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NY Times Manga Best Seller List for June 12th - 18th

Graphic books best seller list (Manga & OEL) for June 12th - 18th 1, Naruto, Vol.51 2, Vampire Knight, Vol.12 3, Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol.25 4, Ouran High School Host Club, Vol.16 5, Bleach, Vol.35 6, Blue Exorcist, Vol.2 7, Maximum Ride, Vol.4 8, Bakuman, Vol.5 9, One Piece, Vol...

15 years ago

OVAs of Dantalian no Shoka and R-15 Announced

According to Kadokawa, an OVA of Dantalian no Shoka will be bundled with the ninth volume of the novel. It will be released in January 2012. The first episode of the TV series will be aired on July 15th. Dantalian anime official website According to Kadokawa, an OVA of R-15 will...

15 years ago

Online Anime Busou Shinki Moon Angel Announced

According to Konami Style, Konami's action figure series "Busou Shinki" was announced to get an online anime adaptation. The anime, titled "Busou Shinki Moon Angel", will be streamed on PlayStation Store from September. Each episode is 3 - 5 minutes long and new episodes will be...

15 years ago

Program Producer of Gintama Leaves Anime Department

According to the twitter of Gintama director Takamatsu Shinji, there were personnel changes in TV Tokyo that led to anime producer Azuma Fukashi leaving the anime production department and being promoted to the counselor of the management strategy office. Azuma had been in charge...

15 years ago

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Second Season of Saki Announced

According to the cover note of the eighth volume of the manga, a new TV series of Saki was announced. A spin-off manga "Saki Achika Hen: episode of side-A" drawn by Igarashi Aguri was also announced to be serialized in Monthly Shonen GanGan magazine from August 12th. It's a side...

15 years ago

Makoto Shinkai to Appear at Otakon 2011

According to their website, Otakon has announced that award winning director, animator, and voice actor Makoto Shinkai will appear as a guest at this year's convention. Otakon is the second largest anime convention in North America second only to Anime Expo. This year it will be...

15 years ago

Anime & Manga releases in North America, June 19th - 25th

Anime Releases: Bleach DVD Box Set 9 Blue Gender Complete TV Series and Movie Anime Classics DVD Set Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG: Individual Eleven Blu-ray Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society Blu-ray Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Com...

15 years ago

Director Yamamoto Yutaka Requests Termination of Fractale Manga

Anime director Yamamoto Yutaka posted on his twitter that he has made a request to the production committee of Fractale to terminate the serialization of its manga. The dispute was originated from the manga author Akasaki Mutsumi's blog entry, which expressed her dissatisfaction...

15 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings for June 13 - 19

Here are the weekly manga & light novels rankings for June 13th - 19th. ranks/ this week's sales by copies/ cumulative sales/ titles Manga *1, 288,775 288,775 Detective Conan vol.72 *2, 169,598 169,598 Fairy Tail vol.27 *3, 168,644 172,240 Chihayafuru vol.13 *4, 157,502 157,502 O...

15 years ago

Anime Movie of Toshokan Sensou Announced

According to Kadokawa, an anime movie project of Toshokan Sensou has announced to get underway. The TV series was aired in 2008. Source: Notice of Kadokawa Bunko Toshokan Sensou (Movie) on MAL

15 years ago