Anime News

Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings for Nov 7 - 13

Here are the weekly manga rankings for November 7th - 13th. ranks/ this week's sales by copies/ cumulative sales/ titles Manga *1, 488,991 2,507,357 One Piece vol.64 *2, 198,424 *,198,424 REAL vol.11 *3, 172,402 *,877,012 Naruto vol.58 *4, 114,261 *,317,237 Gintama vol.42 *5, 108...

14 years ago

DVD Edition of Negima Movie To Be Extended by 40 min

According to the twitter of Akamatsu Ken, the DVD edition of Mahou Sensei Negima! Anime Final will be 84 min long, extended by about 40 min from the original version shown at the theaters. Akamatsu added that the lines of the characters were modified to make them sound smarter. T...

14 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD and CD Rankings for Nov 7 - 13

Here are the weekly DVD and CD rankings for November 7th - 13th. DVD *1, 1,640 *,*38,214 Macross Frontier: Sayonara no Tsubasa *2, 1,046 *,**6,456 Working'!! *3, *,747 1,103,526 My Neighbor Totoro *4, *,580 *,261,001 Karigurashi no Arrietty *5, *,481 *,*13,796 Gintama' vol.4 *6,...

14 years ago

[Update, Nov. 18] DMP Starts a Bring Back Osamu Tezuka's "Swallowing the Earth" Kickstarter

According to their website, manga publisher DMP has started a campaign via Kickstarter in order to be able to reprint Osamu Tezuka's "Swallowing the Earth". Over two years ago, DMP sold "Swallowing the Earth" as a large omnibus. However, it had a small print run and has been in h...

14 years ago

Light Novel 'Date A Live' To Be Animated

According to Fujimishobo, light novel "Date A Live" was announced to get an anime adaptation. Date A Live official website Synopsis: Itsuka Shido is a high school boy. On the last day of the spring holidays, an explosion destroys the town and a girl in armor appears in front of h...

14 years ago

VA Asanuma Shintaro Writes and Directs Persona 4 Stage Play

According to the official website, a stage play of Persona 4 was announced to run from March 15th - 20th in Tokyo. Seiyu Asanuma Shintaro will write and direct the play. Asanuma said, "Directing the Persona 4 play doesn't mean I will play a role in the anime. I wish I could, thou...

14 years ago

TV Anime of Historical Manga 'Kingdom' Announced

According to Young Jump magazine, Hara Yasuhisa's historical manga "Kingdom" was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. It will be aired on NHK channel in 2012. The production studio is Studio Pierrot. Kingdom manga official website An action game of Kingdom on PSP was released...

14 years ago

VA Shiraishi Minoru Gets Married

According to the official blog, seiyu Shiraishi Minoru has been married. The identity of his wife hasn't been revealed. He has been playing supporting roles in Mirai Nikki and Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon this season. Source: Shiraishi's blog

15 years ago

Seiyuu Life Event

Two Movies of Tiger and Bunny Announced

According to Dengeki Online, two movies of Tiger and Bunny were announced at a live event held in Yokohama on November 13th. They will be premiered in 2012. Key illustration and the screenshots of the movie (Dengeki) Tiger and Bunny Movie 1, 2 on MAL

15 years ago

New Anime

J.C. Staff To Run Six Anime in Winter 2012

According to Animedia, new anime Ano Natsu de Matteru was announced to be aired from January 2012. The production studio is J.C. Staff. Ano Natsu de Matteru official website J.C.Staff's anime in Winter 2012 Shakugan no Shana III (Final) Bakuman 2 Tantei Opera Milky Holmes 2 Kill...

15 years ago