Anime and Manga News

Young women dressed in classic maids outfits welcome visitors to the Ryohoji Temple in Hachioji, Japan, on Saturday.

The fun of action anime continues with this latest top picks list from yours truly.

If you are looking for some cute, romantic and comedy and magical anime then here are some of my favorite one's. Hope you will enjoy them Rumbling heart:-it's basically a combination of romance and comedy.

Japanese manga artist Hoshino Yukinobu has brought his popular character Professor Munakata to London's British Museum, featuring some of the collection's most famous treasures in his drawings.

Once considered kid's toy and rebellious teenagers' heartthrob, cartoons and graphic novels suddenly hit China's mainstream culture as the country realized creativity is profitable.

A record 20 animated films will vie for Oscars glory in a 2010 race stuffed with wildly popular 3D offerings such as Up, Astro Boy, Monsters vs Aliens and Disney's A Christmas Carol.

After more than 80 years since its first publication, Hitler's Mein Kampf has become a Manga comic.

Graphic novels can be funny, childish, romantic and scary. And as both publishers and librarians can testify, they're amazing at promoting reading among children, teenagers and even adults.

News on Ponyo's Video Release, Halo Legends, Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne, Superjail! ... Logo handmade by Bannister Column by Scott Green Upcoming in North America Ponyo is scheduled to be released on video March 2nd in a Standard Edition , a 2-disc Special Edition that comes with a plush Ponyo figure , and a Blu-ray Release details have been ...

VIZ Media, LLC , one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, continues the momentum behind its hit INUYASHA brand with the announcement of the release of Rumiko Takahashi's original manga series in new VIZBIG omnibus editions.

For nearly 60 years he's been Japan's most famous robot. Astro Boy, the celebrated comic strip and cartoon superhero first sketched by manga master Osamu Tezuka, has been given a new lease on life in a 3D Hollywood blockbuster.Duration: 01:56

When manga critic Yoshihiro Yonezawa died in 2006, he left a huge collection of vintage comics that has become the foundation of Meiji University's Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and Subcultures.

Caroline Byrne's death has been made into a telemovie. Photo: Supplied Mark Ellis November 4, 2009 Shintaro! SBS One, 8.30pm BEFORE the Hello Kitty craze in the noughties, anime in the '90s, and the TV series Monkey in the '80s, there was the 1960s cross-cultural sensation The Samurai.

Source: The Associates press release Special Thanks to Farhana Shaikh Cover art for the UK Blu-ray of BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE.

Genius Party by Studio 4 C Available with English subtitles on Region 4 DVD via Siren Visual Studio 4 C American anime watchers are not out of line when they rattle off "Ghibli" and "Hayao Miyazaki" as the first names in a list of revered figures and institutions in anime.

Here is what Manga have on the schedule for the rest of the year... 2nd November 2009 Blood: The Last Vampire - Blu-ray Disc - News & Review links.

Although you wouldn't guess it from the name, Beast Master is a shoujo manga, and in fact, it's the latest entry in Viz's Shojo Beat imprint.

According to The Japan Times , Professor Kaichiro Morikawa and the Meiji University will open the Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and Subcultures , which will house the 140,000-plus items of the late manga critic and subculture enthusiast's private collection.

It's not manga, but an issue that affects a lot of manga readers: Two circulation desk employees in a Kentucky library were fired for stopping an 11-year-old child from checking out a volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen because they regarded it as "porn." We had a roundtable discussion of this at Good Comics for Kids, with both ...

By Mike Abundo Posted on October 27, 2009 Windows 7's official mascot in Japan is an anime girl named Nanami Madobe .