Posts Tagged ‘iTunes’

To celebrate the forthcoming Comic Con International comics/media convention, iTunes has teamed up with the convention to offer select shows at a sizable discount on iTunes along with free first episodes for select series from now until August 3rd. More details can be found here. Free Episodes – Fullmetal Alchemist -Episode 1 – “To Challenge [...]

iPhone developer Digital Garage has released a new Tappit Twitter client for the device featuring the iconic Sanrio character Hello Kitty on the App Store. The application also features support for decora image based characters commonly used in Japanese mobile communication along with complete Twitter support (threaded replies, timeline viewing, direct messaging and multiple account [...]

Japanese iPhone developer Appliya Inc. and Funimation have announced the release of the first in a series of iPhone/iPod Touch applications based on Funimation licenses with the release of the Fullmetal Alchemist: State Alchemy Exam quiz application. The application features 150 questions related to the hit series, with each series of correctly answered questions unlocking [...]

Following up on the premiere of Monster on SyFy’s Ani-Monday block, Manga Entertainment has placed the highly acclaimed character drama on iTunes for sale. Manga has also begun streaming the first English dubbed episode on its dedicated portal with each episode added every week after airing. Buy Monster on iTunes

Following up on yesterday’s 20th Century Boys announcement, Viz Media has announced the availability of the slice-of-life drama NANA on the US and Canadian iTunes Store. NANA is based off of the bespoke manga written by Ai Yazawa and tells the story of two women who share the same name with drastically different personalities that [...]

Noted character designer and illustrator Range Murata has made his Throw Line artbook/doujinshi available on iTunes as an app for the iPhone and iPod Touch with availability limited to the U.S. and Japan. The app itself contains 12 color pages and 13 additional black & white pages of illustrations ranging from original and series characters [...]

One of the biggest points of contention which has had the spotlight for much of this week is the seemingly arbitrary way in which Apple would reject applications and content on the basis of containing offensive or explicit content. The situation came to a head when musician Trent Reznor had an update to his NIN: [...]

Sunsoft producer Tomohiro Seki revealed plans for the recently released in Japan electronic manga Out of Galaxy Koshika written by Leiji Matsumoto. The manga centers around a dimensional ship, under the command of a beautiful woman named Yo- Haguro, launches into space to save Earth from imminent annihilation beginning in Tokyo on September 9, 2099. [...]

After many years and after innovating on the digital distro front with The Anime Network, ADV has begun offering its shows on the iTunes Store. Currently the only shows offered include the following: Pet Shop of Horrors (Complete Series) (iTunes link) Tsukihime (Complete Series) (iTunes link) Mahoromatic Season 1 (iTunes link) Angelic Layer (Complete Series) [...]