News - May 2008
- Zatch Bell Creator Raiku Opts to Leave Shogakukan (06:05)
- Sega's World Destruction Anime Promo Movie Posted (02:59)
- Shogakukan Confirms End of Young Sunday, Judy Mags (01:39)
- Bandai's Bihada Ichizoku Cosmetic Comic Gets TV Anime (17:09)
- Read or Die's Kurata, Sola's Abeno to Start New Manga (02:15)
- Tokyopop's Manga Pilot Pact Signs Away Legal Rights (09:45)
- Kadokawa, YouTube to Share Ads on User-Generated Videos (06:28)
- Ponyo, Winter Sonata's Anime Voice Casts Announced (03:03)
- Russian Anime Companies' Planned Merger Collapses (01:39)
- Japan Considers Fair-Use Clause Based on U.S. Copyright Law (00:55)
- Koji Imamura Shorts to Screen at Brazil's Anima Mundi (23:52)
- Shirokuma Oyako Manga Adapted into Flash Anime (05:43)
- Tokyo Marble Chocolate Wins at Seoul Film Fest (18:51)
- Angel Sanctuary's Yuki Launches Guignol Kyūtei Gakudan (18:27)
- Hayao Miyazaki Draws Cover Illustration for Magazine (11:59)
- Gundam Painting Auctioned for US$600,000+ in Hong Kong (11:49)
- Japanese Mall Uses Gundam Figure in Olympic Tribute (13:57)
- Gundam: MS Igloo 2 CG Promo Video Streamed (18:53)
- Two Gurren Lagann Movies Confirmed (11:05)
- Group Plans Buyout of Australian Anime Firm's Parent (03:23)
- Precure 5 GoGo! Movie Teaser Trailer Posted (08:20)
- Japan's Roadshow Mag Shows 5 Dragonball Actors on Set (03:56)
- Jojo's Anime, Manga Sales Halted Due to Islamic Images (20:35)
- Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Arcade Game in the Works (07:31)
- Bandai Ordered to Pay for Child's Choking on Toy Capsule (05:47)
- Little Magic Films to Rep Wind Named Amnesia's Kikuchi (02:26)
- Munko's Ganbare! Memeko-chan Manga Gets Flash Anime (02:09)
- Toei, Disney's RoboDz Promo Movie Posted Online (05:33)
- Shogakukan Considers Ending Weekly Young Sunday Mag (19:46)
- Haruhi Lookalike Appears on Russian Candy Packaging (06:46)
- Hello Kitty Named Japan's Tourism Ambassador to China (06:08)
- Andō Natsu Pastry-Baking Manga Gets Live-Action Drama (03:41)
- Hakushaku to Yōsei Light Novels Adapted into Manga Also (18:49)
- Japanese Studios Sell, Exhibit Anime/Manga-Based Films (18:43)
- Philippines' Animax Award Finalist LaMB Gets Animated (06:32)
- Taniguchi's Harukana Machi e Gets European Film (03:16)
- Clannad Malware Creator Gets Two Years in Prison (19:44)
- Spider-Man's Stan Lee Interviewed about Ultimo Manga (13:57)
- Oshii Oversees Opening, Ending for NHK Documentaries (03:49)
- Gantz's Oku Also Designs Soul Calibur IV Character (06:35)
- Manga, Anime, Cards Announced for Inazuma 11 Videogame (03:37)
- Crimson Hero, Chocolate Underground Manga Ending (21:22)
- Suzuka's Seo, Samurai Deeper Kyo's Kamijyō to Launch Manga (06:01)
- Ashita no Joe's Chiba Draws Akai Mushi One-Shot Manga (20:42)
- 32nd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced (20:02)
- Tokyo's Popopure Maid Café Lets Customers Dub Anime (08:17)
- First Image of Live-Action Dragonball's Goku Published (03:11)
- 2008 Gegege Anime Film to Have Six Versions Screened (19:57)
- 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced (11:04)
- 37th Japan Cartoonist Awards Announced (21:33)
- Nodame Cantabile: Paris Chapter Anime Sequel Announced (19:37)
- Sonishi's Inu-Gaisha Manga Adapted into Flash Anime (05:06)
- Gurren Lagann Music Clip Project's Trailer Streamed (02:02)
- 3 Arrested in Japan for Spreading Anime via Share Program (19:18)
- Lucky Star Cast Cosplays as Haruhi Dancers on Bonus Card (08:25)
- Hokkaido Graduate Students Launch Free Manga Paper (07:33)
- Dragon Age Magazine to Run Luminous Arc 2 Will Manga (04:11)
- Eva's Sadamoto to Draw Archaic Smile Short Story (02:36)
- U.S. Navy Completes Promotional Manga for Distribution (21:12)
- Macross Frontier's Opening Single Stays in Top 10 (04:03)
- Singer/Actor Gackt Lends Voice for Next Virtual Singer (00:39)
- Tokyo Restaurants Offer Limited Evangelion Menu Items (07:04)
- Bandai Reissues of Macross Valkyries Imported to America (05:38)
- Newsweek Japan Lists Kon's Paprika Among 100 Best Films (03:50)
- June's Licensing Int'l Expo to Feature Anime Franchises (01:57)
- Ribon Magazine to Start Hello Kitty Peace!! Manga (01:12)
- Mixed Vegetables' Komura Launches Joō-sama no Tamago (06:29)
- Tanemura to End Gentlemen's Alliance, Launch Fortune (04:48)
- Reunited X Japan Band to Perform in Taiwan on August 2 (02:56)
- Shimizu, Madhouse to Adapt Siberian Express into Anime (01:58)
- OVA for Yoshimizu's Lucky Star Greenlit in Japan (00:41)
- Go! Comi Licenses 07-Ghost Fantasy Manga (00:17)
- Broccoli Books Posts Nui! Fantasy Comedy Manga Preview (18:57)
- 3 Minutes of Live-Action Speed Racer Film Streamed (18:42)
- Deux Press to Publish Oh, My God, Lovers & Souls (03:41)
- Inuyasha Producer Yoshida Joins Bandai Entertainment (18:47)
- New Candy Boy Series Launched Online Japan (06:24)
- Takashi Murakami Named Among Time's 100 Influential (03:26)
- Japan's Gurren Lagann Movie Site Launches with Video (Updated) (01:29)
- Japan's NHK to Air Kids' Special with Ghibli Music (20:21)
- Japan's Jump Anime Tour to Show Letter Bee Anime (17:34)
- Death Note Artist Obata to Attend Japan Expo in Paris (03:51)
- Sony's Animax to Produce, Run Anime of Kurozuka Manga (01:24)
- New Blue Dragon Anime Gets Manga Tie-In (08:27)
- Ghibli Background Artist Kazuo Oga Interviewed (03:49)
- Live-Action Neko Rahmen Taishō Film Based on Manga (02:26)
- 3rd Higurashi Tentatively Slated as Rei Video Series (01:54)
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Death
Note V2
Following the cliffhanger ending in the first volume, Death Note Volume 2 contains the answers awaited by fans.
2008-07-30
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2008-07-30
Reel
Anime 2008 Roundup
This year's festival is on, Ann|AU hit all four movies last weekend and here are our impressions.
2008-07-10
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2008-07-10
Supanova
Melbourne 2008
Supanova Pop Culture Expo hit Melbourne for the first time. In a city already packed full of anime events, the fans are still yelling they want more. Will Supanova prove to be the answer?
2008-06-23
Melbourne 2008Supanova Pop Culture Expo hit Melbourne for the first time. In a city already packed full of anime events, the fans are still yelling they want more. Will Supanova prove to be the answer?
2008-06-23
Space
Adventure Cobra the Movie
Space Adventure Cobra is a hangover from the 80's. It has large hair, impossible missions and it's a space opera to boot, but how does it hold up with today's modern audience?
2008-06-16
Adventure Cobra the MovieSpace Adventure Cobra is a hangover from the 80's. It has large hair, impossible missions and it's a space opera to boot, but how does it hold up with today's modern audience?
2008-06-16
Hellsing Ultimate V02 DVDOne one hand, the Valentine Brothers are to die for and they like to make sure that you do. On the other, Seras and Alucard do have a switch for god mode. So how will this clash of duos unfold?
Transformers: The Headmasters Collection DVDTransformers Headmasters. To the unknowing onlooker, the title could very well have been mistaken for a series about robots running schools. But alas, this is not the case. It is however, about robots. Big, BIG robots.
Death Note 1 & 2 Special EditionIn a world full of evil, Kira appears to be the beacon of justice we all need. Endowed with the power of the Death Note, there seems to be nothing that could stop him. That is until L steps in.
Death Note V1Light is one of the smartest students in Japan, has many friends and a loving family. He's quite easy on the eyes too. So what could such a perfect person be doing with an instrument of destruction?
BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad - V1Koyuki doesn't know it yet, but his life is about to become a whole lot more exciting. It all started when he was bitten by a dog he was trying to rescue. This sets in motion a sequence of events that shows Koyuki exactly what he's capable of and much more.
Innocent Venus V1 DVD 1
Imagine a swollen world population, over 8 billion people! Unfortunately 5 billion people are about to be suddenly wiped out due to a freak natural disaster.
Imagine a swollen world population, over 8 billion people! Unfortunately 5 billion people are about to be suddenly wiped out due to a freak natural disaster.
School Rumble DVD 1
Take one part Azumanga Daioh, add a pinch of messed up romance and top it all off with a foray of non-stop comedic moments. What results is School Rumble, the latest take on the widely popular romantic comedy genre.
Take one part Azumanga Daioh, add a pinch of messed up romance and top it all off with a foray of non-
Tales from Earthsea DVD
Tales from Earthsea is the directorial debut of Goro Miyazaki and the tale of dragons and magic is good, but is that enough to continue on the Miyazaki name?
Tales from Earthsea is the directorial debut of Goro Miyazaki and the tale of dragons and magic is good, but is that enough to continue on the Miyazaki name?
Moon Phase DVD 1
Moon Phase may have its fair share of dark overtones, but amongst all of that is some wonderful comedic moments and a mysterious story that has a lot of potential.
Moon Phase may have its fair share of dark overtones, but amongst all of that is some wonderful comedic moments and a mysterious story that has a lot of potential.
Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE DVD 1
With titles such as Cardcaptor Sakura and Chobits under their belt, Clamp continues on the path of magic and pretty things with Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle.
With titles such as Cardcaptor Sakura and Chobits under their belt, Clamp continues on the path of magic and pretty things with Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle.