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OVA for Hori-san to Miyamura-kun Underway

According to the mangaka's twitter, an OVA project of manga Hori-san to Miyamura-kun that started 3 years ago is now in the process of being completed. Hori-san to Miyamura-kun started out as a web-comic series by HERO, which was picked up by Square Enix in 2007 to become a 10-vo...

14 years ago

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VA Kawaragi Shiho Gets Married

According to the official blog, seiyu Kawaragi Shiho got married this March. She said she will keep on working as a seiyu. She played Sekai in School Days and will play Mio in upcoming Little Busters! anime. Source: Kawaragi's blog

14 years ago

Seiyuu Life Event

Short OVAs for Kuroko no Basket Announced

According to the official website and Amazon, every volume of the BD/DVD series for Kuroko no Basket (both limited and normal editions) will contain animated bloopers, which will be based on the extra section of the original manga series. There is also an episode 22.5 listed on t...

14 years ago

Next Project of Mirai Nikki Announced

At the end of the final episode of Mirai Nikki, a "Next Project" was announced to get underway. The details of the project are unknown. Source: Screenshot of the announcement

14 years ago

Success of Gundam Unicorn Cancels Failure of Gundam AGE

According to Nikkei MJ, the rating of Mobile Suit Gundam AGE has been hovering around the 2% level. Although the main target of the TV series is preteen boys, the rating among the kids sometimes goes down to zero. Bandai has been aware of the unpopularity of Gundam AGE among kids...

14 years ago

First "Manga" University May Open Next Spring

According to the Asahi Newspaper, Osaka may open the Osaka Sougou Manga Geijutsu Kouka Daigaku (Osaka Comprehensive Manga Arts Institute of Technology), which will become the first university to have the word "manga" in its name. Ueda Gakuen, the legally incorporated education sy...

14 years ago

A New Ninja Scroll Project Announced

According to the MADHOUSE official website, a continuation of the Ninja Scroll series was announced under the name Ninja Scroll Project. This project is related to Ninja Scroll (movie) directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, and its sequel, Ninja Scroll: The Series. A news flash announcin...

14 years ago

OVA for Corpse Party Game Series Announced

According to Famitsu, the limited edition of the game, Corpse Party -THE ANTHOLOGY- Sachiko no Renai Yuugi Happy Birthday 2 U, will feature an OVA titled Corpse Party Missing Footage. Corpse Party started out as a horror adventure doujin soft video game developed by Team Gris Gri...

14 years ago

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Jobless Man Arrested for Threatening Author of OreImo

According to Mainichi Newspaper, a 32-year-old jobless man was arrested for threatening the novel author of "Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai". The man, Aoi Noboru, resented that Kuroneko has been excessively featured in the recent story of OreImo and sent threatening...

14 years ago

Interest

Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings for Apr 2 - 8

Here are the weekly manga & light novels rankings for April 2nd - 8th. Ranks/ This week's sales by copies/ Cumulative sales/ Titles Manga *1, 638,907 638,907 Hunter x Hunter vol.30 *2, 520,341 520,341 Ao no Exorcist vol.8 *3, 300,134 300,134 D.Gray-man vol.23 *4, 270,460 270,460...

14 years ago