Moviebeam, the overpriced, low quality video on demand box is ceasing service on December 15th. Hope you didn’t buy one.

Original post by Brian Lam

Starting next year, the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts will have something that’s long overdue for an otaku-rich country: a two-year graduate degree in anime production–the first for a non-private institution in Japan. Courses will be taught by full-time professionals from the anime world including Koji Yamamura, and students will leave with two or three full-fledged works under their belt. We’re jealous, but we think we might hold out for the Ph. D. in Gundam Suit fabrication studies. One day. [Yomiuri Shimbun]

Original post by Daniel Godfrey