Including Two Anime
November 20, 2005
Two anime features, Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle and Katsuhiro Otomo's Steamboy , are among the ten animated features that have been declared eligible for the best animated feature Academy Award.
New Upper Deck Game Engine
November 20, 2005
Upper Deck's new Avatar TCG , due for release in January, will introduce the company's new Quickstrike game engine, making the Avatar TCG release compatible with all future releases using the new engine.
Panelists Include Buyers, CEOs, Experts, and Publishers
December 5, 2005
An ICv2 Release. Pop culture publishing and consulting company ICv2 has announced that it will host the ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference at New York Comic-Con next February.
From Southern Island
November 17, 2005
The Southern Island Fruits Basket action figures will be distributed by Client Distribution Services, beginning early next year.
Of 70
November 16, 2005
According to Anime News Network, anime company Geneon Entertainment has laid off 12 employees.
Projected for 2008
November 15, 2005
Michael Uslan's Comic Book Movies and Japan's Itochu Corp. will develop films based on the creations of Shotaro Ishinomori.
'Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift' Scribe to Pen
November 15, 2005
According to Variety Universal has tapped Chris Morgan to adapt The Psycho , created by Dan Brereton and James Hudnall and published by DC.
For 'Naruto'
November 15, 2005
Viz Media, LLC. has chosen Mattel, Inc. as the master toy licensee for the wildly popular manga and anime property, Naruto .
For April and May, 2006
November 13, 2005
Tokyopop will launch seven new Japanese manga titles in April and May, 2006.
Based on the Popular Manga
November 8, 2005
Tokyopop has announced the publication of two Love Hina novels based on the manga created by Ken Akamatsu.
