Posts tagged ‘ANN’

Oh yeah, best idea ever. It seems FINTECS, a Japanese firm that has been making manuals and documents for other companies has decided to launch a new service, a manga service to be exact. Started officially this past September 28th, the service offers to turn pamphlets, catalogs, flyers, websites, sales materials, and promotional materials into [...]

ANN has posted a recent casting call by LUX Digital Pictures for all fans of anime in the Los Angeles area. If you are interested check out the info below:
Lux is a professional motion picture Company that specializes in commercial documentary feature films (www.luxdigitalpictures.com). Our most recent film “Nightmares in Red, White and Blue” (www.nightmaresinredwhiteandblue.com) [...]

Much like the non-permanent Gundam statue that stood 18 meters in Tokyo Japan to mark its 30th Anniversary, another surprising statue is nearing completion. Kobe, Japan has assembled a 18 meter statue of Tetsujin 28 as a symbol of the city’s revival after the 1995 Kobe Earthquake. Biggest difference between the two statues is that [...]

Just like the title says, it seems a live action Jin-Roh is in the works. I personally loved the 1999 feature film, and see a lot of potential for the live action. The news comes from Production I.G’s Anime Expo panel questioning that took place this past Sunday. Vice-President Maki Terashima-Furuta acknowledged that “somebody has [...]

It seems Publishers Weekly journalist Kai-Ming Cha has just reported in her blog that the Master, the one and only Hayao Miyazaki, the director of the such masterpieces as Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke, will be visiting the United States this July. Miyazaki is receiving the Berkeley Japan Prize for lifetime achievement, presented by the [...]

It seems that TMS Entertainment is now streaming online via Youtube, at the TMSanime’s Channel. Most recently added are 6 of 26 scheduled episodes of the classic anime Sherlock Hound. Keep an eye for more additions as time goes on.
Sherlock Hound’s is an anime based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes where all the [...]

Its seems that Kenji Uchida, the president of Sunrise anime studios, told attendees of TAF (Tokyo International Anime Fair) that the deciding factor in proceeding with the live-action film of Cowboy Bebop was Keanu Reeves’ emthusiam itself. This news comes from the good people at ANN (Anime News Network). If Keanu had now visited directly [...]