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TV Anime of Comedy Manga 'Ishida to Asakura' Announced

According to Young King magazine, Masao's comedy manga "Ishida to Asakura" was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. It will be aired from January 2013. Voice drama of Ishida to Asakura (on Niconico) Cover art of Ishida to Asakura vol.1 It's a nonsense comedy about two high sch...

13 years ago

Production I.G Produces Short Anime for Mercedes Benz

According to Anime!Anime!, Mercedes Benz has announced a collaboration project "Next A-Class" with Production I.G. An original short anime has been streamed on Youtube. New works of Production I.G for Next A-Class project will be revealed from December onwards. Next A-Class with...

13 years ago

DMI Halts Publishing For Six Months

According to Digital Manga Inc President, Hikaru Sasahara, the company will halt all physical publishing for the DMP, June Manga, DokiDoki, and 801Media imprints for six months starting January 1, 2013. This will be a temporary measure as they coordinate they production schedule...

13 years ago

Berserk Movie Part 3 Rated as Adult Film [Update Nov 17]

According to Eirin (Film Classification and Rating Committee of Japan), Berserk Ougon Jidaihen III: Kourin was rated as R18+ (equivalent to US NC-17). The reason for the rating was "Due to the extremely provocative sexual descriptions". Source: Eirin Update Nov 17 According to Gi...

13 years ago

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Hacker who Entrapped Assistant Director of Gundam 00 Declares Suicide [Update Feb 10]

According to TBS News, the hacker, who recently caused multiple false accusation cases by remote operation of virus-infected PC, sent emails hinting suicide to TBS and lawyers. The email said that he made a mistake during the series of the cases and he will hang himself. Four peo...

14 years ago

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

Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for November 5th - 11th. Blu-ray *1, 7,328 **7,328 Tari Tari vol.3 *2, 3,694 **3,694 Oda Nobuna no Yabou vol.3 *3, 3,590 **3,590 K vol.1 *4, 2,632 **2,632 K vol.2 *5, *,916 *30,716 Sword Art Online vol.1 Limited Edition *6, *,893 *34,336...

14 years ago

New OVA of Nurarihyon no Mago Announced

According to Comic Natalie, a new OVA of Nurarihyon no Mago was announced to be released on March 4, 2013. It will be bundled with the final volume of the comic book. The OVA will reveal the story of how young Nurarihyon established Nura Clan. Key visual of the OVA The 24th volum...

14 years ago

TV Anime 'Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko.' Due in Apr 2013

According to the trailer shown at AFA2012 Singapore, TV anime Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko. was announced to be aired in the spring of 2013. The production studio is J.C. Staff. Henneko anime official website Trailer on Youtube Staff Director: Suzuki Yohei (episode director of L...

14 years ago

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Second Season of Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san. Announced

According to Evening magazine, the second season of Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san. was announced. The staff and cast will be the same as the first season. Source: Scan of Evening Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san. 2nd Season on MAL

14 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings for October 29th - November 4th

The weekly manga and light novels rankings for October 29th - November 4th Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Manga *1, 1,555,724 1,555,724 One Piece Vol.68 *2, *,343,493 *,343,493 Neon Genesis Evangelion Vol.13 Limited Edition *3, *,254,801 *,404,577...

14 years ago