52 Episodes Planned
July 23, 2002
Venture Soft is planning a new 52-episode series featuring Space Cruiser Yamato , the same galactic battlewagon that figured prominently in the anime series that was dubbed Starblazers here in the States.
Japanese Company Manages Anime and Manga Artists
July 22, 2002
A.D. Vision, Inc. (ADV), announced a new alliance with Comix Wave Inc., one of Japan's top anime and manga management and production companies.
WSJ Says It Will Be Tough
July 22, 2002
Tom King's article in Friday's edition of the Wall St. Journal examines the Disney studio's difficulties in selling Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away to American audiences.
Broadcast and Video Rights
July 21, 2002
Bandai Entertainment announced the acquisition of North American broadcast and video rights to Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex , an anime TV series that functions as a sequel to and extension of the original (1995) anime.
G-Gundam Bows on Cartoon Network August 5
July 20, 2002
The long-running Gundam series has been the key robot combat saga in the world of anime for the past twenty years, and its reign appears to be far from over.
WSJ Says It Will Be Tough
July 22, 2002
Tom King's article in Friday's edition of the Wall St. Journal examines the Disney studio's difficulties in selling Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away to American audiences.
Available Soon
July 18, 2002
A Paid Advertisement. From Fujishima Kyousuke's hit manga and anime, Oh, My Goddess , comes two awesome new figure assortments, available through Diamond Comic Distributors!
Magic Back on Top in Games
July 18, 2002
In comics, Spidey still holds three of the Top 10 Cool Comics in June, with the Kevin Smith-penned Spider-Man/Black Cat #1 in the top slot.
For All Markets Except Asia
July 16, 2002
Dreamworks, the studio that thanks to recent successes such as Shrek and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron is challenging Disney's supremacy in animation, has obtained the theatrical, home video and ancillary rights to the anime film Millenium Actress .
VHS Only for Now
July 15, 2002
Volumes 4-6 of the Astro Boy VHS series will hit the street on August 27, but Manga can't release the DVD versions until 2004 because of an agreement with the Tezuka estate.
