Anime News

New Special OVA and 6th Single of 'Love Live! School Idol Project' Announced

The official website of the anime series "Love Live! School Idol Project" has announced that a special OVA will be included in the Blu-ray versions of the 6th single of seiyuu idol unit μ's. The untitled 6th single of μ's will be released on November 27, 2013 in three versions. E...

13 years ago

BD/DVD

Anime Song Singer Kouji Wada Returns After Cancer Treatment

According to his blog and Twitter, anime song singer Kouji Wada has returned from his two-year-long absence. He had put his career on hold in order to treat cancer that had spread to another part of his body. Source: Wada's official blog, Twitter Previous related thread: Anime So...

13 years ago

Seiyuu Life Event

New OVA Announced for Mixed-Media Project 'Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel'

According to the official Twitter of "Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel," a new OVA for the franchise is currently under production. The mixed-media project started life as a pachiko slot machine series in 2006 and was later spun off into two manga in 2007 and 2011, two OVAs in 2008, a vi...

13 years ago

New Anime

Basketball Manga 'Ahiru no Sora' Enters Indefinite Hiatus

According to the latest issue of Weekly Shounen Magazine, the basketball manga "Ahiru no Sora" has been put on an indefinite hiatus due to the health condition of the author Hinata Takeshi. The manga started serialization in Weekly Shounen Magazine in 2004, and so far 38 volumes...

13 years ago

Hiatus

Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for Sep 23 - Sep 29

Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for Sep 23rd - 29th Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Blu-ray 01, 31,470 31,470 Love Live! School Idol Project vol.7 02, 14,745 14,745 Girls und Panzer -Heartful Tank Disc- 03, 12,789 12,789 Uta no☆Prince-sama...

13 years ago

Weekly Shounen Magazine To Reveal Kimi no Iru Machi OVA

According to an upcoming issue of Weekly Shounen Magazine, the 26th and 27th volumes of Kimi no Iru Machi will each bundle an OVA DVD. The staff and cast of the recently concluded anime adaptation will be returning. The first OVA episode will be an adaptation of the special chapt...

13 years ago

New OVA for Natsume Yuujinchou Announced

A new OVA for Natsume Yuujinchou titled "Itsuka Yuki no Hi ni" has been announced to be released on February 5, 2014. Details of the OVA's plot are still unknown, but the staff and cast of the previous anime seasons will be returning. The BD/DVD will consist of two discs, the sec...

13 years ago

Yen Press Buys Licenses for Sword Art Online, Accel World and Other Titles

At Japan Expo, Yen press officially announced that they had bought the licenses for Reki Kawahara's light novels Sword Art Online and Accel World. Yen Press has asked Baka Tsuki to remove the fan translations of the novels when they publish the first volume in 2014. These new tra...

13 years ago

New Anime Movie of 'Yamato 2199' Due 2014

After the airing of the last episode (ep. 26) of the anime "Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199" a commercial was aired which announced that a movie with a new story and animation is being made and will premiere in 2014. Schedule, staff, and cast information were not disclosed. TV CM (YouTu...

13 years ago

4-koma Manga 'Falcom Gakuen' to be Animated

According to the official Twitter of game company Falcom, 4-koma manga "Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen" is to get an anime adaptation. The manga is a slice-of-life, comedy manga in which characters from various games released by Falcom (e.g., Dragon Slayer, The Legend of Heroes, a...

13 years ago