If you didn’t make it to New York Anime Fest this year, never fear–the intrepid Deb Aoki covered everything, from the licensing announcements to the industry panels to the outrageous costumes. Perhaps the most telling thing about this year’s convention is how few publishers actually attended. Aurora, CMX, DMP, Go! Comi, Tokyopop, and Viz were [...]

Burbank, CA, September 25, 2008 – Bang Zoom! Entertainment, a leading full-service audio post production company and producer of original entertainment content, recently prepared the highly anticipated new anime series Gurran Lagann for its North American broadcast debut on Sci Fi Channel. The series debuted July 28th as part of the network’s Ani–Monday programming block [...]

For all the Shonen Jump readers in our audience…
San Francisco, CA, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008 — VIZ Media, LLC. (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies has announced that Joostâ„¢, the world’s first broadcast-quality internet television service, will carry the original Uncut (Japanese version/English subtitled) episodes of [...]

BANG ZOOM! ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES SPECIAL INTENSIVE VOICE ACTING WORKSHOP TO BE HELD AT PROMINENT NEW YORK CITY RECORDING STUDIO
Unique All-Day Workshop Will Cover Character Development And Voice Acting Skills With Prominent Voice Actor/Director Tony Oliver
Burbank, CA, September 15, 2008 – Bang Zoom! Entertainment, a leading full-service audio post production company and producer of original entertainment [...]

San Francisco, CA, February 29, 2008 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced the U.S. debut of the highly anticipated BLUE DRAGON animated series on Cartoon Network this spring.
The BLUE DRAGON series is based on the exclusive Xbox 360 videogame [...]

I fell a little behind with my news postings, so here’s a round-up of Viz’s most recent anime announcements. You’ll find more information about all of these properties at www.viz.com.
NARUTO, BLEACH, AND DEATH NOTE AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON UNBOX
San Francisco, CA, January 25, 2008 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media) has announced the availability of three [...]

I offered to cover anime panels at the New York Anime Festival for PopCultureShock, but then I was recruited to do some coverage for Publishers Weekly. I’ve recently started reviewing some shojo and yaoi for PW online, so I’m not sure how much time I’ll be devoting to PCS this year.
It took a long [...]

Burbank, CA, January 2, 2008 – Bang Zoom! Entertainment, a leading full-service audio post production company and producer of original entertainment content, has announced its plans to continue to develop its popular AnimeTV™ series throughout 2008. The year has kicked off with a never-before-seen episode that began streaming for free beginning January 1 at http://goanimetv.com/.
Episode [...]