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Live Action Cowboy Bebop Movie On The Way
Brought to you by Fox and Producer Erwin Stoff (Matrix, A Scanner Darkly)
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New World Destruction Trailer
Anime based on Sega’s upcoming DS RPG
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Newly discovered Protein Named After a Pokemon
Pikachurin: Regulates the efficiency of kinetic vision
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Disney’s Stitch: Anime Edition Promo Online
Japanese produced spinoff to Lilo and Stitch premieres October in Japan
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Live Action Yatterman Teaser Trailer Online
It’s definitely a teaser
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Batman: Dark Knight Sets Midnight Showings Record
Beating ‘Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith’
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But or Rent Anime from Your PS3  go
Funimation titles available in HD and SD

Batman Gotham Knight: Last Week's #1 DVD  go
Gotham Knight and Batman Begins storms the US DVD and Blu-Ray Charts

REVIEW: Batman: Gotham Knight  go
Anime Central reviews the long awaited Batman anime anthology!

World Cosplay Summit  go
It’s almost time for this year’s Cosplay Summit. The event will be held on 3rd & 4th August in Japan.

Two New Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Characters Unveiled!  go
Street Fighter 3's Alex VS Yatterman's Gan chan!

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Gameplay Video  go
Video Demonstration for the PS3's upcoming Naruto game

New Final Fantasy Dissidia Trailer  go
New PSP fighter featuring Final Fantasy all-stars

The Dark Knight: Best Batman Yet?  go
Heath Ledger tipped for posthumous oscar win

New Origin: Spirits of the Past Trailer  go
Due for theatrical release on 12th July

Robotech Coming to the Big Screen  go
Warner Bros pick up the rights for the 80's classic

Anime Voice Actor Tohru Furuya Interviewed  go
The voice behind Gundam and Sailor Moon speaks

New Star Wars: The Clone Wars Trailer  go
The upcoming CG animated Star Wars movie

New Trailer for Birdy the Mighty Decode  go
Story of a young boy in a space cop's body

Space Adventure Cobra going to Hollywood?  go
Buichi Terasawa receiving Hollywood film offers

Tekkonkinkreet, N.Y Salad Win Technical Award  go
Vexille, Freedom, SOS! recieve honourable mentions.

Gonzo Streaming Strike Witches Anime Online  go
3rd Simultaneous worldwide release from Gonzo

Macross: Ace Frontier Coming to PSP  go
Featuring over 30 different mecha and 80 missions

New Casshern Title in the Works  go
Tentatively titled Casshern Sins

New Reviews  go
Dragon Quest Swords and Berserk Volume 3

Sega’s Robotic Girlfriend  go
The beggining of the end?

Bandai’s Battle Spirits Card Game Gets New Anime  go
Trading card game to be animated by Sunrise

Japanese Cosplay Site Cure Launches in English  go
Share cospaly photos with the Cure community

New Trailer for Storm Riders Anime  go
China can do anime too!

British Film Institute to Screen 5cm Per Second  go
As part of a weekend long Anime Now program

Macross All That VF Trailer online  go
Promo for the Special 25th Anniversary Macross Short

“Otaku” Murderer Executed on Tuesday  go
Japanese serial killer executed for 1988-89 killings

Manga Comics Become Primary School Recommended Reading  go
Classic children's books to make way for graphic novels

Movie Legend Stan Winston Passes Away  go
Make-up artist responsible for the Terminator, Aliens and The Thing

Man Found Dead Buried Under Manga Collection  go
Possibly the result of Japan's recent earthquake

Official Gurren Lagann AMV Streaming  go
The anime industry jumps on the AMV bandwagon

Your Art in Little King’s Story!  go
Your character could appear in Marvelous Entertainment’s new Wii game.

Your Face In StreetFighter IV!  go
your chance to be a part of Streetfighter history

Funimation's Profits More Than Doubled  go
Very successful 2008 fiscal year for the American anime distributor

New Star Wars: The Clone Wars Trailer  go
Another look at the fully CG animated Star Wars movie

Two Classic Anime’s Screening in Zavvi, Manchester  go
Lupin the 3rd and Space Adventure Cobra to be shown in a double screening.

AnimeSuki.com Ordered To Stop Linking Fansubs  go
Website ordered to remove links for 11 anime

Inuyasha Manga Coming To An End After 11 Years  go
Rumiko Takahashi’s long running manga series to conclude after 558 installments

Ghost in the Shell 2.0 Teaser Trailer Online  go
Classic anime gets re-mastered for July 12 release in Japan

Initial D: Extreme Stage PS3 Footage  go
A look at Sega’s arcade racer based on the popular manga

Macross Frontier Soundtrack: The Most Successful In 11 Years  go
The first anime soundtrack to rank in Japan’s top 3 since 1997

Detroit Metal City Mini-Episode Online  go
Rock Comedy anime based on the upcoming live-action movie

Ghost in the Shell Movie Returns  go
With newly added CG and re-mastered sound

Highlander Anime Trailer Online  go
Japanese Directors Cut released on July 5

FRIDAY FEATURE  go
LONDON EXPO 2008 COSPLAY SPECIAL

“Famous” Anime Studio Producing Streetfighter IV Cutscenes  go
Exclusive to the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions

Amazing And Very Creepy Cosplay!  go
Incredible Cosplay from Silent Hill videogame

ANIME CENTRAL SPECIAL: APPLESEED EX MACHINA  go
Anime Central looks at the recently released 3D CG anime; Appleseed: Ex Machina

London Cosplay World Record Beaten  go
Dallas' A-Kon convention sets a new cosplay world record

Negima! Magister Negi Magi: Ala Alba Online  go
New series based on the young wizard and his all-girl class

Vertigo Films Making U.S Death Note Remake  go
Vlas and Charles Parlapanides writing American Death Note movie

Viz Media releasing Shonen Jump Collector’s edition   go
Fifth anniversary special coming in August

Bandai Entertainment announces new Tamagotchi Film  go
First feature length movie for Bandai’s virtual pet.

Gravitation Trailers Online  go
Popular ‘Yaoi’ (gay-themed romances for women) anime coming out in July

New Street Fighter IV Trailer   go
Return of the World Warriors

New Trailer: Vampire Knight  go
Vampires terrorise high school Cross Accademy

Sega’s World Destruction Videogame and Anime Trailers Online  go
Production I.G to adapt Sega’s Nintendo DS RPG

Japanese Government May Relax Copyright Laws  go
New fair-use clause similar to that of US copyright law

Japanese Phones Get Real Games  go
Professor Layton coming to Japanese mobile phones

Voice Cast of Ponyo Announced  go
Two children take starring roles in Studio Ghibli’s new film

Gundam: MS Igloo 2 Trailer Online  go
CG sequel to MS Igloo reaching Japan in October

New Ponyo Promotional Art by Hayao Miyazaki  go
Beautiful artwork from Miyazaki’s underwater adventure anime

News from This Year’s London Expo  go
ADV, Beez and Manga’s plans for the UK in 2008

The 600,000 Dollar Gundam Painting  go
Hisashi Tenmyouya’s painting makes 600,000 dollars at auction

New Live action Dragonball images  go
Our first proper look at Goku and chums

New Tatsunoko Vs Capcom Screenshots  go
A closer look at Capcom’s new crossover Fighter

Precure 5 GoGo! Movie Trailer online  go
First look at the fifth Precure movie

Bandai Charged for Toy-Swallowing Incident  go
Namco Bandai to pay 26 million yen for toy swallowing child

Infinite Undiscovery Trailer online  go
Square-Enix’s upcoming RPG coming to Xbox 360 this September

Little Magic Films Representing Kukichi  go
Film company working with the author of Vampire Hunter D and Wicked City.

Origin: Spirits of the Past Screening in Manchester on May 26  go
Studio Gonzo’s new feature length anime premiering in Zavvi

SPEED RACER: The History of Speed Racer Part 3  go
The third installment of a series of articles, celebrating the release of the live-action Speed Racer adaptation.

Hello Kitty is Japan’s New Tourism Ambassador to China  go
Kitty hopes to attract new visitors to Japan.

School Rumble: Third Term Trailer Online  go
New trailer for a brand new series

Tatsunoko Vs Capcom!  go
Capcom announces new crossover fighting game

Toei and Disney’s RoboDz  go
Trailer for Disney’s first anime online

Animated Documentary: Waltz With Bashir  go
New website and trailer online

Another Guest Character Design For Soul Calibur IV  go
Oh! Great designs an axe wielding puppet for Namco’s upcoming Fighter.

Lupin the Third Meets Metal Gear Solid  go
Lupin the Third Parody, featuring the cast of Metal Gear Solid

New Review Roundup  go
Bleach Season 1, Negima!?, Elemental Gelade, Trinity Blood and Ah My Goddess

SPEED RACER: 7 Minutes of Speed  go
Watch the first 7 minutes of Speed Racer now!

SPEED RACER: The original Speed Racer Speaks  go
The New York Times interviews Peter Fernandez, the first voice of Speed Racer

The Japan Times Interviews Stan Lee  go
Marvel comic book legend speaks about his new manga project; Ultimo

Death Note Wins UK Eagle Award  go
Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata awarded for Best Manga

Inazuma Eleven Getting Manga, Anime, and Card Game Spin-off  go
Level 5’s football RPG for the DS goes multi-multi media

Soul Calibur IV Special Guest Character Designs  go
Gantz creator designing new characters for Namco fighter

Metal Gear Solid 4 Trailer and Japanese Adverts  go
Metal Gear Solid is not for cats

MUTO – Amazing Animation  go
A wall-painted animation by BLU

Speed Racer Opening Weekend Details  go
US $31.2 million worldwide box office sales

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Theatrical Trailer Online  go
Fully CG-animated chapter in the Star Wars saga

Batman: Gotham Knight Writer Interview  go
Brian Azzarello quizzed by activeAnime

SPEED RACER: Review  go
Our verdict on the movie event of the summer!

SPEED RACER: The History of Speed Racer, Part 2  go
This week we take a look at Speed’s long gestation to the silver screen.

English of the Dead Flash Demo Online  go
Sega’s zombie-themed educational game for the DS

SPEED RACER: The History of Speed Racer, Part 1  go
The first installment of a series of articles celebrating the release of the live-action Speed Racer adaptation.

Super RPG Crossover Coming to PS3  go
Capcom, Namco Bandai, Nippon Ichi, Gust and Idea Factory team up for Cross Edge

Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Trailer  go
A taste of things to come?

Paprika Named One Of 100 Best Ever Films  go
Newsweek Japan puts the surreal anime in their top 100

“Keep Fighting! Make A Future Brighter!”  go
Street Fighter music video from Hyadain

Crunchyroll Showing Anime Innovation Tokyo Works Online  go
Think Corp. and Tokyo’s initiative to discover young anime talent

ANIME CENTRAL COSDOCS PART 2  go
Part 2 of Anime Central's Cosdocs online!

SPEED RACER: Speed Racer Music Video  go
Go Speed Racer Gooooo!!!