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 [...]

According to Anime News Network…

Navarre Corporation, the parent company of the anime licensing and distribution company Funimation, announced on Monday that it had a net decrease in sales for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010, which ended on December 31.
Navarre does not report Funimation’s results separately; instead, it reports on its overall publishing segment, [...]

The North American anime distributor Funimation has announced on Friday that it licensed 52 episodes of the Hetalia - Axis Powers historical comedy anime and The Sacred Blacksmith fantasy adventure anime. Hetalia will ship in two parts starting in late 2010, while The Sacred Blacksmith will ship in one DVD set in Fall of 2010. 
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-08/funimation-gets-hetalia-the-sacred-blacksmith-anime

If you thought Ikkitousen and Koihime Musou were the (il)logical extensions of Three Kingdoms lore, then the animated movie Gundam: Brave Battle Warriors is here to prove you wrong. Fully titled as Chou Deneihan SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors, is a mix of “chibi” robots based on the popular Gundam franchise and the era [...]

Eden of The East the Movie II: Paradise Lost is delayed, according to a report from Production I.G., the studio behind the film.  The delay will push the movie’s schedule back from January to March.
The company stated that “production issues” are the cause for the delay as the film’s story is being expanded along with [...]

A thirty-seven second Japanese teaser trailer for Satoshi Nishimura’s upcoming film, Trigun: Badlands Rumble, is now online at the movie’s official website.  The film is based on the Trigun manga created by Yasuhiro Nightow, which has already been made into a television series.
Takahiro Yoshimatsu, Noriyuki Jinguji, and Tsuneo Imahori, all of whom worked on the [...]

A sequel to the live-action film Kaiji has been green-lit for a 2011 release.  Tatsuya Fujiwara will reprise his role as Kaiji, a gambler whose life is in danger as he tries to clear his $36, 000 debt.
The first film, directed by Tōya Satō (Gokusen, Grave of the Fireflies), was an adaption of Nobuyuki Fukumoto’s [...]