Hot on the heels of its announcement of three big anime licence deals for the summer, and its ongoing streaming of Code Geass episodes on Adult Swim, Bandai Entertainment announced on May 2, 2008, that U.S. anime producer Toshifumi Yoshida is coming on board the company's Production team.

Mr. Yoshida has been involved in many English-dubbed productions in recent years, one of the most notable being the InuYasha television series as well as two of the InuYasha films, where he served as Producer and Production Associate. Yoshida has had many other roles in other series productions (e.g. Ranma 1/2, Jim Roh: The Wolf Brigade, and Fatal Fury), including translator, script editor, and adaptor. In fact, his translation work has been quite varied: he served as translator for Animag, one of the first English-language magazines about Japanese animation, he's translated several manga, and as well as appearing at several conventions as a guest in his own right, has often served as translator for convention guests.

Bandai is clearly going to benefit greatly from Mr. Yoshida's experience and expertise.

Meanwhile, in conjunction with Kadokawa Pictures USA, Bandai has also announced that the film, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, will begin its theater run in the Imaginasian Theaters in both