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Japan's Weekly Manga and Light Novel Rankings for Sep 16 - 22

The weekly manga and light novels rankings for September 16th - 22nd Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Manga *1. 311,414 *,311,414 Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic Vol.18 *2. 145,212 *,145,212 Magi: Sinbad no Bouken Vol.1 *3. 132,490 *,132,490 Skip Beat!...

13 years ago

Browser Card Battle Game 'Kantai Collection -KanColle-' to Get TV Anime Adaptation Due Summer 2014

At the media event "Kadokawa Game Studio Media Briefing 2013 Autumn" held today at Tokyo Kokusai Forum, it was announced that the online browser card battle game "Kantai Collection -KanColle-" (Fleet Collection) will get a TV anime adaptation. It was also announced that the game...

13 years ago

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Japan's Weekly Manga and Light Novel Rankings for Sep 09 - 15

The weekly manga and light novels rankings for September 9th - 15th Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Manga *1, *,172,373 *,851,469 Naruto Vol.66 *2, *,150,413 *,150,413 Chihayafuru Vol.22 *3, *,109,700 *,109,892 Yume no Shizuku Kin no Torikago Vol.4...

13 years ago

Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for Sep 16 - Sep 22

Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for Sep 16th - 22nd Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Blu-ray *1, 27,040 27,040 Shingeki no Kyojin vol.3 *2, *2,861 20,805 Dragon Ball Z Movie 14: Kami to Kami - Limited Edition *3, *2,737 *2,737 Love Lab vol....

13 years ago

Volleyball Manga 'Haikyuu!!' to Get TV Anime Adaptation Due Spring 2014

According to the promotional posters sent to bookstores for the upcoming volume 8 of the manga, volleyball manga "Haikyuu!!" will get a TV anime adaptation scheduled in spring 2014. Haikyuu!! was written by Furudate Haruichi and started serialization in Shounen Jump in late 2012....

13 years ago

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Second Season of 'Puchimas!: Petit iDOLM@STER' Announced

It was announced at the IdolM@aster live concert "THE IDOLM@STER 8th ANNIVERSARY HOP!STEP!!FESTIV@L!!!" held today in Makuhari Messe at the outskirt of Tokyo that the anime "Puchimas!: Petit iDOLM@STER", based on the spin-off from the game "THE IDOLM@STER" filled with deformed pe...

13 years ago

'Super Sonico', Mascot of Game Company Nitroplus, to Get TV Anime Series

It was revealed today that "Super Sonico", the mascot character of the game company Nitroplus, will get a TV anime series made about her. The fictional character was created in 2006 as the mascot for Nitroplus' annual live music festival event "Nitro Super Sonico" and since then...

13 years ago

OVA of Light Novel 'Yuusha ni Narenakatta Ore wa Shibushibu Shushoku wo Ketsui Shimashita.' to Bundle With Vol 9 of the Novel

It was announced by publisher Kadokawa that the limited edition volume 9 of light novel "Yuusha ni Narenakatta Ore wa Shibushibu Shushoku wo Ketsui Shimashita." will have a Blu-ray OAD bundled. It will be the unaired episode 13 of the TV anime series which will start airing this...

13 years ago

Action Game 'Bayonetta' to Get Anime Movie Adaptation Due Nov 2013

Via a new official website, it was revealed that the action game "Bayonetta" will be adapted into an anime movie. The movie, named "Bayonetta: Bloody Fate", lasts 89 minutes and will premiere on November 23rd. It is made by Gonzo and directed by Kizaki Fuminori. The game is a sin...

13 years ago

Manga 'Barakamon' to be Animated

Manga Barakamon will get an anime adaptation, according to the official Twitter of the manga. The manga started as a one-shot in 2008, but popular feedback resulted in its serialization on the online manga website Gangan Online in early 2009. So far, seven volumes have been publi...

13 years ago