Find out about the latest innovation in North American anime coverage in Active Anime's exclusive article about Anime TV.

If you’re reading this article then odds are that you’ve heard of anime, the colloquial slang for Japanese animation. If you don’t think you know what anime is, you’re wrong unless you’ve been hiding under a rock. Adults remember shows like Voltron, Battle of the Planets, or the famous Sailor Moon. How about Astro Boy? Or perhaps you’ve heard of Hello Kitty. If none of these ring a bell, then have you seen the movies released by Disney called Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, or Howl’s Moving Castle? It’s all anime and it’s been here in North America for some time, slowly building up speed until now, in the new millennium, it has gained the force of a freight train with its growing momentum in North America. More anime and manga (Japanese graphic novels a.k.a. comic books) are being licensed and translated into English and being released here than ever before. Disney releases anime films. Northern cartoon networks play anime. American comic books and cartoons often stylize their images to look like anime such as Teen Titans, Batman, and many, many more. The latest notch on the belt of the anime invasion is the birth of the first and only online anime video podcast program: AnimeTV™.

Much like the way in which MTV and Much Music, Anime TV™ (which you can find at www.goanimetv.com) offers a wide variety about everything and anything to do with its subject matter: anime. Consisting of fifteen (15) minute online video podcasts produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Inc., it is the only show that delivers material completely dedicated to the phenomena of anime as it relates to North America. It is hosted by the charismatic Johnny Yong Bosch who is an experienced anime voice actor (Eureka Seven, Trigun), and he is joined by a cast that is as varied in personality as the genre the show represents. Whether it’s the most recent DVD release or the latest anime televised on network/cable TV, AnimeTV™ covers it. And one of the best parts about it: it’s free. That’s right. You don’t have to sign up to some exclusive television, cable or satellite network. It’s available on iTunes, YouTube, Akimbo and more. All you need is internet access to go visit www.goanimetv.com anytime, and particularly every other Thursday at 8:00 pm Pacific Standard Time to watch the podcasts.

Not only is it the only show to offer exclusive podcasts about anime, it also has a host of other features to allow visitors to participate and get it on the fun. There is an area for fans to submit their own episode reviews, contests with all sorts of cool anime prizes, and there’s even a page for fans to enter in and show off their cosplay (people dressed up as their favorite anime characters). This smattering of diverse offerings might be one of the reasons for its rising popularity. Within very little time, the site has shown a climbing viewership of approximately 11,000 visitors per month and over 100,000 unique impressions already. In one month alone it jumped from 66,000 visits and approximately 143,000 pages accessed, to 78,000 visits and 166,000 pages accessed. If you wanted to know about the anime cult sensation that is deservedly breaking into mainstream and influencing our entertainment culture, check out the singular sensation of AnimeTV™.