Anime producer and distributor The Right Stuf International announced at New York Comic Con that it has been selected by Kadokawa Pictures USA to handle North American production and distribution for the 2006 anime series THE THIRD: THE GIRL WITH THE BLUE EYE (’The Third - Aoi Hitomi no Shoujo’). The first DVD volume is scheduled for a Summer 2007 release. (more…)
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, announced a bevy of activities, events and new anime and manga offerings for all the hot properties fans are excited about at the 2007 New York Comic-Con show. (more…)
Over 43,000 fans cast their vote for the hottest anime and manga in the first-ever American Anime Awards, and the winners will be announced this Saturday at an all-star gala taking place at Manhattan’s historic New Yorker Hotel. Tickets are sold out, but now anime and manga fans can join in the proceedings thanks to a live webcast hosted by the gaming and entertainment site IGN.com. Just set your browser to http://tv.ign.com/animeawards2007/ 9pm EST Saturday, February 24th and enjoy a ‘live look-in’ to the biggest anime event of the year! (more…)
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, is making available exclusively at the 2007 New York Comic-Con cell phone downloads of promotional trailers for the popular DEATH NOTE anime series. The 2007 New York Comic-Con show takes place from February 23-25 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. (more…)
AnimeNation premiers their weekly podcast today, boasting anime announcements, trivia, and add our own insights, observations and opinions. Click on the link to visit the AnimeNation Podcast.
Anime producer The Right Stuf International is pleased to launch toheart.rightstuf.com (http://toheart.rightstuf.com), the official Web site celebrating the upcoming release of the fan-favorite anime To Heart. (more…)
For a limited time, ADV Films has provided a free download of Le Chevalier D’Eon episode one.
Central Park Media announced that it will be re-releasing and re-pricing the Cat Soup Collector’s Series Edition DVD this April. Priced at $14.95 SRP, this special collectible version of Cat Soup includes a limited edition liquid art pack as a bonus. This award winning film chronicles the amazing and sometimes bizarre experiences of two kittens as they travel far from home. In addition, the action adventure tale Fencer of Minerva: The Emergence will also be re-released in April and re-priced at $9.95 SRP. The order date for both titles will be March 27, 2007 and the street date will be April 24, 2007. Fencer of Minerva: The Emergence will have English and Japanese language tracks with English subtitles.
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced that several of its popular anime and manga properties have been named finalists in the inaugural American Anime Awards. Comedy, action, science fiction and children’s titles from VIZ Media’s repertoire are all represented on this year’s ballot. (more…)
New York Comic-Con (NYCC) 2007, taking place in Manhattan’s Jacob K. Javits Center on February 23-25, is pleased to announce the attendance of Takashi Okazaki, Fuminori Kizaki, Taito Okiura, and Eric Calderon — the Creator, Director, and Co-Producers of Afro Samurai. Okazaki, Kizaki, Okiura, and Calderon will all appear as part of New York Comic Con 2007’s Anime Program, discussing their work on the ground-breaking series on SPIKE TV and presenting never-before-seen clips from Afro Samurai. The five part series is produced by Japanese studio GONZO in association with GDH K.K. and FUNimation Entertainment. (more…)