Plus More Anime TCG News
April 4, 2005
Score has provided some details on its recently announced plans to re-launch the Dragon Ball Z TCG in July.
And GIS 2 Music
April 4, 2005
Bandai Entertainment will release five anime box sets in July.
And Gravitation Plush
April 3, 2005
Right Stuf has announced that Piano: The Melody of a Young Girls Heart Vol. 1 will street June 28th.
For 2006
March 29, 2005
Broccoli has announced that it will produce a calendar line.
Up 7% YTD in Videoscan
March 28, 2005
Although anime as a category was probably flat to down a little in 2004, early indications in 2005 are promising.
From Urban Vision
March 22, 2005
Urban Vision will release a collection of the Ninja Scroll anime series, Ninja Scroll: The Series Ultimate Collection , in May.
The Cat Returns & Porco Rosso Also Make the Top 50
March 21, 2005
According to VideoScan, Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece, Nausicaa , reached #14 during its first week.
Manga Debuts in July
March 20, 2005
Tokyopop has announced the July release of the Sakura Taisen (aka Sakura Wars ) manga by Hiroi Ouji.
Debuting in June
March 17, 2005
The Anime News Service is reporting on news released in Japan concerning the U.S. theatrical release of Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle .
Titles Reduced From 80 to 50 in '05
March 17, 2005
An article in Publishers Weekly by Calvin Reid about cutbacks in ADV's publishing division has led some doomsayers on the Net to prophesize the 'end of the manga boom' -- a prediction that is not borne out by sales results from either bookstores or the direct market.