Somewhere, my inner 12-year-old girl is shrieking. And geeking out over the announcement of a brand-new Sailor Moon anime coming in the summer of 2013. News broke that a reinterpretation of the seminal magical girl series is...
Read More2011 In Japan: The Japanese prefecture of Hokuei announced that they will begin issuing Detective Conan-themed license plates for mopeds. The plates will begin issuance on Tuesday, May 24, and applicants will be able to register...
Read More2011 In Japan: Animator and professor Masahiro Katayama passed away in a Tokyo hospital due to pneumonia. Katayama was a prominent figure who served as the head of Group Ebisen, helped found the Tokyo Anime Fair, and served as...
Read More2011 In Europe: Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka’s Pluto manga was awarded the Intergenerational Award at France’s Angoulême International Comics Festival. In America: Borders revealed that they would delay payments to...
Read More2009 In Korea: A number of Korean protestors called for the cancellation of the Hetalia: Axis Powers anime. The protest was based around the title’s Korea character, which is present in the manga, but not the anime....
Read More2009 In Japan: K-On!’s second season was announced after the Let’s Go! live concert, which was held in Yokohama. After the second encore, the onstage screen played footage from the first season, followed by an...
Read More2008 In America: A panel of judges from the Fourth US Court of Appeals upheld a 20-year sentence on Dwight Whorley of Richmond, VA. Whorley was convicted on 74 counts of child pornography, both real and fictional, in November...
Read More2008 In America: Publishers Weekly’s Beat Blog revealed that American manga publisher TOKYOPOP laid off eight staffers. The news was confirmed by TOKYOPOP marketing director Marc Pavia, who acknowledged that the company...
Read More2010 ASCII Media Works’ email newsletter, Dengeki Bunko Bootleg, announced that the final volume of Spice and Wolf will ship on February 10, 2011. The announcement confirms a revelation in the 15th volume that Spice and...
Read More2010 In Japan: The cover for the next issue of Shueisha’s Jump Square reveals that an anime film based on Takeshi Konomi’s Prince of Tennis is currently in the works. 2009 In America: Amazon.com nominated volume 9 of...
Read More2005 In America: AnimeMusicVideos.org was served a cease and desist order by Wind-Up Records. The order came in response to videos featuring music by Evanescence, Creed, and other artists under the label after a fan e-mailed the...
Read More2010 In America: FUNmation announced the theatrical release dates for Mamoru Hosoda’s Summer Wars. the film will open in the following locations: December 3-8: Siskel Film Center in Chicago, IL December 10-16: AMC Covina...
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