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Anime 'Cardfight!! Vanguard' to Continue After Season 3

According to a tweet by Kidani Takaaki, president of Fujiroad, the anime "Cardfight!! Vanguard" will continue after the current 3rd season ends. He promises that it will go to at least a season 5. Fujiroad makes the card game "Cardfight!! Vanguard" and Kidani is credited as the C...

13 years ago

Anime 'Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!' to get Movie Adaptation in Fall

It was announced during a fan event of "Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!" that the anime will be adapted to an anime movie which will be released in theaters on September 14th. The name of the movie is "Takanashi Rikka Kai: Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Movie". It will be a summar...

13 years ago

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Manga 'Akuma no Riddle' to be Animated

On the cover of the recent July issue of NewType magazine, it was announced that manga "Akuma no Riddle" (Riddle Story of Devil) will be animated in 2014. The manga is written by Kouga Yun, drawn by Minnakata Sunao, and has been serialized in NewType since September 2012. The fir...

13 years ago

BL Adult Visual Novel 'NO, THANK YOU!!!' to get OVA Adaptation

Visual novel developer Parade announced on its Twitter account that its first visual novel, "NO, THANK YOU!!!" will get an OVA. The original BL adult game is still in production and will be shipped for Windows computers on June 28, 2013. NO, THANK YOU!! tells the story of a 22-ye...

13 years ago

Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for May 27 - Jun 02

Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for May 27th - Jun 2nd Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Blu-ray *1, 33,450 *33,450 Girls und Panzer vol.5 *2, 23,318 *23,318 Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 vol.5 *3, 15,982 *15,982 Love Live! School Idol Project vo...

13 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga and Light Novel Rankings for May 20th - 26th

The weekly manga and light novels rankings for 20th - 26th Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Manga *1. 223,264 *,223,264 Inu x Boku SS Vol.9 *2. 168,717 *,395,961 Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic Vol.17 *3. 151,611 *,376,162 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part...

13 years ago

Otome Visual Novel 'Trick or Alice' to be Animated

After the release of the second (and last) Kuro to Kin no Akanai Kagi OVA on May 30th, otome animation studio An DerCen uploaded a video containing information about its next animation project. In the video, the key visual for the otome adults-only visual novel "Trick or Alice" b...

13 years ago

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NY Times Manga Best Seller List for May 19th - 25th

Graphic books best seller list (Manga & OEL) for May 19th - 25th *1. Sailor Moon Vol.11 *2. Naruto Vol.61 *3. Sunny Vol.1 *4. Negima Magister Negi Magi Vol.38 *5. Black Bird Vol.16 *6. Alice in the Country of Joker: Circus and Liar's Game Vol.2 *7. Black Butler Vol.13 *8. Doubt V...

13 years ago

K-On! School Enters Japan Heritage List

According to IT Media, Toyosato Elementary School, the school that was used as the model for Sakuragaoka High School in the anime "K-On!", has entered into the "Registered Tangible Cultural Properties" heritage list compiled by the Cultural Ministry of Japan. The school building...

13 years ago

Anime 'Mawaru Penguindrum' to get Manga Adaptation

It was announced that the original anime "Mawaru Penguindrum" is being adapted into manga and is serialized in the monthly manga magazine "Gekkan Comic Birz", starting from the July issue that is published on May 30th. The next chapter will be released in the September issue to b...

13 years ago