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North American anime/manga house VIZ Media has revealed the new spring programming lineup for its 24-hour, console-based anime channel Neon Alley. The schedule features seven premieres to the channel, which is available for the Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE as well as PlayStation 3 system and the PlayStation Network. Premiering [...]

Earler this month, San Francisco anime powerhouse VIZ Media expanded its 24/7 content platform Neon Alley by making it available through Xbox 360 as well as PlayStation. Neon Alley features some of the world’s best titles (dubbed in English and uncut) and presented in HD for a monthly subscription rate [...]

Hayato Date, the director of the popular anime series, discusses the ageless appeal of the ramen-loving, nine-tailed, fox-demon warrior. Ninja, ramen-lover and self-proclaimed knucklehead Naruto Uzumaki ranks among the most popular animated characters in the world. In addition to the more than 85 million Naruto manga books in print worldwide, [...]

Customized merchandise e-commerce company CafePress and North America’s anime/manga mega house VIZ Media have announced a partnership to offer fans a curated selection of official and fan-designed products incorporating VIZ Media’s best-loved anime brands for lifestyle brand Toshin. Through the deal, Toshin products featuring characters from Naruto Shippuden, Bleach and Death [...]

VIZ Media, the anime and manga giant, has announced plans to launch Neon Alley, a 24-hour anime channel featuring the world’s most popular titles set to debut on game consoles this fall. The service will be available in the United States and Canada. Neon Alley will present a mix of [...]

Starting today, VIZ Media will simulcast the most-recent episodes of the anime series Naruto Shippuden on the Hulu Plus subscription service. Subscribers can watch new episodes of the series in high-definition just an hour after the broadcast debut in Japan, starting with episode 245. New episodes will be broadcast weekly. [...]

Before you think you’ve got your plans for Comic-Con worked out — there’s even more stuff being announced for the 41st edition, set for July 21-24. For a shortcut to all the animation-tagged programming at the convention, click here. http://comic-con.org/cci/cci_search_results.php?strShow=30&chkCat[]=278 And don’t forget to stop by booth 1535 and say [...]

Lizards, toys and classic toons come home on video this week, highlighted by the release of the hit feature film Rango. Directed by Gore Verbinski and starring the voice of Johnny Depp, Rango (Paramount, $30.99 DVD, $40.99 Blu-ray and DVD) arrives with plenty of bonus features, including an alternate ending, [...]

The lovable, foul-mouthed tykes of South Park are back with an entire season of animated hijinks on DVD and Blu-ray. South Park: The Complete Fourteenth Season (Paramount, $49.99 DVD, $57.99 Blu-ray) features 14 episodes of the series, including the landmark 200th episode that saw all the celebrity characters who had [...]

Original animated video features make their mark this week with a pair of sequels: Open Season 3 (Sony, $28.95 DVD, $34.95 DVD/Blu-ray), a sequel to the 2006 theatrical release and the 2008 home-video sequel. This edition sees Boog and Elliot join a Russian circus, courtesy of writer David I. Stern and [...]


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