Anime News

Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for Jan 12 - 18

Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for January 12th - 18th Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Blu-ray *1. 5,264 *5,264 Persona 4 The Golden Animation Vol.5 Limited Edition *2. 2,370 *2,370 Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Crystal Vol.4 Limited Editi...

11 years ago

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TV Anime '6HP' by Takashi Murakami Announced to Air in 2016

Contemporary art magazine Bijutsu Techou announced that a new "unique" TV anime, titled 6HP (Six Heart Princess) and created by Takashi Murakami, will be aired in 2016. The announcement was given with a key visual drawn by JNTHED and displayed on the back cover of the magazine's...

11 years ago

New Anime

Singer Origa Passes Away

Singer Origa passed away on Saturday, supposedly from lung cancer. She was 44 years old. Origa was known for performing the two openings "Inner Universe" and "Rise" for the TV anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and its sequel, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Com...

11 years ago

Musician Life Event

'Kill la Kill' to Run on Toonami [Update 1/28]

It was confirmed at the Otakon Las Vegas panel that Cartoon Network's sister network Adult Swim will air Kill la Kill starting on February 7th at 11:30 p.m. EST/PST. Source: Toonami Tumblr News submitted by Stark700 & Battlechili1 Update January 28 The schedule has been changed f...

11 years ago

Licenses Broadcast

'Magi: Sinbad no Bouken' Gets Fourth OVA

The wraparound jacket of Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic's 24th manga volume, published today, announced that the spin-off series Magi: Sinbad no Bouken will receive a fourth OVA adaptation. The new OVA will be released as a DVD with the special edition of Magi: Sinbad no Bouken's s...

11 years ago

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Manga 'Denpa Kyoushi' Gets TV Anime for Spring

It was announced on Shounen Sunday's official site that manga Denpa Kyoushi will get a TV anime to be aired Spring 2015. More information will be announced at a later time. Source: Shounen Sunday official site, Natalie Denpa Kyoushi (TV) on MAL

11 years ago

New Anime Spring 2015

Yoshitoshi Abe's 'Despera' Anime Project in Revival

At a recent live drawing demonstration, Yoshitoshi Abe mentioned the revival of the Despera anime project, originally put on hiatus, at around 7:35 of the video. The revival comes with another director showing an interest in the project after the previous director, Ryuutarou Naka...

11 years ago

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Japan's Yearly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for 2014

We've been working in hell for the last week trying to put these together for you! Here are the Blu-ray & CD sales rankings for the fiscal year of 2014. (December 9, 2013 - December 7, 2014) Blu-ray *1. 154,042 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari Limited Ed...

11 years ago

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Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for Jan 5 - 11

Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for January 5th - 11th Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Blu-ray *1. 5,190 *5,190 Digimon THE MOVIES 1999-2006 *2. 2,207 59,879 Love Live! School Idol Project 2nd Season Vol.7 Special Limited Edition *3. 1,933...

11 years ago

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News Briefs for Jan 5 - 11

Here is a collection of news briefs for the last week in anime/manga news. These briefs include announcements that would not normally receive their own news thread. Please check the News Board for previous major announcements. Last week's News Briefs can be found here. Upcoming A...

11 years ago