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Anime & Manga releases in North America, March 6th - 12th

Anime Releases: Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka - Complete Collection Black Butler - Season One, Part Two Dragon Ball Z Kai - Season One, Part Four DVD & Blu-ray El Cazador - Complete Box Set Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind - Blu-ray & DVD Combo Speed Grapher - S.A.V.E. DVD Box Set T...

15 years ago

Scheduled Power Outage in Tokyo Area To Affect Anime and Manga Production

Tokyo Electric Power Company has announced to conduct a scheduled power outage in the capital region of Japan from March 14th to cope with the power plant failures by the earthquake. The power supply will be cut off for three hours a day and the outage will be carried out everyda...

15 years ago

Kanno Yoko Sings for the Victims of the Earthquake

According to the twitter of the music producer James Shimoji, composer Kanno Yoko has uploaded her original song for the victims of the massive earthquake which hit the northeastern part of Japan. Kanno's hometown is Miyagi, which is the closest prefecture to the epicenter of the...

15 years ago

Live Action Movie of Bokura ga Ita Announced

According to Shogakukan, Obata Yuuki's manga Bokura ga Ita was announced to be getting a live action movie adaptation. Its TV Anime series was aired in 2006. According to Natalie, Comic Beam has announced live action movie adaptations of two manga: Yamazaki Mari's "Thermae Romae...

15 years ago

Impacts of the Massive Earthquake on Anime

According to the official twitter, light novel author & anime writer Ubukata Tow and his family escaped unhurt from the earthquake hit Tohoku area of Japan on March 11th. He said some of the furniture in his study fell down and his cell phone and PC have been destroyed. Ubukata i...

15 years ago

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Toei Animation Admits Plagiarisms in BGMs of Dragon Ball Kai

Toei Animation announced that more than one background musics of Dragon Ball Kai were suspected to infringe the copyrights of third parties. They have already replaced those musics with the original BGMs of Dragon Ball Z. Toei Animation had assigned the music of Dragon Ball Kai t...

15 years ago

VA Tokumaru Kan Passes Away

According to Arts Vision, seiyu Tokumaru Kan passed away on March 6th after a long struggle against the illness. He was 69 years old. He played Gaia ("Mobile Suit Gundam"), President Takagi ("The iDOLM@STER" game), Don Condor ("Ginga Reppuu Baxingar"). He also played Captain Harl...

15 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings for Feb 28 - Mar 6

Here are the weekly manga & light novels rankings for February 28th - March 6th. Manga *1, 243,209 *,404,387 Kuroshitsuji vol.11 *2, 235,244 *,235,244 Bakuman vol.12 *3, 187,328 *,187,328 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! vol.33 *4, 140,440 *,140,440 Natsume Yuujinchou vol.11 *5, 138,310 *,...

15 years ago

Falcom's RPG Game 'Sora no Kiseki' To Be Animated

According to the official website, Falcom's RPG game "Sora no Kiseki" was announced to get an anime adaptation. Sora no Kiseki anime official website Staff: Director: Tachibana Masaki Series Composition & Script: Uezu Makoto Character Design: Nozaki Atsuko ("Tokyo Magnitude 8.0")...

15 years ago

Toei Animation Gets Sued For Copyright Infringement Involving Saint Seiya

According to Anime!Anime!, the US branch of Toei Animation was sued by a US citizen. The person named Isaac A. Potter, JR. clams to the United States District Court of the District of Columbia that Saint Seiya (Knights of the Zodiac) infringes the plaintiff's copyrights and trade...

15 years ago

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