Posted By:  rezznet Posted On:  Sep 25, 2008	The New York Anime Festival lands in NYC this weekend
Scene from Vampire Hunter D The New York Anime Festival comes to NYC this weekend. The con is held at the Jacob K. Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan and features exclusive and extensive anime screenings, guests from America and Japan, manga, cosplay, video game competitions, live-action...... [view]

Posted By:  rezznet Posted On:  Sep 9, 2008	Live-action Death Note II: the Last Name coming to big screen for two-night event
Scene from the live-action film Death Note II: the Last Name NCM Fathom and VIZ pictures team up to present Death Note II: the Last Name in movie theatres nationwide on Wednesday, October 15 and Thursday, October 16, 2008, at 7:30 pm. This breakthrough live-action Japanese mystery event...... [view]

Posted By:  rezznet Posted On:  Sep 8, 2008	Grave of the Fireflies getting 20th anniversary screening at Anime After Dark fest
Scene from Grave of the Fireflies Resonance Features and The Boston Science Fiction Film Festival present Anime After Dark, a twelve hour film festival event at Boston’s historic Somerville Theatre, on October 18, 2008. It will start at 7:00 PM, and run until 7:00 AM the next morning....... [view]

Posted By:  rezznet Posted On:  Sep 8, 2008	James Cameron says Avatar largest scale sci-fi project he’s ever attempted
Avatar teaser poster James Cameron was recently interviewed in Los Angeles about his upcoming sci-fi epic Avatar, where he’s been working feverishly on the new film, which is due in theaters on December 18, 2009. According to a story in The Edmonton Post, the director says that his...... [view]

Posted By:  rezznet Posted On:  Aug 27, 2008	Marvel characters to get anime treatment
Scene from the seminal Ninja Scroll film As part of the company’s aggressive strategy to grow the exposure of its character franchises in international markets, Marvel is partnering with Madhouse (Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D), one of the top Japanese animation studios in the world, to...... [view]

Posted By:  Takuya Posted On:  Aug 6, 2008	Street View started in Japan
Google Map just started Street View service on Google Maps in Japan. I’d say nearly 80% of Tokyo is covered, and some other places of Japan are available too. As always, there’re some inappropriate pictures taken accidentaly (couples getting into Japanese love hotels, teenage...... [view]

Posted By:  rezznet Posted On:  Aug 5, 2008	Brad Pitt nabs manga series rights
According to Variety, Brad Pitt’s Plan B production shingle, and Paramount pictures, have nabbed the feature rights to a four-volume manga series called Miki Falls, created by illustrator Mark Crilley, who also created the Akiko series of novels and comics. The story follows the…...... [view]

Posted By:  rezznet Posted On:  Jul 22, 2008	More details about the Viz manga-to-film company
VIZ Media has launched a new wholly-owned Hollywood-based company named VIZ Productions to produce and license live-action theatrical film and TV projects based on animated and manga series. The new company will draw on a vast catalog of manga properties owned by its Japanese parent companies...... [view]

Posted By:  rezznet Posted On:  Aug 3, 2008	The Ultimate Matrix Collection debuts on Blu-ray hi-def in October
The Ultimate Matrix Collection brings the motion pictures that fans have most requested in high definition to Blu-ray for the first time on October 14 from Warner Home Video and Village Roadshow. This seven-disc collection contains the complete Matrix Trilogy in high definition video and lossless...... [view]

Posted By:  Takuya Posted On:  Jun 4, 2008	Globally known Japanese Otaku
According to recent goo rankings (goo, a Japanese portal site), Otaku is the most common Japanese word known to the world. Mottainai (”a sense of regret concerning waste when the intrinsic value of an object or resource is not properly utilized,” from Wikipedia) ranked the third. ...... [view]

Posted By:  Katea Posted On:  Jun 4, 2007	Princess Mononoke
When I was first introduced to the Japanese anime, a few years back, I was so enthralled. The Japanese are really amazing in telling stories and showing stories. The culture, the belief, religion and the craft are combined to make the film not only believable but worth the time. It is not the...... [view]