Via Anime News Network, Cinema Today and AnimeAnime.JP are reporting that a new Supernatural series is set to debut in 2011 - in Japan and animated. The live action series just closed out its fifth season and has been renewed for a sixth, not without some controversy...

Media Blasters has sent out their information today regarding their September plans for the mainstream anime and hentai anime releases. On the Kitty Media side, Oh My Sex Goddess finally gets a new date. Originally announced back in December of 2009, it's now ready for September. And it comes with another old...

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It's a very light week for anime releases this week with only four titles out and only one of them is truly a new title. Bleach hits its fifth season as it closes out the filler Bounts storyline with eighteen episodes of soul whacking. Media Blasters slides in some hentai with the Jiburiru second series complete collection that has fun with tentacles...

Katsuyuki Konishi, the man behind the voice for Kamina from Gurren Lagann, is set to make an appearance at Anime Expo this year. Through the work of Aniplex USA, he's sent along a video message for his fans to check out before he makes his way here, which you can see below. You can check it out directly on the Aniplex YouTube channel as well here...

 

Anchor Bay Entertainment announced today it has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the award-winning animated thriller First Squad The Moment of Truth from LA-based XYZ Films.  The film was created and written by Misha Sprits and Aljosha Klimov and directed by Yoshiharu Ashino (Pokemon: Jirachi-Wish Maker...

Crunchyroll has already announced the addition of long-awaited anime series BLEACH to the Crunchyroll Anime lineup of Naruto Shippuden, REBORN!, Durarara!...

Maid-Sama!, the latest series from director Hiroaki Sakurai (Cromartie High School, Revolutionary Girl Utena), will begin airing this June on Anime Network Online.&nbsp...

From Publisher's Weekly via Anime News Network, it looks like the US and Japanese manga publishers are uniting to take down the scanlation sites out in the world as they've now threatened legal action against some thirty sites...

FUNimation has made their first original production announcement today with Bioware talking up the May 2010 start date of the new animated series for their rather popular Dragon Age franchise. No information was included about what studio will be animating it or specific plans of how it will be released as a feature film beyond talking about a home video release some time in 2011...

FUNimation is working their streaming mojo once again this past week with a ton of new episodes that went live, both English language and Japanese language episodes. Of note is that Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood's English dub adaptation continues to roll out but also we get the first two Japanese episodes of the Sacred Blacksmith for checking out...

Anime Network has updated its readers this weekend with what's new on their site and on their YouTube channel. They've added some new stuff to their channel with a bit of variety that's worth checking out, both from the Sentai Filmworks catalog and old ADV Films material that's definitely worth checking out.&nbsp...

Similar to the ongoing Most Wanted Anime lists in which readers talk about what shows they want to see licensed...

Ed Chavez from Vertical, Inc has been talking on Twitter and here at Mania about finding out what manga licenses people want to see picked up by the New York based publisher. You can view the discussion thread

US fan favorite anime series Beck is getting a Blu-ray high definition release in Japan this coming August 26th according to a new solicitation out today...

VIZ Media invites fans to explore the demon-battling action adventure of popular Shonen Sunday KEKKAISHI anime series with a FREE Download-to-Own (DTO) episode starting today through VIZ Media partners iTunes, Xbox Live's Zune Marketplace...

Bandai Visual and Sentai Filmworks jointly announced today their united position regarding the title named “sola.” The parties disclosed that a clerical error resulted in the title being made available for license and distribution to Sentai Filmworks.

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A fan-favorite cartoon series is returning to the airwaves next year. Warner Bros animation have given Mania readers a first look at the all-new ThunderCats cartoon show...

One of the Last Big Holdouts for simulcast streaming has finally been taken care of as Shinji over at Crunchyroll has announced that they'll be streaming the series starting this month with a bit of catch-up work so fans can start with the current arc...