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Nickelodeon is set to explore the anime-inspired world of Avatar: The Last Airbender once again with The Legend of Korra (working title) from creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, set to premiere in 2011.
Nickelodeon Animation President Brown Johnson commented, ”Mike and Bryan have imagined a compelling new story inspired by the Airbender mythology that they so [...]

Peter Fernandez, the man behind Speed Racer- the American adaptation of Japan’s Mach Go Go Go, passed away yesterday at the age of 83 after a battle with lung cancer.  Fernandez was the voice director for the series, as well as the voice of Speed Racer, Racer X, the writer-director of the series, and the lyricist [...]

Disney will release 2006’s Tales from Earthsea in the U.S. on August 13th only.  It is directed by Gore Miyazaki, the son of the great Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Ponyo) and features the voices of Willem Dafoe, Cheech Marin, and Timothy Dalton.
Here are the times:
New York :  Angelica/Manhattan
11:30am  2:00  4:30  7:00  9:30  12:00am (Fri / [...]

The biggest guaranteed box office hit of this weekend is The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, yet Paramount has taken the risk of releasing M. Night Shyamalan’s adaptation of the anime-inspired Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender for the same July 4th weekend.  Unfortunately for them, accusations of racism and a slew of negative reviews demonstrate that [...]

Laeta Kalogridis, the screenwriter of the upcoming Dennis Lehane adaptation Shutter Island, will move on to write the 3D live-action version of Ghost in the Shell.
DreamWorks is currently producing the picture and, in 2004, was the company to distribute Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence to the United States.
Ghost in the Shell began as a [...]

Hiroya Oku’s manga and anime Gantz will be brought to the silver screen in two live-action films, starring Kazunari Ninomiya and Ken’ichi Matsuyama and directed by Shinsuke Sato.
Yūsuke Watanabe will write the screenplay for both films. in which Kei Kurono (played by Ninomiya) and Masaru Kato (played by Matsuyama) carry out ultraviolent missions for an “unseen host.”
Filming [...]

World Events Prods., owners to the rights of Voltron, have signed on to the United Talent Agency for representation, so expect a growth of Voltron media and merchandise in the next few years.
On the slate are a new cable cartoon series, new video games, new toys, and a feature film adaptation with Charles Roven, the producer of The [...]

Keanu Reeves recently confirmed to MTV News that the live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop is still in development, with Reeves set to play Spike Spiegel.
According to the actor, screenwriter Peter Craig adapted the series’ broad universe so faithfully that the studio found it too expensive to make.  Craig is currently working on rewrites.
Reeves promises that [...]

As previously reported here, the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise will celebrate its 10th Anniversary with a crossover film uniting Mutou Yuugi, Yuki Judai, and Fudou Yuusei.
Today, on the Yu-Gi-Oh official website, you can view a 65-second teaser for the film, titled Gekijō-ban Yu-Gi-Oh! ~Chō-Yūgō! Jikū o Koeta Kizuna.
The new movie, which opens in Japan early next year, will [...]

In Monday’s issue of the magazine good! Afternoon, Spice and Wolf writer Isuna Hasekura collaborated with artist Asuka Katsura to launch a new manga called Billionaire Girl.
The story is set in modern Japan, where a girl, Fujioka, becomes a daytrading prodigy to a college student, Takatō, and earns 17 billion yen (which is equivalent to $180 million in US Dollars).
For more [...]