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OVA of Accel World To Be Bundled with Its PSP & PS3 Game

According to the official Twitter, an OVA of Accel World was announced to be released on September 13th. It will be bundled with the simulation & action game "Accel World -Ginyoku no Kakusei-" for Playstation Portable and Playstation 3. Accel World game official website Trailer o...

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Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings for Apr 16 - 22

Here are the weekly manga & light novels rankings for April 16th - 22nd. Ranks/ This week's sales by copies/ Cumulative sales/ Titles Manga *1, 297,314 297,314 Fairy Tail vol.32 *2, 293,359 293,359 Gin no Saji vol.3 *3, 204,791 204,791 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: Jojolion vo...

14 years ago

Collaboration Campaign of Schick and Eva 3.0: Commander Ikari Shaves His Beard

Safety razor's brand Schick has announced a collaboration campaign with Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. Parody videos of Eva about shaving of Ikari Gendou and Kaji Ryouji have been posted on Youtube. Schick x Evangelion Champaign special website "Gendo's Decision" (Youtube) "...

14 years ago

Manga 'Karneval' To Be Animated

According to Comic Natalie, Mikanagi Touya's manga "Karneval" was announced to get an anime adaptation. Karneval anime teaser website Cast of the drama CD Nai: Shimono Hiro Gareki: Kamiya Hiroshi Yogi: Miyano Mamoru Tsukumo: Endo Aya Hirato: Ono Daisuke Source: Comic Natalie Karn...

14 years ago

New One Hour TV Special of Stitch! Announced

According to animeanime.jp, a one-hour TV anime special of Stitch! under the title "Stitch to Suna no Wakusei" (direct translation: Stitch and the Planet of Sand) is to be aired in June 2012. The special will be a chronological continuation of Stitch! Zutto Saikou no Tomodachi, t...

14 years ago

OVA for Katakyoku no Chronos Gear Announced

According to animeanime.jp, mobile content company G-Mode and animation company AIC have commenced a new collaborative multimedia project called Katayoku no Chronos Gear (direct translation: One-Winged Chronos Gear). This project will include an OVA series by AIC, a game by G-Mod...

14 years ago

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

Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for April 16th - 22nd. Blu-ray *1, 15,988 15,988 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon vol.5 Limited Edition *2, *2,898 *2,898 Shinryaku!? Ika Musume vol.5 *3, *2,414 *2,414 Rinne no Lagrange vol.2 Limited Edition *4, *2,401 *2,401 Maji de Watashi ni...

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Madoka Magica Gets Its Own Specialized Magazine

According to yaraon, a specialized magazine for Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica, entitled Manga Time Kirara★Magica was announced. It is planned for the magazine to include original SHAFT illustrations, interviews with Akiyuki Shinbou (director) and Aoi Yuuki (voice actress for Kaname...

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Shougakukan Apologizes for Inappropriate Expression in Doraemon

According to narinari.com, Shougakukan made an official apology after finding "an expression inappropriate for kids' anime" in the 1979 version of Doraemon. The "inappropriate expression" consisted of a 2-second scene, in which the word "condom" could be read in katakana, while t...

14 years ago

Hanasaku Iroha Triggers Financial Increase for Local Railroad Line

According to the Hokuriku Chuunichi Newspaper (April 21st), the anime Hanasaku Iroha has triggered a financial increase for the Noto Railroad Line, a local line in Ishikawa Prefecture (northern central Japan). Daisan Sector Tetsudou, the railroad company responsible, claims that...

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