ADV Films has licensed its first third party series, the hit anime thriller Boogiepop Phantom , for broadcast on its Anime Network.

Spirited Away looks to be on the downside of its U.S. box office lifespan, down to 47 theaters with a gross of only $25,972 last weekend.

The May 1993 issue of IC was particularly interesting, as it portrayed a comic business in bubble mode, a deal craze in comic companies, several articles that foreshadowed the impending comic crash, and anime and game sales that show similarities to the present.

Tokyopop has announced five new manga series for launch in July. The lead release is The Vision of Escaflowne , written by Aki Katsu and based on the anime series.

Orders for ShadowRun: Duels are coming in at nearly twice the expected levels,...

ADV Films has announced the July release of King of Bandit Jing , based on the manga series by Yuchi Kumakura.

The 2003 Cannes Film Festival, which will be held from May 14 to May 25, will include at least two anime features.

Variety is reporting that DIC Entertainment is suing Speed Racer Enterprises (SRE) in an attempt to enforce DIC's TV and merchandising rights to the anime series Speed Racer , the only anime show currently on the Nickelodeon network. In the suit DIC claims that shortly after DIC reached an agreement with Speed Racer Enterprises in August of 2002 and was able to re-launch the series on the Nickelodeon network, SRE refused to allow DIC to buy additional episodes of Speed Racer...

An announcement in Shogakukan's Big Comic Original manga magazine indicates that a new anime series based Takahashi Rumiko Gekijo ( Rumiko Takahashi's Theater ) will be broadcast in Japan ...

Pioneer Entertainment has announced five anime box sets for release July 1.