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Manga Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin To Be Animated

According to Monthly Gundam Ace August issue, manga Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin was announced to get an anime adaptation. The serialization of the manga has ended in the issue. Source: Scan of Gundam Ace Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin on MAL

15 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD & CD Rankings for Jun 13 - 19

Here are the weekly DVD & CD Rankings for June 13th - 19th. DVD *1, 127,365 *,127,365 Karigurashi no Arrietty *2, **5,488 *,**5,488 Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Fusion Ultra! Bond Over Time and Space *3, **1,215 1,075,818 My Neighbor Totoro *4, ***,812 *,***,812 Asobi ni Iku yo! OVA Limi...

15 years ago

Sentai Filmworks Acquires Mardock Scramble

According to their official press release, Sentai Filmworks has announced their license of Mardock Scramble, the movie trilogy whose second film will premiere this September. Sentai Filmworks will release the first film, Mardock Scramble: The First Compression, with both English...

15 years ago

Licenses English Dub

Youtube Removes Official Trailer of Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi

According to the twitter of Hachiya Seiichi, the producer of Kadokawa Shoten, the first trailer of Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi was removed by Youtube administrators due to the violation of the guidelines. The trailer was posted on Kadokawa's official anime channel. Removed video I...

15 years ago

Hatsune Miku BMW Wins Super GT Race

According to Auto Sport Web, the winner of the third game of Super GT 300 race was Hatsune Miku Good Smile BMW. It's the first time that a character-wrapped car wins the international racing game. Ika Musume Ferrari finished 3rd in the game. Good Smile Racing official blog Result...

15 years ago

Japanese Government Creates English Travel Guide For Anime Tourism

Japan Tourism Organization (JNTO) has made an anime-oriented map for foreign tourists. 'Japan Anime Map' introduces model places of popular anime such as Nishinomiya ("Suzumiya Haruhi"), Nanto ("True Tears"), Ueda ("Summer Wars"), and Washinomiya ("Lucky ☆ Star") as well as sight...

15 years ago

Studio Ghibli Hangs an Anti-Nuclear Power Banner on Their Studio

According to Cinema Today, Studio Ghibli displayed a banner which says "Studio Ghibli wants to create films without electricity generated by nuclear power plants." on the roof of the main studio in Tokyo. Studio Ghibli said "The banner was proposed by Miyazaki Hayao. We don't hav...

15 years ago

Blu-ray Only Extra Anime of Manyuu Hikenchou

According to All Cinema, short extra anime will be bundled with all the four volumes of Manyuu Hikenchou Blu-ray and DVD. The title is "Binyuu Tanren Hou - Chichi Togi" (Training Beautiful Breasts - Breast Polishing). The first volume will be released on October 4th. Manyuu Hiken...

15 years ago

Media Blasters Acquires Shinryaku! Ika Musume

Media Blasters has listed "Squid Girl DVD Part 1" on the online store, Right Stuf. The CEO of Media Blasters, John Sirabella, confirmed with ANN that they have licensed the TV anime series Shinryaku! Ika Musume. The first DVD set will be released with dubs and English subtitles o...

15 years ago

Licenses English Dub

Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings for Jun 6 - 12

Here are the weekly manga & light novels rankings for June 6th - 12th. ranks/ this week's sales by copies/ cumulative sales/ titles Manga *1, 218,260 *,756,666 Naruto vol.56 *2, 150,464 *,420,488 Bakuman vol.13 *3, 142,794 *,353,587 D.Gray-man vol.22 *4, 134,833 *,522,155 Bleach...

15 years ago