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New TV Series of Aquarion Announced

An official website of new Aquarion TV anime "Aquarion Evol" was launched on February 26th. The production studio is Satelight and the producer is Kawamori Shoji. Details of the anime will be announced later. Sources: Aquarion Evol official website, Aquarion Evol official blog Aq...

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Anime & Manga releases in North America, February 20th - 26th

Anime Releases: Chrono Crusade - Complete Series DVD Box Crying Freeman - Complete DVD Collection FLCL - Complete Series Blu-ray and DVD Box Gintama - Collection 4 Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit Set 1 (Blu-ray) Our Home's Fox Deity - Volume 2 Premium Edition Manga Releases: Ch...

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Arakawa Hiromu To Start a New Manga 'Silver Spoon' [Update Mar 26]

Update March 26th Weekly Shonen Sunday has announced the details of Arakawa's new manga. Scan of WSS Scan2 The title is "Gin no Saji ~Silver Spoon~" and it's about a school life at an agricultural high school in Hokkaido. #========================================================...

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Toei Animation and Banpresto To Produce an Original Anime

Toei Animation and game developer Banpresto announced an original anime "Kyousou Giga". The director is Matsumoto Rie ( Heartcatch Precure! Hana no To de Fashion Show... Desu ka!? ). Details of the anime will be announced at Banpresto Fair to be held on March 20th. Source: Kyouso...

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Live Action Stage Play of Lucky Star Announced

According to Comp Ace magazine, a live action musical stage play of Lucky ☆ Star was announced. An original story will be played with dances and songs. More information will be revealed in Comptiq magazine April issue to be released on March 10th. Source: Scan of Comp Ace

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Kodansha and DNP To Purchase US Manga Licensor Vertical

According to Anime!Anime!, Kodansha and Japan's top printing company Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) will purchase US manga licensor Vertical Inc. Kodansha and DNP will acquire 46.7% and 46.0% of Vertical's stock shares, respectively. Vertical specialized in minor titles targeted at ol...

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Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings for Feb 14 - 20

Here are the weekly manga & light novels sales rankings for February 14th - 20th. Manga *1, 275,593 *,275,593 Fairy Tail vol.25 *2, 262,116 *,262,116 Detective Conan vol.71 *3, 184,587 *,184,587 Ahiru no Sora vol.30 *4, 152,538 2,724,241 One Piece vol.61 *5, 129,019 *,129,019 Mah...

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Adult PC Game Mashiro-iro Symphony To Be Animated

According to the official twitter, PALETTE's adult PC game "Mashiro-iro Symphony" was announced to be getting a TV anime adaptation. Mashiro-iro Symphony anime official website Mashiro game on PSP A manga adaptation had been serialized in Monthly Comp Ace. Source: Mashiro-iro ani...

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Second OVA of Ah! My Goddess Announced

According to the official website, the second OVA of Ah! My Goddess was announced to be released on September 22nd. It will be bundled with the limited edition of the manga volume 43. The first OVA was released on February 23rd. Source: Megami-sama official website

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Sawashiro Miyuki Wins the Overseas Fan Award of 5th Seiyuu Awards

According to the official website, the executive committee has announced part of the winners of the 5th Seiyuu Awards. The rest of the winners will be announced on March 5th. Overseas Fan Award Sawashiro Miyuki Kei Tomiyama Award Koyama Rikiya Kazue Takahashi Award Tanaka Mayumi...

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