Masakazu Katsura, the creator of "Tiger and Bunny" and other countless hits, is once again in the spotlight. His newest work, "ZETMAN" has been adapted into a TV anime and will begin airing from April. To mark the anime debut of "ZETMAN", an exhibition of his ...

The BD box of "Eden of the East", which began airing in 2009, will be released March 2012. In addition to the entire TV series, the BD includes the two feature films, the TV series compilation "Air Communication", which had a limited theater release, and other...

A mobile flash game of the widely popular anime is now available. The game, which is based on the anime, "Puella Magi Madoka Magica", was released on February 24th and can be purchased at various mobile sites, such as Mobile Animate, Gamers Mobile, and Aniloco...

The relationship between Hayao Miyazaki, the anime legend whose work has touched the lives of many worldwide, and his son, Goro Miyazaki, who follows in his footsteps and directed the 2006 feature film, "Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea)", has long interested ...

A BD box set of the Mobile Suit Z Gundam film trilogy--the films of which were originally released between 2005 and 2006--will go on sale from May 25th, and be distributed by Bandai Visual. The trilogy comes in a special box illustrated by Naoyuki Onda and Mor...

Glasses that were created by Miki (Paris Miki/Megane no Miki) in collaboration with the "Naruto" brand will go on sale in late March. The collaboration celebrates the 10th anniversary of Miki's glasses brand, "Opt LABEL", and the TV series, "NARUTO: Shippuden"...

"Shinsengumi Kentei"certificate exam has been established to assess the knowledge on "Shinsengumi"--a special police force in late feudal Japan--and the first edition of the test is scheduled for March 18, in Tokyo and Kyoto. With the registration period closi...

Two of Japan's biggest character brands are joining together for a collaboration that has people talking. Sanrio and GroundWorks have announced that they will be starting a new "Rebuild of Evangelion" and "Hello Kitty" product line. The line, "EVANGELION x HEL...

The net anime "Time of Eve" has been grabbing a lot of attention with its development from the original 6-issue online streaming format into its theatrical version. The recent move of the anime series has been directed toward smart phones. Last year the film v...

In December 2011, Anpanman Digital released a free iPhone app called, "Go! Anpanman!", which is based on the well-loved anime of the same name. The app is the second official Anpanman app--following the pay app, "Mainichi! Anpanman-Let's Count! How many days s...

"Gamera" has been roaringly popular with each generation since its initial release in 1965, and is now being made into a social game by GREE. Kadogawa Contents Gate has teamed up with mobile social game developer ORATTA, and, on January 6th, registered a new S...

A special promotion has been announced for the theater release of "Dragon Age: Blood Mage no Seisen (aka 'Dragon Age: The Dawn of the Seeker')", which hits theaters nationwide on February 11th, 2012. The promotion is also linked to the release of the new game,...

It's been announced that Hanafuda (Japanese playing cards) sets of feature anime film, "Spirited Away (aka 'Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi') are on their way. The film, which successfully captured the beauty of Japan's culture, will be reborn in the world of Ja...

Sunrise has created a slew of anime hits, which include robot anime like the "Gundam" series. Reports are in that many of Sunrise's anime art guidebooks from the "Sunrise Art Works" collection are going to be reprinted. The guidebooks are being published by Fu...

On December 7th, Ichiro Mizuki--who remains popular with both young and old alike--will be releasing a DVD titled "Mizuki Ichiro TV Theme Song Collection" to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his anime song career. The DVD includes 104 of his hit songs from ...

With anticipation mounting for the 2012 fall release of the new "Evangelion. The Movie: Q", a new Evangelion illustration book is due to be released ahead of it. The book, titled "Evangelion Chronicle Illustrations--The Newly Revised Edition" will be published...

"Nyanpire-The animation", the short animation series famous for its lovable and cute characters, will soon be released on DVD. The DVD, produced by Frontier Works, will include all 12 TV episodes and be released on November 25th. "Nyanpire" began as a coterie ...

Sequels to the CD series, "Anime Song History" and "Sound Effects Song History" have received the green light, thanks to the popularity of earlier versions of Nippon Columbia's CD albums, "Anime Song History", which were released in August 2010. The series are...

The creation group of the popular anime "LAST EXILE" in 2003 gathered together again and created "Last Exile -Fam, The Silver Wing-", to be screened in October. At the time of releasing, relevant entertainment topics show up. The 1:1 proportional model of smal...

The hot TV anime "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" in 2011 starts to launch full episodes to mobile and Android terminal. The distribution service will be provided by large company Video Market which delivers animation to mobile phone and mobile communication equipm...