Variety.com, the website affiliated with the Daily Variety entertainment trade paper, discusses the future of the anime industry with CEO Gen Fukunaga of the distributor Funimation in a March 28 article. Fukunaga describes how his company attained its 27% anime DVD marketshare through market research and a willingness to adapt. “We look at J...

A review by Douglas of the 1996 Anime OAV “Apocalypse Zero”. Video Review - Apocalypse Zero (You need Quicktime to play this. If you don’t, download HERE) [ Javascript required to view QuickTime movie, please turn it on and refresh this page ] ...

America’s Cartoon Network is previewing the Blue Dragon fantasy anime series at 11:30 a.m. (ET/PT) on March 28 and at 10:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on March 29. The anime adapts an Xbox 360 roleplaying game that was co-created by Final Fantasy’s Hironobu Sakaguchi and designed by Dragon Ball creator and Dragon Quest game designer Akira Toriyama. I...

A review of the series “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” done by Douglas. Enjoy and please comment. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video ...

The media company Starz has begun offering television episodes on Apple’s iTunes Store in the United States, including four series from Starz’ anime unit Manga Entertainment Those four series are Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Season 1), Tokko, Noein, and Tactics. Apple iTunes Store video purchases are 640 by 480 in resolution...

The online anime distributor BOST TV has announced today that it will offer downloadable copies of anime episodes, in addition to streaming. Each episode will still cost 100 BOST points (the equivalent of US$1.99) to stream online for a two-week period. However, under the new system, the same 100-point fee will now pay for both the stream and an un...

The North American distributor Viz Media has announced that it has licensed Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody, the first theatrical anime spinoff from the Bleach television series, in the Americas, Europe, and Oceania. The television series itself is an adaptation of Kubotite’s Bleach manga about Soul Reapers (Shinigami or Gods of Death)...

The official Japanese website for the Mobile Suit Gundamm 00 robot anime television series has posted details on the upcoming Blu-Ray Disc release. Gundam 00 is the first Gundam series broadcasted in high definition. The first volume with two episodes and the second volume with four episodes will sell on August 22 for 5,040 yen (about US$50.00) and...

The personal blog of actress Emmy Rossum confirms that principal photography on James Wong’s live-action Dragon Ball movie ended in Mexico on Friday. Rossum plays the heroine Bulma in this adaptation of Akira Toriyama’s fighting manga. The official website of James Marsters (Piccolo) had announced his work wrapped in mid-March, but he l...

At his company’s Anime Boston 2008 panel, David L. Williams of ADV Films announced that his company has acquired the North American distribution rights to Kiba. This 51-episode alternate-world adventure television series, with animation produced by Madhouse, was sponsored by the Japanese division of the trading card company Upper Deck. Willia...