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Live-Action Blood Movie On The Way?
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Gundam Expo 2008
Japan's favourite anime has it's own convention
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Bikkuri-Man Anime Series Online for Free
Chocolate wafer mascot starring on Youtube
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Julia Vuori’s Sika Books Go Anime
Sold via memory card
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Casshern Sins Trailer Online
Madhouse’ remake of Tatsunoko’s classic anime
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More Gatchaman Screenshots Revealed
IMAGI’s CGI feature length anime
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Five Minute Sky Crawlers Clip Online  go
New footage of Mamoru Oshii’s upcoming anime

Entire RoboDz Episode Online  go
Toei and Disney’s collaborative project online for viewing

REVIEW  go
Hell Girl: Volume 2

Tekkonkinkreet Wins 2008 Eisner Award  go
The only Japanese manga to win an award this year

REVIEW  go
WITCHBLADE VOLUME 2

Team Brazil Wins World Cosplay Summit  go
Watch highlights of the event online

Gatchaman concept arts revealed  go
Artwork from the upcoming CGI anime adaption

Promo Trailer for Linebarrels of Iron’s online  go
The story of a boy and his robot

Twin Angel Trailer Online  go
New anime based on popular pachinko game

Namco VS Capcom VS Marvel VS DC VS Square?  go
Video of Soul Calibur IV’s excellent character creation feature

Phoenix Wright Manga Coming to the West  go
Based on the hit Nintendo DS videogame series

FRIDAY FEATURE: Batman Timeline  go
Anime Central guides you through the many forms of the Dark Knight on our screens

Kung Fu Panda Manga Released in Japan  go
American CGI movie gets the manga treatment

New Genius Part Beyond Trailer  go
Amazing looking anime anthology from studio 4C

Astro Boy Movie Teaser Poster  go
For the CGI feature length animated movie

Buso Renkin Clips  go
A preview of the upcoming anime from Manga Entertainment

Soul Calibur Manga Posted Online  go
Teaching you how to play Soul Calibur IV

365 Days of Free Games  go
Gamesradar’s list of a year’s worth of free games

Naruto: The Broken Bonds Coming to Xbox 360  go
New trailer for the sequel to Rise of the Ninja

Resident Evil: Degeneration Trailer  go
New feature length CGI, Resident Evil movie

Final Fantasy XIII Versus Trailer Leaked  go
First look at the Final Fantasy IIIX spin-off

Ponyo Debuts #1 at Japanese Box Office  go
Miyazaki’s latest animated movie debuts at the top, Pokemon movie in at #2

Live Action Cowboy Bebop Movie On The Way  go
Brought to you by Fox and Producer Erwin Stoff (Matrix, A Scanner Darkly)

New World Destruction Trailer  go
Anime based on Sega’s upcoming DS RPG

Newly discovered Protein Named After a Pokemon  go
Pikachurin: Regulates the efficiency of kinetic vision

Disney’s Stitch: Anime Edition Promo Online  go
Japanese produced spinoff to Lilo and Stitch premieres October in Japan

Batman: Dark Knight Sets Midnight Showings Record  go
Beating ‘Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith’

But or Rent Anime from Your PS3  go
Funimation titles available in HD and SD

Batman Gotham Knight: Last Week's #1 DVD  go
Gotham Knight and Batman Begins storms the US DVD and Blu-Ray Charts

REVIEW: Batman: Gotham Knight  go
Anime Central reviews the long awaited Batman anime anthology!

World Cosplay Summit  go
It’s almost time for this year’s Cosplay Summit. The event will be held on 3rd & 4th August in Japan.

Two New Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Characters Unveiled!  go
Street Fighter 3's Alex VS Yatterman's Gan chan!

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Gameplay Video  go
Video Demonstration for the PS3's upcoming Naruto game

New Final Fantasy Dissidia Trailer  go
New PSP fighter featuring Final Fantasy all-stars

The Dark Knight: Best Batman Yet?  go
Heath Ledger tipped for posthumous oscar win

New Origin: Spirits of the Past Trailer  go
Due for theatrical release on 12th July

Robotech Coming to the Big Screen  go
Warner Bros pick up the rights for the 80's classic

Anime Voice Actor Tohru Furuya Interviewed  go
The voice behind Gundam and Sailor Moon speaks

New Star Wars: The Clone Wars Trailer  go
The upcoming CG animated Star Wars movie

New Trailer for Birdy the Mighty Decode  go
Story of a young boy in a space cop's body

Space Adventure Cobra going to Hollywood?  go
Buichi Terasawa receiving Hollywood film offers

Tekkonkinkreet, N.Y Salad Win Technical Award  go
Vexille, Freedom, SOS! recieve honourable mentions.

Gonzo Streaming Strike Witches Anime Online  go
3rd Simultaneous worldwide release from Gonzo

Macross: Ace Frontier Coming to PSP  go
Featuring over 30 different mecha and 80 missions

New Casshern Title in the Works  go
Tentatively titled Casshern Sins

New Reviews  go
Dragon Quest Swords and Berserk Volume 3

Sega’s Robotic Girlfriend  go
The beggining of the end?

Bandai’s Battle Spirits Card Game Gets New Anime  go
Trading card game to be animated by Sunrise

Japanese Cosplay Site Cure Launches in English  go
Share cospaly photos with the Cure community

New Trailer for Storm Riders Anime  go
China can do anime too!

British Film Institute to Screen 5cm Per Second  go
As part of a weekend long Anime Now program

Macross All That VF Trailer online  go
Promo for the Special 25th Anniversary Macross Short

“Otaku” Murderer Executed on Tuesday  go
Japanese serial killer executed for 1988-89 killings

Manga Comics Become Primary School Recommended Reading  go
Classic children's books to make way for graphic novels

Movie Legend Stan Winston Passes Away  go
Make-up artist responsible for the Terminator, Aliens and The Thing

Man Found Dead Buried Under Manga Collection  go
Possibly the result of Japan's recent earthquake

Official Gurren Lagann AMV Streaming  go
The anime industry jumps on the AMV bandwagon

Your Art in Little King’s Story!  go
Your character could appear in Marvelous Entertainment’s new Wii game.

Your Face In StreetFighter IV!  go
your chance to be a part of Streetfighter history

Funimation's Profits More Than Doubled  go
Very successful 2008 fiscal year for the American anime distributor

New Star Wars: The Clone Wars Trailer  go
Another look at the fully CG animated Star Wars movie

Two Classic Anime’s Screening in Zavvi, Manchester  go
Lupin the 3rd and Space Adventure Cobra to be shown in a double screening.

AnimeSuki.com Ordered To Stop Linking Fansubs  go
Website ordered to remove links for 11 anime

Inuyasha Manga Coming To An End After 11 Years  go
Rumiko Takahashi’s long running manga series to conclude after 558 installments

Ghost in the Shell 2.0 Teaser Trailer Online  go
Classic anime gets re-mastered for July 12 release in Japan

Initial D: Extreme Stage PS3 Footage  go
A look at Sega’s arcade racer based on the popular manga

Macross Frontier Soundtrack: The Most Successful In 11 Years  go
The first anime soundtrack to rank in Japan’s top 3 since 1997

Detroit Metal City Mini-Episode Online  go
Rock Comedy anime based on the upcoming live-action movie

Ghost in the Shell Movie Returns  go
With newly added CG and re-mastered sound

Highlander Anime Trailer Online  go
Japanese Directors Cut released on July 5

FRIDAY FEATURE  go
LONDON EXPO 2008 COSPLAY SPECIAL

“Famous” Anime Studio Producing Streetfighter IV Cutscenes  go
Exclusive to the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions

Amazing And Very Creepy Cosplay!  go
Incredible Cosplay from Silent Hill videogame

ANIME CENTRAL SPECIAL: APPLESEED EX MACHINA  go
Anime Central looks at the recently released 3D CG anime; Appleseed: Ex Machina

London Cosplay World Record Beaten  go
Dallas' A-Kon convention sets a new cosplay world record

Negima! Magister Negi Magi: Ala Alba Online  go
New series based on the young wizard and his all-girl class

Vertigo Films Making U.S Death Note Remake  go
Vlas and Charles Parlapanides writing American Death Note movie

Viz Media releasing Shonen Jump Collector’s edition   go
Fifth anniversary special coming in August

Bandai Entertainment announces new Tamagotchi Film  go
First feature length movie for Bandai’s virtual pet.

Gravitation Trailers Online  go
Popular ‘Yaoi’ (gay-themed romances for women) anime coming out in July

New Street Fighter IV Trailer   go
Return of the World Warriors

New Trailer: Vampire Knight  go
Vampires terrorise high school Cross Accademy

Sega’s World Destruction Videogame and Anime Trailers Online  go
Production I.G to adapt Sega’s Nintendo DS RPG

Japanese Government May Relax Copyright Laws  go
New fair-use clause similar to that of US copyright law

Japanese Phones Get Real Games  go
Professor Layton coming to Japanese mobile phones

Voice Cast of Ponyo Announced  go
Two children take starring roles in Studio Ghibli’s new film

Gundam: MS Igloo 2 Trailer Online  go
CG sequel to MS Igloo reaching Japan in October

New Ponyo Promotional Art by Hayao Miyazaki  go
Beautiful artwork from Miyazaki’s underwater adventure anime

News from This Year’s London Expo  go
ADV, Beez and Manga’s plans for the UK in 2008

The 600,000 Dollar Gundam Painting  go
Hisashi Tenmyouya’s painting makes 600,000 dollars at auction

New Live action Dragonball images  go
Our first proper look at Goku and chums

New Tatsunoko Vs Capcom Screenshots  go
A closer look at Capcom’s new crossover Fighter