Viz Communications has announced that the first issue of its Shonen Jump manga anthology, due out in November, will include an 'ultra-rare' Yu Gi Oh card.

Bandai StudioWorks' first series of collector figures, which are based on the popular Japanese live action series Kikaida will be released in the U.S. in the spring of 2003.

Reports from Japan indicate that the next anime feature film from Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo is set for a fall release in 2003. Otomo began work on this project, which is now called Steam Boy , in 1995.

An ICv2 Release. ICv2, with the support of sponsors Tokyopop, Diamond Comic Distributors, Tokyo Mint, and Bandai Entertainment, is bringing you our 'Love Hina's a Hit' promotion, with drawings for cool prizes and information on marketing this surprisingly successful property.

Variety reported today that James Robinson, who wrote the screenplay for Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , is writing the screenplay for the live action version of Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira .

American sales of the Yu Gi Oh CCG hit $17 million in the second quarter of this year, and it is now Upper Deck's largest product line, ahead of its baseball cards.

The Chaos Comics inventory, including comics, books, and promotional items, is being sold at auction in Phoenix this Wednesday. The more interesting question, what will happen to the intellectual property assets, is still open to some degree.

The anime series Beyblade has become one of the most highly rated shows on the ABC Family Network, where it anchors a daily hour-long anime block.

This weekend Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away expanded from 53 theaters to 97. The film has already reached the #6 spot on the list of theatrically released anime in the U.S.

Bandai is releasing a motorcycle helmet that is a replica of that used by the extremely popular Gundam character, Char Aznable.