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Persona 4 In Trouble: Leaks and Strifes

According to the twitter of animator Arai Jun (the key animator of "Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto"), episode 2 of Persona 4 The Animation was leaked to video sharing sites with French subtitles before the TV airing in Japan. The OP sequence of the anime was also leaked yesterda...

15 years ago

Movie of Fairy Tail Confirmed

According to Comic Natalie, a movie of "Fairy Tail" was announced to be premiered on August 18th 2012. Manga "Shingeki no Kyojin" was also announced to get a film adaptation. It will be premiered in autumn of 2013. R25 News reported a widespread rumor that director Nakashima Tets...

15 years ago

2011 Fullmetal Alchemist Film in 100+ North American Theaters

According to their official press release, Eleven Arts and FUNimation Entertainment are screening Fullmetal Alchemist: Milos no Seinaru Hoshi (Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos) in 100+ theaters this winter in North America. Fans can go the Eventful website to request...

15 years ago

TOKYOPOP Starts Online Newsletter and Is Looking to Publish Manga Again

TOKYOPOP has recently announced they will be producing a new online newsletter focusing on Asian Pop Culture powered by GeekChicDaily. An announcement newsletter was sent out this Wednesday. An official tweet from @TOKYOPOPManga mentions that they are hoping to "be able to releas...

15 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings for Oct 3 - 9

Here are the weekly manga and light novels rankings for October 3rd - 9th. ranks/ this week's sales by copies/ cumulative sales/ titlesManga *1, 400,253 *,400,253 Bleach vol.52 *2, 333,319 *,333,319 Bakuman vol.15 *3, 239,665 *,239,665 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! vol.36 *4, 132,511 *,...

15 years ago

Director Yamamoto Yutaka Chooses the 2011 Earthquake as a Subject of His Next Anime

According to an interview on Ultra Jump Egg, anime director Yamamoto Yutaka said he plans to use the 2011 Tohoku earthquake as a subject of his next anime work. He thought that the current trend of anime tends to incline toward escapism but he would like to commit himself on the...

15 years ago

Kadokawa Dominates Light Novel Industry by Acquiring Media Factory

According to Nikkei, Kadokawa Group Holdings has announced that they have incorporated Media Factory as a subsidiary of the holdings on October 12th. As a result, most of the major light novel publishers are now affiliated with Kadokawa Group.Light novel publishers belonging to K...

15 years ago

Two One-week Hiatuses of Ika Musume 2 Announced

According to the official website, the airing of Shinryaku!? Ika Musume on October 24th and November 7th will be canceled. Episodes 5 and 6 will be aired on October 31st and November 14th, respectively. Source: Ika Musume official website

15 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD & CD Rankings for Oct 3 - 9

Here are the weekly DVD & Single CD Rankings for October 3rd - 9th.DVD *1, 2,979 *,*14,726 Hakuouki Sekkaroku vol.3 Limited Edition *2, 2,476 *,**2,476 One Piece 14th Season vol.1 *3, 1,676 *,**1,676 Toufu Kozou DVD & Blu-ray set *4, 1,407 *,**1,407 Naruto: Shippuuden Goe...

15 years ago

Sentai Filmworks Licenses Break Blade

According to their official press release, Sentai Filmworks has announced their license of Break Blade (Broken Blade). Digital distribution of the first movie will begin in October with DVD and Blu-ray releases coming in 2012. Source: Sentai Press Release

15 years ago

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