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Tezuka’s Amazing Three

Perhaps the most obscure of the pioneering anime series imported to the U.S. in the 1960s was Osamu Tezuka’s The Amazing Three. Why has …

A pair of animated films, discovered last year at an antique market in Osaka, have been identified as two of the earliest cartoons ever …

David Gerstein and Cole Johnson found this delightfully primitive 1934 Japanese cartoon about a war in 1936(?). Clearly inspired by …

Heads up, East-coasters! Several worthwhile anime screenings are scheduled for later this month. The Japan Society, in New York, …

If you are anywhere–and I mean anywhere–in the DC area on February 15 and 16, then mark your calendars for the American premiere of …

Last August Jerry wrote about one of the newest animation fads sweeping through Japan: a crude, borderline inept, series of animated …

Isn’t it ironic that the big New York Anime Festival, occurring next weekend at the Javitz Center, begins on Pearl Harbor Day …

My friend Ben Applegate is working for Digital Manga, a Japanese comics publisher that owns a tour outfit called Pop Japan Travel. They …

From Thursday’s Wall Street Journal: Score one for the nerds! Shares of Japanese companies involved in the production of animated films …

You can’t make stuff like this up. The Japanese Butt Biting Bug is the latest fad from that wacky island in the Pacific. (Thanks Eric …

(Thanks, Billy Bond)

In honor of the forthcoming big budget TRANSFORMERS movie, we hereby present this low tech fan tribute:

Looks like they’ve nailed it. Considering the track record of most cartoon-to-live action movies, I’m not getting too excited about …

In the photo above, the guy on the left is yours truly, Jerry Beck, blathering on about the fine points of American animation to the guy …

The L.A. Times wrote about this film last month. We told you about it exactly one year ago. From the studio that brought you Mind …

We don’t usually report on anime releases (we leave that to others more qualified like Anime News Network and the like), but this one is …

Click here to see the exciting trailer for the new film by Satoshi Kon (Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers), Paprika. Watching this …

Roughly a month from now, on Saturday March 31st, the American Cinematheque and The Japan Foundation are presenting a double bill of two …

My favorite anime critic, Ben Ettinger, recently wrote a piece about the long-running Japanese animated series CRAYON SHIN-CHAN and how …

The upcoming feature TEKKON KINKURITO, scheduled for Japanese release in December 2006, is produced by Studio 4°C, the Japanese …