It’s true folks! The rumors have been floating around for a while, but there’s now confirmation that there will be a brand new Full Metal Alchemist TV series. Elric fans everywhere, rejoice!
According to Anime News Network:
The wraparound jacket band on the 20th volume of Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist manga will confirm on Friday […]
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The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) announced today that the short story Vampire Hunter D: The Wanderer’s Ship by legendary author Hideyuki Kikuchi will be published inside the festival’s Official Guide Book. Vampire Hunter D: The Wanderer’s Ship has never been printed before in any language anywhere in the world. The New York Anime Festival, […]
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TokyoPop is teaming up with iaTV, the Only 24/7 Network in the U.S. for Asian Pop Culture, for broadcast of its properties and some advertising opportunities.
From the press release:
Programming acquired by iaTV from TOKYOPOP includes two popular Japanese anime series – Initial D and Psychic Academy – and anime film Spring and Chaos have […]
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io9, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite places for all things sci-fi, has a post called 5 Manga Movies We Want to See After Akira Blows Everyone’s Mind. They are referring, of course, to the upcoming Akira live action movies that have been in development hell for about six years already. […]
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CrunchyRoll announced at Otakon that they’re has acquired the digital-only-rights to distribute multiple series from MediaBlasters, ADV, and Gonzo’s corporate parent. These series include:
ADV:
* Angelic Layer 26-episode animated series
* BASToF Syndrome 26-episode animated series
* Best Student Council 26-episode animated series
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Here’s an interesting piece from the mainstream business community. Businessweek, a huge business-oriented news vehicle, has an article on anime publisher Kadokawa’s approach to people that use their properties for copyright-infringing anime videos
That’s not how Kadokawa sees it, though. Chairman and CEO Tsuguhiko Kadokawa thinks his company has nothing to lose by reaching out […]
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Brad Pitt’s movie production company, Plan B, has picked up the rights to a four-volume OEL manga series by Mark Crilley titled Miki Falls. I do believe this is the first time an OEL title has gotten mainstream attention. It’s especially interesting since it’s going straight to the big screen via a fairly […]
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CraveOnline.com, a leading lifestyle destination for men featuring video, movies, TV, music, sports, games, cars, humor and more, announced today that it has acquired MyAnimeList.com, the world’s largest anime & manga social networking site with over 10,000 members signing in daily.
This is interesting news in that an anime and manga social networking site caught the […]
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My good friends and comrades at IGN got a chance to do a brief but interesting interview with Bleach manga creator Tite Kubo at Comic-Con ‘08. You won’t find too much new info here, but Kubo rarely speaks to American media so it’s a bit of a special thing. You can read the IGN interview […]
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Anime News Network reports that Kasuhiro Maki from Kawasaki City was sentenced to one year and six months in prison, suspended for three years, for unauthorized uploading of Gundam and other popular anime with the Share file-sharing program. The Japanese authorities are getting tough on illegal file sharing, especially when it comes to anime. […]
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