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Shinkai Makoto's New TV Ad 'Bosporus Kaikyou Tunnel'

According to the official website, Shinkai Makoto has produced a TV ad for Japanese construction company Taisei Corp. It's about a woman who works for the Marmaray project. Actress Kurokawa Mei plays the woman. Bosphorus strait undersea tunnel project Shinkai produced another TV...

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Third Season of Bakuman Announced

According to Weekly Shonen Jump, the third season of Bakuman was announced to be aired from autumn 2012. Source: Scan of WSJ Story by Happy_Daisuke

14 years ago

'Balus!' Tweets by Audience of Castle in the Sky Set a New World Record

According to Twitter Japan official account, a new world record of the number of tweets per second was established at 11:22pm JST on December 9th. At the moment, many audience in Japan watching the 13th rerun of Castle in the Sky on TV tweeted "Balus!" and 25,088 tweets were post...

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Production I.G To Animate RPG 'Shining Hearts'

According to the official website, SEGA's RPG "Shining Hearts" was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. It will be aired from April 2012. The production studio is Production I.G. Shining Hearts official website Cast Rick: Kamiya Hiroshi Amil: Ito Kanae Neris: Aizawa Mai Airy:...

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Light Novel 'Sasami-san@Ganbaranai' To Be Animated

According to GaGaGa Bunko, Akira's light novel "Sasami-san@Ganbaranai" was announced to get an anime adaptation. PV of Sasami-san novel on Youtube Sasamisan PV on Amazon Japan (Hopefully not IP restricted) Synopsis: A random love comedy related to Japanese mythology. Tsukuyomi Sa...

14 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD and CD Rankings for Dec 5 - 11

Here are the weekly DVD and CD rankings for December 5th - 11th. DVD *1, 9,223 *,*51,469 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn vol.4 *2, 8,238 *,**8,238 IS: Infinite Stratos Encore: Koi ni Kogareru Sextet *3, 5,332 *,**5,332 Sengoku Basara: The Last Party *4, 4,102 *,*23,447 Usavich IV *5,...

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Hosoda Mamoru's New Film 'Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki' Announced

According to the official website, Hosoda Mamoru's new movie "Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki" was announced to be premiered in July 2012. Ookamikodomo official website Staff Director and Original Work: Hosoda Mamoru Script: Okudera Satoko ("Summer Wars", "Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo") Ch...

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Manga 'Bokura ga Ita' To End in February

According to Mainichi news, manga "Bokura ga Ita" will be concluded in Betsu Comi March 2012 issue to be released on February 13th 2012. The two-part live action film of the manga will be premiered in 2012. Bokura ga Ita Movie official website Cast Nanami: Yoshitaka Yuriko Motoha...

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Da Vinci Magazine's Best Manga Author of the Year 2011

According to Ameba News, monthly book review magazine Da Vinci has announced Book of the Year 2011. The rankings were based on the polls of 4986 people, who are composed of book reviewers, bookstore keepers, and the readers of the magazine. Oda Eiichiro and Umino Chika have won t...

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Tabletop RPG Session by Urobuchi, Nasu and Narita Announced

According to the official website, publisher Seikaisha has announced a tabletop RPG session "Red Dragon" played by popular light novel authors. The replays will be serialized in the official website from January 2012. The game master Sanda Makoto tweeted that he and other staff...

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