Anime News

ufotable To Found an Anime Cinema in Tokushima

According to Tokushima Newspaper, anime production studio ufotable was announced to set up a movie theater in the Shinmachi district of Tokushima city. ufotable will mainly show anime in the theater regularly. There has been no theater in the district since 2006. Kondo Hikaru, th...

15 years ago

Theme Song Musician of Hyouge Mono Arrested for Possessing Marijuana

According to Yomiuri Online, the Fukuoka Prefectural Police has arrested the guitarist Kosuga Tsuyoshi for possession of marijuana. Kosuga is one of the members of the music band CRO-MAGNON, who composed the theme songs of Hyouge Mono. Kosuge visited a convenience store in the m...

15 years ago

Musician Life Event

New Anime of Lupin III Due This Autumn

At the end of the rerun of Lupin III: Dead or Alive on Nihon TV on April 29th, a new anime "series" of Lupin III was announced to be aired this autumn. The last TV series aired in the 1980s. MyCom Journal and Mainichi Digital Newspaper reported the new anime but they didn't say i...

15 years ago

NY Times Manga Best Seller List for April 17th - 23rd

Graphic books best seller list (Manga & OEL) for April 17th - 23rd 1, Rosario + Vampire Season II, Vol.4 2, Blue Exorcist, Vol.1 3, Naruto, Vol.50 4, Black Butler, Vol.4 5, Dengeki Daisy, Vol.4 6, Skip Beat!, Vol.23 7, Akira, Vol.6 8, K-ON!, Vol.2 9, Hetalia Axis Powers, Vol.2 10...

15 years ago

Aniplex Recalls Defective Blu-ray and DVD of Madoka Magica

According to the official website, Aniplex has announced a recall of the first volume of the Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Blu-ray and DVD due to defects. Aniplex asked the customers to send the disc and the booklet back to the company and they will ship back the fixed items in late...

15 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings for Apr 18 - 24

Here are the weekly manga & light novels rankings for April 18th - 24th. Manga *1, 650,587 650,587 Naruto vol.55 *2, 425,882 425,882 Bleach vol.49 *3, 204,938 204,938 Gantz vol.31 *4, 133,264 133,264 Giant Killing vol.19 *5, 132,359 292,200 Fairy Tail vol.26 *6, 116,567 116,567 T...

15 years ago

Spin-off Manga of OreImo Featuring Kuroneko Announced

According to Dengeki G's magazine, a spin-off manga of Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai was announced to be serialized in the magazine by Ikeda Sakura. The title is "Ore no Kouhai ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai" and Kuroneko will be featured. Source: Scan of Dengeki

15 years ago

Sentai Filmworks Licenses Senkou no Night Raid

According to their official website, Sentai Filmworks announced earlier this week its acquisition of the TV anime series Senkou no Night Raid, which they will release as "Night Raid 1931". Their release will include episodes 0-13, the two unaired episodes, and the bonus recap epi...

15 years ago

Producer Company of Appleseed Movies Goes Bankrupt

According to Anime!Anime!, Japanese movie producer Micott & Basara Inc. filed for bankruptcy on April 21st. Micott produced Appleseed (2004) and Appleseed Saga Ex Machina, and has been producing the upcoming anime Appleseed XIII. Their business had stumbled over a lawsuit on the...

15 years ago

Japan's Weekly CD & DVD Rankings for Apr 18 - 24

Here are the weekly CD & DVD rankings for April 18th - 24th. Single CD *2, 34,163 34,163 Toriko "Satisfaction" *3, 21,974 21,974 Toufu Kozou "Haruka" *7, 10,691 66,057 Dog Days "Scarlet Knight" *9, *8,921 60,804 Mizuki Nana "Pop Master" 15, *3,784 *3,784 Hanasaku Iroha "Hana no I...

15 years ago