Anime News

Anime & Manga releases in North America, May 8th - 14th

Anime Releases: Chobits Classic Blu-ray Box Set & DVD Box Set Hoshizora Kiseki DVD Kiddy Grade Classic DVD Box Set Pokémon - Diamond and Pearl DVD 3 & 4 Pokémon - Diamond and Pearl DVD 3 + 4 Box Set Shigurui: Death Frenzy Classic Blu-ray Box Set & DVD Box Set Manga Releases: Biom...

15 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings for May 2 - 8

Here are the weekly manga & light novels rankings for May 2nd -8th. ranks/ this week's sales by copies/ cumulative sales/ titles Manga *1, 1,788,455 2,367,582 One Piece vol.62 *2, *,299,528 *,300,284 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! vol.34 *3, *,229,717 *,230,560 Nurarihyon no Mago vol.16...

15 years ago

3D CGI Movie of Fighting Game 'Tekken' Announced

According to Digital Frontier, Bandai Namco Games has announced a 3D CGI movie of the fighting game "Tekken" at Step Up Dubai 2011. It will be premiered this summer in the US and on September 3rd in Japan. Tekken Channel on Youtube Trailer of "TEKKEN Blood Vengeance" (Youtube) St...

15 years ago

11th OVA of Black Jack Announced

According to Niconico Douga, Tezuka Production has announced the eleventh OVA of Black Jack. It will be the final volume of the OVA series. A live voice recording session of the OVA will be streamed on Niconico Live on May 14th. The OVA series had been released from 1993 - 2000 a...

15 years ago

Manga Yankee-kun To Megane-Chan To End

According to Mainichi Newspaper, manga Yankee-kun to Megane-chan was announced to be concluded in Weekly Shonen Magazine vol.25 to be released on May 18th. How Adachi and other members of the student council are doing after their graduation from high school was described in the s...

15 years ago

Japan's Weekly CD & DVD Rankings for May 2 - 8

Here are the weekly CD & DVD Rankings for May 2nd - 8th. Single CD 13, 6,190 17,831 Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai "secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~" 21, 3,856 75,860 Dog Days "Scarlet Knight" 22, 3,617 13,146 Nichijou "Hyadain no KaKaKaTa☆Kataomoi-C" 23...

15 years ago

It's Blu-ray Sales That Matter: Buying Power of Otaku Maintains Anime Market

According to the Association of Japanese Animations, the sales of the anime video media in Japan have increased for the first time in five years while the number of TV anime titles has been dropping since 2007. The recovery of the video media sales is attributed to the successful...

15 years ago

NY Times Manga Best Seller List for April 24th - 30th

Graphic books best seller list (Manga & OEL) for April 24th - 30th 1, Black Butler, Vol.5 2, Maximum Ride, Vol.4 3, Rosario + Vampire Season II, Vol.4 4, Highschool of the Dead, Vol.2 5, Blue Exorcist, Vol.1 6, Pandora Hearts, Vol.5 7, Omamari Himari, Vol.3 8, Naruto, Vol.50 9, H...

15 years ago

Spin-off Novel of Full Metal Panic! Announced

According to the cover note of Full Metal Panic! Sigma vol.15, a spin-off novel of Full Metal Panic! was announced to be released by Fujimishobo. It's a sequel taking place ten‐odd years after the finale of the original novel. A newface author Ohguro Naoto will write it under the...

15 years ago

VOCALOID Hatsune Miku Featured in Ads of Toyota USA

According to the official website, TOYOTA USA has collaborated with Crypton's VOCALOID Hatsune Miku and aired ads using the character and supercell's song "World is mine". Dream Harmonic - Corolla + Miku: Big Dream Dream Harmonic - Corolla + Miku: Compact Dream Source: Toyota Cor...

15 years ago