AKB0048 new Spring anime featuring AKB48 members in character roles and a story tied to the group has exposed a long trailer video. Animation production is by studio Satelight and looks to be of very high quality - cost per episode we’d expect to be quite high with the AKB48...

Singapore idol unit Sea☆A will provide the opening theme and Korean boy group U-KISS will provide the ending theme for Spring anime “Arashi no Yoru ni: Himitsu no Tomodachi”. The anime is set to begin airing on April 4th on TV Tokyo, Sea☆A’s featured single...

~ Updated release details posted for Ambivalentidea Nagi Yanagi (Nagi) has a new single “Ambivalentidea” announced which will be featured as the ending theme for Spring anime “Jormungand”. The single is set for release on June 6th and currently...

Shinning Hearts -Shiawase no Pan- (Bread of Happiness) anime set to air starting April 12th has announced the opening and ending theme songs. Both songs will be sung by the three lead voice actresses of the anime Ito Kanae (Amil), Aizawa Mai (Neris), and Mikami Shiori (Airy). The opening theme song “...

AKB0048 has announced a second round of main cast members of the “Shuumei” group - Noto Mamiko has the role of Koji Haru (Kojima Haruna) , Ueda Kana has the role of Tomo-chin (Tomomi Itano) and Shiraishi Ryoko will play Taka Mina (Minami Takahashi). Details follow,The Shuumei...

AKB0048 anime has announced 3 voice actors who will play “Shuumei members” who comprise the main singing group in the anime. Yui Horie will play Yuki Rin (Kashiwagi Yuki), Kanda Akemi has the role of Mayu Yu (Mayu Watanabe), Tamura Yukari will play Yuko (Oshima Yuko). More information follows,The Shuumei members or legacy...

The Winter edition of Wonder Festival (Wonderfest) 2012 held at Makukhari Messe Event Hall in Chiba Japan on February 11th is the world's largest garage kit event. Individuals and small producers bring their home-made anime/manga figures and accessories for trading and selling. Major figure producers are also a big part of Wonderfest showcasing their upcoming...

Crunchyroll with partner Aniplex will beginning streaming the popular anime series “Puella Magi Madoka Magica”, episodes will air each Wednesday 10am starting February 15th. Aniplex USA has also begun releasing the anime series on DVD and Blu-ray starting February 14th with episodes 1-4. More info follows,About Puella Magi ...

A big fan of manga/anime Fist of the North Star has won via Yahoo Japan auction a life-size figure (185 cm) of main character Kenshiro with a winning bid of ¥3,000,000 (approx. $39,000). A huge bid but the life-size Kenshiro is dressed in 500,000 crystals made by world renowned...

The AKB48 TV anime “AKB0048” has announced the casting of the 9 main characters. The “AKB0048” story revolves around 9 young idols aiming to be “legendary idols” and is set to air this Spring 2012. The 9 selected members have gone through the final casting...

ALI PROJECT's newest single "Kyomu Densen” is getting ready for its released on January 25th. The title track is currently featured as the opening them for horror anime “Another”. The release comes in regular CD only and a Limited edition has a different track list...

T.M.Revolution (Nishikawa Takanori) has been chosen as the “ambassador” for the Agency of Cultural Affairs’ “Anime Mirai” project. The appointment was received at a press conference in Tokyo on January 18th 2012. More details follow, “Anime Mirai” is an program within the Agency...

Starting January 13th Crunchyroll premium members can now select a full HD 1080p stream on over 20 of their current anime simulcast line-up. These anime shows stream immediately following their Japan TV broadcast and now in Full High-Definition 1080p streams. More details and 48 hour all access pass give-away to Crunchyroll follow,The...

Lots of new Code Geass projects announced including a new OVA/movie “Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito” (Akito the Exiled) that is due out this summer. Voice actress Maaya Sakamoto will play the heroine Reira Marukaru, a former noblewoman of Britannia and the Waivan unit commander....

Voice actress and talento Aya Hirano will star along with AKB48 member Sashihara Rino in a live-action TV series Muse no Kagami (Muse’s Mirror). The show will air on NTV being January 14th in a late night time slot of 1:55am and the series will run for...

[Update: New post with release details and Oricon chart news for the single - here - ] Pop duo ClariS  and supercell leader ryo have combined for “Naisho no Hanashi” which will be featured as the ending theme for anime Nisemonogatari...

The 1:1 scale Gundam that has been featured at a few locations in Japan has returned to Odaiba (Tokyo) where it first made its appearance 2 1/2 years ago. Previously the Gundam RX-78-2 had been at Shizuoka outside the JR Higashi-Shizuoka station (until 3/2011). This time the...

The 9 girls to voice the roles in the upcoming anime AKB0048 as been announced. This is the culmination of a month long selection process that gave all 200 members from AKB48 and sister groups SKE48, NMB48, and HKT48...

After a week delay AKB48 has announced the names of the 30 members who passed the first round of judging to be one of the 9 voice actors (seiyuu) for their Spring 2012 anime “AKB0048.” It was previously stated the results would be released December 2nd but it wasn’t...

To mark the unveiling of life-size figures of the five main K-ON! characters exhibit, Universal Studios Japan hosted a concert with the voice cast on November 27th.  Over 5,000 showed up for the 1/2 hour live performance by Aki Toyosaki (Yui Hirasawa), Yoko Hikasa (Mio Akiyama), Satomi Sato (Ritsu Tainaka), Minako Kotobuki (Tsumugi...