Anime News

Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings for Feb 20 - 26

Here are the weekly manga & light novels rankings for February 20th - 26th. Ranks/ This week's sales by copies/ Cumulative sales/ Titles Manga *1, 141,042 *,312,865 Fairy Tail vol.31 *2, 135,581 *,135,581 Soul Eater vol.21 *3, 111,984 *,111,984 Glass Mask vol.48 *4, 108,212 *,108...

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JManga Now Accessible Worldwide

According to their official news, JManga has extended the site's accessibility to be worldwide. They will be holding a promotion from March 1st-4th during which time those who sign up for a paid subscription receive up to twice as many points for use on the site. Source: JManga n...

14 years ago

Creator of Touhou Project ZUN Gets Married to a Programmer

In a web radio program streamed on UStream, ZUN has announced that he got married to a programmer half a year ago. He will hold a wedding ceremony on May 27th, the same date as the 9th Reitaisai convention. ZUN has been going around with his wife since Touhou Eiyasho Imperishable...

14 years ago

Life Event

Sequel to Urasawa Naoki's Manga 'Master Keaton' Announced

According to the cover note of the eighth volume of the complete edition, a sequel to manga "Master Keaton" was announced to be serialized in Big Comic Original magazine from March 19th. The title is "Master Keaton Re Master" and the story will be resumed from 20 years after the...

14 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD & CD Rankings for Feb 20 - 26

Here are the weekly DVD & CD rankings for February 20th - 26th. DVD *1, 16,236 16,236 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 1000% vol.6 *2, *9,861 *9,861 Gintama' vol.8 *3, *5,894 *5,894 Persona 4 The Animation vol.4 Limited Edition *4, *5,245 *5,245 Hotarubi no Mori e Limited Edition *5...

14 years ago

Sci-fi TV Anime 'Shinsekai yori' Announced

According to Mainichi news, Kishi Yusuke's sci-fi novel "Shinsekai yori -From The New World-" was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. The novel won Japan Sci-fi Award in 2008. Key illustration of Shinsekai yori Staff Director: Ishihama Masashi Series Composition: Sogo Masashi...

14 years ago

Third Season, Movie and OVA of Hakuouki Announced

According to Dengeki Online, new projects of Hakuouki were announced at a live event. 1. An additional volume of Hakuouki Sekkaroku will be released in June. The title is "Kazama Chikage" and the episode of the infiltrate mission into Shimabara will be told from Kazama's point of...

14 years ago

OVA of Nazo no Kanojo X Announced

According to Amazon Japan, an OVA of Nazo no Kanojo X was announced to be released on August 23rd. It will be bundled with the ninth volume of the original manga. Nazo no Kanojo X anime official website The TV series will start in April. Cast Mikoto: Yoshitani Ayako (live action...

14 years ago

Sentai Filmworks Licenses Kure-nai

According to their official press release, Sentai Filmworks has licensed Kure-nai. The series will be available digitally and on subtitled DVD later this year. Source: Press release

14 years ago

Licenses

TV Series of 'Bleach' To End in March

According to the program schedule of TV Tokyo, the TV series of Bleach will be ended on March 27th. There is a possibility of continuation after a break or as an OVA series. Source: Scan of the article

14 years ago