown Baltimore and the city is in the middle of a heat wave that would inspire even the most conservative to walk around in a minimum of clothes all day. Your destination is the convention center to cover a co [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

A journey through the world of manga and anime

Ever wondered what Japanese cartoons and comics were popular in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s? There's Astro Boy, Ultraman, Chibi Maruko Chan, Pokemon and Hello Kitty, but if you want to know more, a recently opened exhibit in [...]

Posted On : Jul, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Shonen Jump's Inumarudashi- Manga Gets Flash Anime

This year's 23rd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that Koji Oishi's Inumarudashi— school gag comedy manga is being adapted into a Flash anime project. Yu Kobayashi will play Inumaru [...]

Posted On : May, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Iron Man Anime Listed for This Summer in U.S.

The San Francisco-based comic book convention WonderCon has released its full schedule which lists the American television premiere of the Iron Man anime for this summer. On April 2, Marvel Comics will present an episode of the Iron Man [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Fairy Tail Manga's 27th Volume to Bundle 2nd Anime DVD

The official Japanese website of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail fantasy adventure manga has confirmed on Thursday that the 27th volume will bundle the manga's second original anime DVD when it ships on June 17. The special edition' [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

ANIME NEWS: Even gateball now has its own manga series

With even senior citizens finding better things to do than play gateball, a union for the sport is hoping that a manga about a miniskirted high school girl who loves the game will generate renewed interest. For decades, the Japanese [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Yurumates 4-Panel Comedy Manga Gets 2nd Anime

The March issue of Takeshobo's Monthly Manga Club magazine is announcing on Friday that a second anime project based on saxyun's four-panel Yurumates manga has been green-lit. The gag comedy centers on Yurume, an 18-year-old r [...]

Posted On : Feb, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Catherine Demo Mixes Block Puzzles, Anime, Romance, Horror

I hate to use this construction, but Atlus’ Catherine is a wacky Japanese videogame. Forgive me! But I don’t know what else to call a game in which the main character, sporting ram horns, carrying a pillow and wearing boxer s [...]

Posted On : Jan, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Manga/Anime's Tiger Mask Inspires Another Gift-Giver

On the morning of New Year's Day, a security guard discovered a stack of six gift-boxed backpacks on the doorstep leading to the Odawara Child Guidance Center in Kanagawa Prefecture. Attached to the three black backpacks and three re [...]