Via the official website for the anime that will star members from AKB48 the title of the anime was announced, “AKB0048.” Further it was announced that there will be manga adaptions as well as details for how the members will be selected for roles in the anime. Details follow,The...

During the Tiger & Bunny anime Hero Awards 2011 event held November 13th it was announced that production on two films has been green-lit, with the first currently in production. Main movie image poster shown above, images and a details follow. The Hero Awards 2011, promoted as the...

She’s back….. After some delays the anticipated streaming of “Shakugan no Shana III - FINAL -” (Shana III)  on NicoNico x Funimation anime site has started. The first 4 episodes are available now - episode 1 “A Lost Being,” episode 2 “That Which Comes,” episode 3 “To Embark Upon a New...

The website for this winter’s Black Rock Shooter (BRS) anime series has a new PV video posted. Hit the link to check it out. The reveals about 40 seconds of action and lists credits for the staff involved in producing the anime. The BRS anime will premiere in...

[Updated 11/01] The Anime Network (TAN) has added “Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle!” (Phi Brain) and 2 shows already being streamed by Crunchyroll - “Majikoi - Samurai Girls” and “Mashiro-iro Symphony.” NicoNico x Funimation (niconico.com/anime) has started the previously postponed shows, “Maken-Ki”, “...

Japanese anime portal site “Anime One” has released their “2011 Summer Anime Popularity” poll. The voting covered shows aired between July and September though not strictly for shows that starting in the summer season. Check out our Summer 2011 Anime Guide. Top 10 Summer Anime “Anime One” poll 1. TIGER & BUNNY (641 votes) 2:...

After years of speculation, a summer of on again-off again talk, and even George Takei blasting the adaption’s “White’ification” - Warner Bros. has officially greenlit its live-action remake of the anime cult hit “Akira”. Plans for production to begin March 2012. Over the summer director Albert Hughes (Book ...

Yoko Kanno produced the 2010 Christmas concert series featuring the music from Macross Frontier anime and movie. There were two concerts titled, "Macross F Super Dimension Super Live ~Merry Christmas without You~" that were held at Tokyo's Budokan event hall on December 22, 2010 and Kobe's Port Island Hall on December 24, 2010. Megumi Nakajima...

As a special treat to commemorate Makoto Shinkai's guest appearance at the New York Anime Festival, Crunchyroll will stream his award winning works for the next week, Oct 15, 2011 until Oct 22, 2011. Links and show summaries after jump, 5 Centimeters per Second Beginning with the lyrical image of cherry blossoms falling...

Crunchyroll had previously announced they would be similcasting the second season of Wagnaria!! (Working!!) and many were lamenting (atleast I was) the first season was only available on DVD from NIS. To our rescue comes Crunchyroll who’s has licensed the streaming rights to season one of Wagnaria!!. They have just made...

The first ever Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype Anime Awards were awarded Saturday during the Machi Asobi Vol. 7 event in Tokushima. Leading all was anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica which won 12 of the 21 awards out right and 2 of the seiyuu awards were could also be attributed to the series though no specific...

Tetsujinka Keikaku (Tetsujin) the karaoke club and internet café chain operator, is partnering with hobby product manufacturer Good Smile Company (GSC) and they plan to open ten anime-themed cafés in four Asian countries. The café's will sell GSC anime character figures and will host anime themed events such as host voice actor appearances....

Appleseed XIII is the new adaptation of Masamune Shirow's Appleseed (1985) future paramilitary manga. The first movie and 3 OVA (direct-to-video) episodes were released this past July and in total Appleseed XIII will be composed of 13 22-minute OVA anime episodes on DVD/Blu-ray, plus two feature-length compilation films of the episodes. Appleseed XIII~Yogen~,...

The “CRANQ” theatre project, formed by voice-acting professionals, announced that its original production, “Kenran toka Ranman toka”, will feature Rie Kugimiya. The “queen of tsundere” voice actress will make her stage debut in the play, which is scheduled to run for one week -...

Set for an October 26th release Sphere's new single "High Powered," will power the opening theme for the second season of anime Squid Girl or Shinryaku!? Ika Musume. Sphere made the announcement from their "Athletic Harmonies -Dangerous Stage-" event on Saturday. The four seiyuu super team...

Singer LiSA’s debut single, “oath sign”, will also be used for the opening theme song to “Fate/Zero”. The anime is set to air starting in October and the single will be released October 23rd. Even though this is LiSA’s debut single, many of you may...

Summer anime season is fast approaching with what looks to be a great line-up of shows. Some returning friends and a solid group of popular game, manga, and light novel adaptions. Studio GONZO is back for its first anime in 2 years as well as BONES and Production I.G. with highly anticipated shows.  Summaries and...

Click each image above for an audio sample of each seiyuu in action on the remote. Toshiba has released a free android (v2.1+) app as part of their REGZA AppsConnect line that will turn your phone into a TV and DVD/BD Recorder remote and you’ll get 6 of the best anime voice actresses...

Winter anime season is upon us with a bevy (17) of new shows. Summaries and links for info and similcast follow. Overall a good quality line-up of shows for a Winter season and a pretty good number of shows too. Only 2 of the shows are 2nd seasons (Mitsudomoe and Kimi ni Todoke) compared to...