From the oldest to the newest ‘animes’, this website appears to have the complete and on going anime episodes ready for download. With this website it seems you would never miss another Anime episode again. You can also watch classic Animes and hard to find Animes that are not available anywhere else. This would indeed appear to be an invaluable resource for any Anime fan.
With the ‘DownloadAnimeVideos.com’ Membership you receive instant access to thousands of anime videos ready to be watched on your PC or to be transferred and burned to a DVD. With your membership you can also download Anime soundtracks and music, Mangas, wallpapers, games, live action movies, dramas and more
There appear to be no additional fees after a membership is purchased and members receive unmetered, and unlimited access to anime downloads. If you have problems dowmloading anything from the Anime website, a 90 day money back guarantee is available.
The downloads are updated regularly, normally after a new anime episode is out. So with membership, you always appear to get fresh Anime videos and other anime content.
Anime videos can also be burned to DVD. Video downloads usually take about 15 - 20 minutes depending upon your connection speed. The videos can easily be downloaded onto a video ipod as I have tested this myself
There is also a collection of over 400 manga series. There is an impressive list of Manga Series Soundtracks and Music Videos. These all downloadable so you can listen to your favourite Anime soundtracks and videos.
In essence, this does appear to be a valuable resource as a website for Anime and Manga fans.

The Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF), the world biggest trade fair for toons, has presented “Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone” with its Animation of the Year award, organizers announced on Monday.The toon, the latest feature installment in the Hideaki Anno TV/pic franchise about teens who pilot giant robots against alien invaders, was a hit last year for distrib Klockworx, finishing with a series high of $19 million.

Via: Variety

Among its legions of fans, Japanese anime has long been regarded as a defining element of what makes Japan “cool.”
This quintessential Japanese modern art form found a worldwide audience, and its impact has been pervasive. Its popularity led the animation market to grow exponentially, 2.5-fold in the past 15 years.

Yet, for all its success, the world of Japanese animation is in danger. One reason is that it is a labor-intensive process. Because of this, there is a growing trend to outsource production to Asian countries.

Via: Asahi 

Satellite channel Animax is preparing to celebrate its 10th anniversary as it continues to introduce Japanese animation to viewers around the world.

The channel claims a viewership of 41 million households in Japan and 46 other countries, though the channel is included in basic packages for cable and satellite services.

In commemoration of the anniversary, the broadcaster will air its newest original anime series from July, the month it began broadcasting.

Animax Broadcast Japan Inc. in Minato Ward, Tokyo, was established in May 1998 as a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment and started broadcasting in July that year.

Full Story: Yomiuri Online 

Southpeak, a publisher who are most famous for filling our inbox with numerous unwanted press releases, have announced they will be bringing a anime-inspired hack and slash style game to PC, 360 and PS3 sometime later in the year. The game will go by the name X-Blades – which sounds a bit generic for an anime title in all honesty.

Via: Dark Zero

And Cartoon Network gets it. No show times have been announced, but it will appear before 11PM since it’s not part of Adult Swim.

Via: Siliconera 

The world’s most-read book has been reproduced yet again, and this time in a style known as Japanese manga, closely associated with anime.Ajinbayo “Siku” Akinsuku is author and illustrator of The Manga Bible. He says he reproduced the Bible using the popular animation style to keep the religious message relevant to younger generations.

Full Story: NPR 

If the immortal cry “Kanedaaaaaaaaaaaaa!” means anything to you, it’s a fair bet that your next thought isn’t: “I know! Let’s get Leonardo DiCaprio on the case!” But thanks to the magic of the internet, that’s what we’ve learnt.According to Variety and Hollywood Reporter his production company is behind the latest attempt to make a live-action version of Katsuhiro Otomo’s epic post-apocalyptic anime classic, Akira.

Full Story: Guardian 

Harukaze Bitter Bop is a fantastic new series with lots of action and a ton of humor, centered around a mix of quirky characters.

Chiyoharu used to be a troublemaker at his school, but now he’s the school outcast. When a fire set by him and his closest friends got out of control, everyone was expelled but him. Ever since then, he has been beating himself up over the incident and is determined to make it up to his expelled friends. But he hasn’t seen them since the fire and isn’t sure that they want to see him.

Full Story: BlogCritics 

CDC Games, a business unit of CDC Corporation and pioneer of the “free-to-play, pay for merchandise” model for online video games in China, announced today that its CDC Games International (CGI) business unit has launched Lunia, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) based on the popular manga-style comic art form, for commercial availability in North America. Lunia, which was developed by Korea-based ALLM Co., Ltd., is based on the manga-style of Japanese comics which is widely popular throughout the world and is currently a more than $200 million industry in the U.S., according to Publishers Weekly. To play Lunia, visit the CDC Games portal at: www.12FootTall.com. Lunia and the 12 Foot Tall site are powered by IBM servers and hosted at a state-of-the-art Terremark data center that provides direct access to the core of the North American Internet.

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