(this review of Pioneer's LUPIN III: SECRET OF MAMO originally appeared at the ANIME JUMP website in 2004. The film has recently been r...

  North American anime fans were excited to see Studio Ghibli’s 2010 picture ARRIETTY THE BORROWERS , based on Mary Norton’s children’s boo...

“Did I just see that?” It’s a question that used to be heard a lot more among anime fans, before Japan figured out they could sell these th...

In the days before "anime cons", we had to express our enthusiasms for Japanese cartoons in different venues. This meant hurling o...

Okay, I guess "fake" is too strong a word. In fact I don't want to even call these "bootlegs" because honestly, the...

Once upon a time there were people who loved Japanese comics SO MUCH that they would, on their own recognizance, take the original Jap...