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Entries for March, 2008

Teenagers Rave About Downloading Anime Videos

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.

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Tokyo Anime fair announces winners

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 […]

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Anime industry reeling over outsourcing to Asia

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 […]

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Anime channel widens overseas network

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 […]

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SouthPeak Announce New Anime-style Game

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 […]

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Blue Dragon anime premieres this spring

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 

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Author Gives Bible a Twist of Manga

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 

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Leonardo DiCaprio goes manga: whatever next?

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 […]

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Manga Review: Harukaze Bitter Bop Vol. 1 by Court Betten

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 […]

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CDC Games Launches “Free to Play”" Manga Action MMO

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.

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