Sony Pictures to Acquire Majority Stake in FUNimation
Sony Pictures announced Monday that they will be acquiring a majority stake in FUNimation Entertainment. The agreement values the company at around $150 million, with Sony purchasing 95% stake for $143 million. Gen Fukunaga,...
Crunchyroll Partners With NBCUniversal Ent. Japan to Co-Develop Anime
Crunchyroll announced yesterday that it has partnered with NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan to co-create new anime titles. The two companies did not announce anything specific, but that they are going for "international appeal."
NBCUniversal is a...
Amazon Announces Full Anime Strike Summer Lineup
Amazon has finally announced their Anime Strike Summer lineup, along with the show's premiere dates. Unlike last season, where Anime Strike had 10 exclusive shows, this season comes in at only six; three of...
New Anime Streaming Service ‘HIDIVE’ Launches
There is a new legal anime streaming service in town, and they have a lot to offer. HIDIVE launched a beta version of their website on Tuesday, in partnership with Sentai Filmworks.
HIDIVE currently offers...
Anime Network Streaming Service Switches to Cable & Video On-Demand
On Tuesday, the Anime Network streaming service announced that they acquired the top level domain name theanimenetwork.com from Anime Network Online (ANO).
Before, ANO would stream Anime Network content on the site. Now, they plan...
Gosick Illustrator Hinata Takeda Has Passed Away
Gosick Light Novel Illustrator Hinata Takeda Has Passed Away
The Dragon Age Magazine as well as Kazuki Sakuraba's Gosick blog announced Tuesday that artist Hinata Takeda has passed away. She apparently passed away in January from an unidentified...
Amazon’s Anime Strike Now Offers Downloadable Episodes
Amazon announced yesterday that their Anime Strike service now offers the ability to download anime episodes. Users can download episodes to their desktop, tablet, or mobile device. These downloaded episodes will be available for...
Voice Actor Yoshimasa Hosoya Goes On Hiatus
Voice Actor Yoshimasa Hosoya annouced via the A&G+ Radio Show that he would be going on hiatus to recover from his throat condition. A similar announcement was later made on his official website. He plans to hopefully...
Nekopara Vol 3. Release Delayed Due to Creator’s Illness
Nekopara, a popular visual novel game series revolving around cat girls, is seeing it's volume 3 release date pushed back. Nekoworks put out a statement saying that creator Sayori, has suffered from an illness...
Amazon Announces Full Anime Strike Spring Lineup
Amazon has finally announced their Anime Strike spring lineup, along with their premiere dates. Along with this announcement comes three more Anime Strike-exclusive shows. The newly announced exclusive's are Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul,...
