WINNERS OF COSPLAY COMPETITION TO COMPETE IN INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN JAPAN
Norwalk, CT, July 2, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced it will again partner with the WorldCosplaySummit at the second annual New York Anime Festiv...
WORLDCOSPLAYSUMMIT TEAM USA AT KINOKUNIYA BOOKSTORE ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 17!
Norwalk, CT, August 11, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced it is partnering with Del Rey Manga and Samurai Beat Radio to hold a Cosplay Day at...
PROLIFIC JAPANESE VOICE ACTRESS TO ATTENDTHE NEW YORK ANIME FESTIVAL AS A GUEST OF HONOR
Norwalk, CT, July 17, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced famous Japanese voice actress Rie Tana...
Seeing people dressed up in costumes at conventions is just an accepted reality now at anime conventions and larger comic shows, even at trade shows with the notorious booth girls. The practice has its origins at sci-fi conventions where fans showed t...
Exclusive Premieres of Adventures in Voice Acting and One Piece;
As Previously Announced, CATBLUE Dynamite also Featured
Norwalk, CT, November 2, 2007: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced it will feature a selection of highly-antic...
DAY OF CELEBRATION FOR U.S. RELEASE OF DEATH NOTE MOVIE DVD
Norwalk, CT, September 3, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced it has partnered with VIZ Pictures to hold Death Note Day at the largest Japanese bookstore in No...
NEW YORK ANIME FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE SEPTEMBER 26-28, 2008
Norwalk, CT, April 9, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced new dates for its 2008 show -- September 26th through the 28th at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. The New...
FAMED ARTIST TO APPEAR AS A GUEST OF HONOR AT NYAF 2008
Norwalk, CT, June 24, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced Yoshitaka Amano -- an acclaimed artist whose credits include Final Fantasy, Sandman, and Vampire Hunter D -- will appe...
THE NEW YORK ANIME FESTIVAL WELCOMES
THREE MEMBERS OF THE GURREN LAGANN CAST
Norwalk, CT, July 31, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced Gurren Lagann stars Tony Oliver, Kyle Hebert, and Steve Blum will all attend its 20...
PREMIER JAPANESE FASHION DESIGNERS COME TO
THE NEW YORK ANIME FESTIVAL AS GUESTS OF HONOR
Norwalk, CT, July 22, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced designers from Baby, The Stars Shine Bright -- Japan's premier...
Song Siren to Perform at Nation's Largest Convention
Anaheim, California (March 26, 2008) — The new Japanese "It-Girl", television celebrity, blogger, voice actress and illustrator Shoko Nakagawa ("Shokotan" as her fans call her) joins the hottest lin...
STAR OF GUNDAM 00 AND DEATH NOTE COMES TO NYC
Norwalk, CT, August 8, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced voice actor Brad Swaile will attend its 2008 event as a Featured Guest. The New York Anime Fest...
Norwalk, CT, August 27, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced Chef Masaharu Morimoto -- star of Iron Chef and Iron Chef America -- will attend its 2008 event as a Guest of Honor. The New York Anime Festival, an anime,...
After several slow weeks in genre literature the release schedule is finally picking back up, offering loads of fresh sci-fi, fantasy, and horror amidst the news of recent award noms and finalists.
An unfortunate truth of life is that there are a lot of ...
Since his conception in the Icewind Dale Trilogy back in 1988, R.A. Salvatore’s Drizzt has grown from an initial side character to the most well-renowned persona of the Forgotten Realms universe.
Hello Maniac readers and welcome to this, th...
Creative Games and Competitive Play are Key Aspects of Fan Experience
Norwalk, CT, August 24, 2007: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today revealed details regarding a series of high-profile contests it will stage to invite participation by the many ...
It’s a good Tuesday on this the first week in November as we’ve got a handful of series sequels, a couple promising, original new novels, and a Star Trek Enterprise guide in this Penguin Group- and Wizards of the Coast-dominated Weekly Book...
JAPAN SOCIETY AND THE NEW YORK ANIME FESTIVAL
LAUNCH AN ON-GOING PARTNERSHIP
Norwalk, CT, August 14, 2008: The New York Anime Festival, an anime, manga, and Japanese pop culture convention from the creators of New York Comic Con, today ann...
New York, NY, August 4, 2008: Karaterice and the New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced the Far East To East Showcase (FETES), a night of innovative music that brings together six of the best musical artists from both the Far East an...
Events, Programs and Panels to Focus on All Aspects of Japanese Culture
Norwalk, CT, September 17, 2007: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) is anticipating a significant launch when it opens its doors to the public on December 7th, 2007. While show off...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Inui SekihikoTranslated by:Mike KieflAdapted by:What They SayAsahi Sakurai returnsto the comic scene and blows everyone away when she reveals that she is a famous voice actress and singer in disguise! Kazuki helps her escape ...
DEL REY MANGA, NEW YORK ANIME FESTIVAL, SAMURAI BEAT RADIO, AND VIZ PICTURES SPONSOR A DAY OF JAPANESE FASHION
Norwalk, CT, June 4, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced it is partnering with Del Rey Manga, Samurai Beat Radio, and VIZ...
NYAF ANNOUNCES EVANGELION CO-DIRECTOR SHIZUNO AND AMERICAN ANIMATION DYNAMO STEINBERGER AS GUESTS OF HONOR
Norwalk, CT, July 31, 2007: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced that Kobun Shizuno and Aimee Major Steinberger will appear as Gues...
PROMINENT NYC STUDIOS GIVE FANS A CHANCE TO LIVE A DREAM
Norwalk, CT, September 17, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced Who Wants To Be A Voice Actor?, a voice acting contest produced by leading New York City reco...
Summit Entertainment and Imagi Studios have entered into a global alliance whereby Summit will distribute Imagi's upcoming CG-animated motion picture Astro Boy worldwide except for Imagi's reserved territories of Japan, Hong Kong and China. The announceme...
PETER FERNANDEZ AND CORINNE ORR ANNOUNCED ON NEWYORKANIMEFESTIVAL.COM
Norwalk, CT, June 21, 2007: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced that anime legends Peter Fernandez and Corinne Orr will participate in the inaugural New York Anim...
Norwalk, CT, July 21, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced Vampire Hunter D author and NYAF Guest of Honor Hideyuki Kikuchi will be celebrating his birthday at the close of the 2008 New York Anime Festival at a restaurant in Midt...
Quite a bit of news going on in the world of Celebrities this week. Joe Francis continues to piss off the law even while in jail. Snoop Dogg is barred from yet another country for being Snoop Dogg. Kissing is worth an arrest warrant in India for some ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yuu WataseTranslated by:Lillian OlsenAdapted by:What They SayThe ReviewPACKAGING
Talk about provocative front cover! It features a freshly unwrapped naked Night with a card labeled "Present for You" between his lips (don't wor...
What They SayCOOL DEVICES, a series that redefined adult anime in the US and became one of the best selling hentai titles ever, has returned in a brand new DIGITALLY REMASTERED 10th Anniversary Edition! Now, for the very first time, this hentai masterpiec...
Nobuhiro Watsuki
WARNING! The last question listed at the bottom of this page contains a major Kenshin spoiler. Do not read past question number 31 if you haven\'t seen the second Kenshin OVA series
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What They SayIn a futuristic world where evil comes in all shapes and sizes, she is the ultimate warrior. Cutey Honey is a one woman S.W.A.T. team whose android chassis is capable of changing at will into a dazzling array of hard-hitting hardbodies each w...
From a press release:
Los Angeles, CA (September 22, 2008) – Summit Entertainment will release 'Astro Boy' in North America on Friday, October 23, 2009, it was announced today by Rob Friedman, Co-Chairman and CEO of Summit Entertainment, and Erin C...
Looking to "shake up" the 80-year old Winnie the Pooh franchise, Disney is preparing a new CGanime TV series to air in 2007 that will replace Christopher Robin with a more contemporary character, a 6-year old tomboy redhead who enjoys "extreme sports" lik...
Summit Entertainment will release Astro Boy in North America on Friday, October 23, 2009, it was announced today by Rob Friedman, Co-Chairman and CEO of Summit Entertainment, and Erin Corbett, President of Imagi Studios U.S. Summit and Imagi are putting t...
What They SayTrue Blue Love. Kaoru Hanabishi just wanted to help. Aoi Sakuraba just wanted to find her first love. They never realized they were looking for each other. Ever since their arranged marriage 18 years ago, Aoi had been in love with Kaoru, but ...
Though this week brings several new and returning series, perhaps none is as highly anticipated as TNT's original miniseries THE MISTS OF AVALON, based on Marion Zimmer Bradley's best-selling version of the Arthurian legend told from the perspective of it...
With the hangovers from Amecon fading, the pangs of longing kick in for the next convention where you can drain your wallet and damage your liver. With that in mind, let's take a look ahead at what the rest of the year promises in terms of cons and events...
What They SayContains all 26 episodes Galaxy Angel A in one complete DVD collection!
There\'s a new upstart squad that\'s gunning to make the Angel Brigade look bad and take over their work. The girls are going to have to collect more Lost Technology, s...
Last week's mixed-bag review of X-MEN: THE LAST STAND generated a small truckload of mail. The reactions ranged from complete agreement with my review, tototal disagreement from fans that thought the film met or exceeded the previous two. Regardless, t...