Studio Trigger’s upcoming anime series, Kill La Kill, from the mind of Hiroyuki Imaishi the creator of Gurren Lagann, now has had its first official commercial released online today. The commercial showcases several of the designs for the series including characters and locations. It does not however...

In celebration of the 5th anniversary of super robot anime Gurren Lagann, Aniplex of America are releasing the subtitled, Japanese import BD/DVD sets to North America. Now we have what is said to be the artwork for the Blu-ray box set, with images for the top box (above), bottom box (below) and digipack...

Anime streaming service Crunchyroll has announced three new anime shows added to its selection: Gurren Lagann, R.O.D -The TV- and Ghost Slayers Ayashi. All three anime titles have been licensed and released by Aniplex of America. Episodes of Gurren Lagann will be released every Friday at 3:00 p.m. EDT....

Aniplex of America has released a promotional video for their upcoming Blu-ray and DVD release of Gurren Lagann, featuring the English dub. The sets are scheduled to be released on May 14 with a price of $669.98 for the Blu-ray version and $174.98 for the DVD set. Luckily, but of no help for most, the...

It’s now the fourth week of the Anime Girl of the Week feature and although this one is a bit late, this feature focuses on one female character from a currently airing anime and place the spotlight on them by providing background information, personality details as well as a slew of fan-art and...

Anime distributors Aniplex of America are set to release the first and second Puella Magi Madoka Magica movies on Blu-ray in three months time. The Madoka website, set up by Aniplex contains a promotional poster and a section showing the standard and deluxe editions of the Blu-ray imports. The standard...

Aniplex of America recently began streaming a new trailer of Sword Art Online, featuring the English dub. Aniplex had previously revealed that Bryce Papenbrook and Cherami Leigh would be filling the roles of Kirito and Asuna. In addition to them the trailer revealed that Cassandra Lee (One Piece, Durarara)...

Though the series has yet to be released, Aniplex USA has already purchased the rights to Valvrave the Liberator. As an original project of Sunrise, the studio behind Tiger and Bunny, Cowboy Bebop and numerous mech anime, Valvrave may prove to be another hit series, something that Aniplex is surely hoping...

Type-Moon’s Kara no Kyoukai – the Garden of Sinners film series is getting a new epilogue side story called Mirai Fukuin – recalled out summer, due to play in Japanese theatres this Fall. Animation studio Ufotable (Fate/Zero) and music composer Yuki Kajiura (Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero) are...

If you havn’t heard of Sword Art Online let me give you the basics: It is about a young man, Kazuto Kirigaya, who becomes trapped in a virtual-reality, massively multi-player online game called “Sword Art Online”. He must clear the game to escape and death in the game means death in real...

That’s right, the most over the top anime of all time is being re-released in two extremely comprehensive box sets. The DVD pack will contain all 26 episodes, including a director’s cut of episode 6, in both English and Japanese as well as 2 soundtrack CDs, a 36 page artbook, 12 postcards, a...

No big surprise here, but today Aniplex of America has revealed that they have acquired the license for the second season of Oreimo, also known as Ore no Imōto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai. The company is currently planning on releasing the series in some highly priced form at a later time but for now...

Neon Alley may have started with a limited line-up of series but now the service is blossoming into one that almost shouldn’t be passed up. Today, Aniplex of America announced that they will be placing Fate/Zero on Viz Media’s Neon Alley service and best of all, it will feature an English...

If you are thinking about picking up a PlayStation Vita this holiday season then perhaps now is the time to do so because Amazon is offering a rather killer deal at the moment. If you choose to buy any of Amazon’s Vita bundles you will be able to receive a free physical copy of one of the best...

Magi: Labyrinth of Magic has been a manga property that has been in the market for an anime adaptation for quite some time now. It’s truly a shame that the studio handling the production of this anime adaptation is A-1 Pictures, a studio notorious for their sloppy animation work. With numerous...

Aniplex of America have announced that they have licensed three new anime series for distribution. All three series are currently airing in Japan and are licensed under Aniplex in Japan, so it only make sense these series would be picked up by Aniplex of America. The three newly licensed titles are: Sword...

Huge news coming out of Sakura-Con today as it was announced by Aniplex of America that they will be releasing the anime series Bakemonogatari in North America at some point in the future. Unfortunately at this moment Aniplex did not want to go into any further detail about how the show will be released nor...

It was revealed in the recent issue of Jump Square Magazine that the stage play adaptation of the recent popular manga/anime franchise, Ao no Exorcist, will be happening in 2012. Also, with regards to the upcoming movie of Ao no Exorcist, it was revealed that the assistant director of Spirited Away (Studio...

For those who were concerned about the legitimacy of an actual Puella Magi Madoka Magica movie, those concerns can be put to rest. In fact, you will be getting three movies for your enjoyment as it has been confirmed by the latest issue of Japanese magazine Newtype that there will be three Puella Magi Madoka...

It was a busy weekend at New York Comic Con, especially for Aniplex of America. This weekend they announced when anime lovers in North America can expect to see Puella Magi Madoka Magica outside of Japan. Aniplex will be releasing the series on both DVD and Blu-ray on February 14th which means you can give...

Following the conclusion of the controversial Blue Exorcist anime series, Namco Bandai has announced an RPG game for the Playstation Portable based of the series. The game tentatively titled Blue Exorcist PSP will be similar to Mass Effect in the way that your choices effect your story progression and...

Following Blood-C’s lead earlier today, Blue Exorcist is now getting a movie follow-up as well, finally coming full circle in it’s Full Metal Alchemist similarities. Blue Exorcist was previously adapted into an anime series and mid-way through drifted from it’s original manga content (much...

Aniplex have announced that in conjunction with Nico Nico Douga, they will be simulcasting the upcoming anime series Fate/Zero worldwide, beginning on October 2nd, 2011. Fate/Zero will be streamed with various different language subtitles. Including; Korean, Chinese (Traditional & Simplified), English,...

Being the third edition of Anime Focus, I thought it appropriate to discuss a topic many anime fans have pondered and debated upon – What will be the next Big 3 anime? Throughout this edition of Anime Focus I will discuss what series have a chance  at being a part of the next Big 3 and whether there...

Before you get too excited you should know that Aniplex of America did not give any release date for when fans of Madoka Magica should be expecting their English sub and dub to be released. But what they did release was an English subbed trailer today onto YouTube, which you can catch below. The trailer...

The Fall 2011 Anime Season is one of the most highly anticipated anime seasons in a long time. With many new series starting and several continuing, it is indeed going to be an interesting season this Fall. So far several series have been confirmed. Check out the list below for details on what you can...