A Viz spokesperson at the recent BEA show in New York told ICv2 that Viz had been granted US manga rights for Spirited Away , the anime blockbuster.

ICv2 took in the 2002 Book Expo America show (BEA) at the Javits Center in New York City on Friday, May 3, where the comic publisher mood was upbeat, with booming sales to the book trade a common refrain.

IDW has announced that it will publish the Art of Armitage , a trade paperback at $19.99, with 96 color pages on the Pioneer anime series.

ADV Films recently announced the acquisition of five new anime titles, all recent series, which are planned for release in the coming months.

An Official ICv2 Release . ICv2, the news and information site for pop culture retailers, has launched a Classified Ads area of the ICv2.com Website. ICv2 Classified Ads can be found via a link on the left of every page, which leads users to a directory of classified ad categories.

The Disney theatrical release of Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away has been set for September 20 on a number of screens to be determined. The hope, of course, is that the release will be wide enough to do justice to the anime that set box office records in Japan.

Harmony Gold, the U.S. rights-holder for the Macross property, is sending letters to retailers and importers of Japanese Macross products telling them to cease and desist, according to Anime News Network. The retailers involved have been mail order/Internet retailers,...

Our Top 10 Cool lists, which rank the best-selling products in pop culture stores, are dominated by franchise properties (with a few surprises) in our rankings for March 2002.

The Hollywood Reporter has reported that a remake of anime classic Akira is planned; this marks the third major announcement of a Hollywood anime remake in the last month.

Harmony Gold has licensed Robotech for videogames to be produced by TDK Mediactive and Mattel ) for Xbox, Gamecube, PS2, and Gameboy Advance.