Monthly Archives: April 2011

California's Fanime to Host Trigun Designer Takahiro YoshimatsuAnime News NetworkThe anime convention FanimeCon announced on Friday that animator and character designer Takahiro Yoshimatsu will appear as a Guest of Honor at the May 27-30 event in San Jose, California. Yoshimatsu … Continue reading →

SPOTLIGHT: Springfield girl starts anime clubChicago TribuneSomething these students had in common was a love of anime, the Japanese animation style that's probably best known in the United States from the TV series "Pokemon." So, Rachel and Lance Caughey, an … Continue reading →

Cosplay for a day on offer at Taiwan dress-up studioReutersMofa, in the southern city of Kaohsiung, offers a US $50 package allowing devotees to dress up as a favourite anime or manga comic character, complete with wig, full makeup and … Continue reading →

Ars TechnicaCompeting with free: anime site treats piracy as a market failureArs TechnicaWhen lawyer Evan Stone worked as an in-house counsel for anime distributor FUNimation, the company tried all sorts of techniques to stop piracy. It sent takedown notices and … Continue reading →

Anime and Manga releases for the week of April 25th, 2011Examiner.comHere is the list of anime, Asian live action films and manga that fans will be able to pick up this week including titles from Viz Media, FUNimation Entertainment, Dark … Continue reading →

AkihabaraNewsJapanese anime industry brings killer titles to the big screenAkihabaraNewsAt least that was the idea I had when I immersed myself last weekend in certain websites where the otaku (anime fanatics) roam freely. We're not going to bother you with … Continue reading →

Anime Boston 2011: Day 3 ImpressionsToon Zone (blog)Day 3 at Anime Boston was definitely the slowest day of the weekend, but the roundup panels were definitely worth the trip for the day, full of industry insider tidbits, playful banter between … Continue reading →

Anime Boston 2011: Day 2 ImpressionsToon Zone (blog)Day 2 at Anime Boston was the most heavily programmed of the weekend and was also the day for industry panels, though even those were scant. State of the Industry: The only industry … Continue reading →

Anime Boston 2011: FUNimation Announces Shin Chan Season 3 and New SimulcastToon ZoneDuring their Anime Boston panel FUNimation announced the upcoming release of Shin-Chan season 3 during the Summer. FUNimation also announced the simulcast of Aria the Scarlet Ammo beginning … Continue reading →

J-Pop Unit Flow to Perform at Anime Central, FanimeConAnime News NetworkThe Japanese pop band Flow will perform at both Anime Central in Illinois and FanimeCon in Northern California next month. Since coming together in 1993, Flow has performed theme songs … Continue reading →