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Second Season of Nurarihyon no Mago Announced

According to Weekly Shonen Jump, the second season of Nurarihyon no Mago was announced. More information will be revealed in the later issue of the magazine. Source: Scan of WSJ Update on May 7th According to Nurarihyon no Mago's official website, the second season will be titled...

15 years ago

Second Season of Bakuman Announced

According to Weekly Shonen Jump, the second season of Bakuman was announced. It will start next autumn. Source: Scan of WSJ

15 years ago

Blu-ray Box of Kara no Kyoukai released in North America Announced

According to Aniplex of America, a blu-ray box set of Kara no Kyoukai was announced to be released in North America February 8, 2011. The blu-ray box includes the entire movie set (7 movies) and the OVA Kara no Kyoukai: Epilogue Picture of the box Store Price: $398.98 Source: Ani...

15 years ago

Japan's Weekly CD Rankings for Dec 6 - 12

Here is the weekly CD sales rankings for December 6th - 12th. Single *2, 35,162 35,162 Angel Beats! "Last Song" *3, 34,870 34,870 Angel Beats! "Ichiban no Takaramono ~Yui final ver.~" 10, *9,286 50,149 Bleach: Jigoku-hen "Save The One, Save The All" 12, *8,222 47,784 Bleach "Ranb...

15 years ago

Japanese Prime Minister Concerned About Tokyo International Anime Fair

According to 47 News, Japanese Prime Minister Kan Naoto mentioned the boycott of Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) by manga publishers in the official blog and said "It's important to promote Japanese anime to the world as well as to maintain the education of children. I want...

15 years ago

Anime and Manga Regulation Bill Passes Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

Update Anime and Manga Regulation Bill passed the assembly on December 15th. Source: Niconico News #================================================== According to the official blog of Ito Masaki, one of the members of Tokyo Metropolitan assembly, the ruling party DPJ has decided...

15 years ago

NY Times Manga Best Seller List for November 22 - 5 December

Graphic books best seller list (Manga & OEL) for 29 November - 5 December 2010. 1, Naruto, vol 49 2, Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, vol 28 3, Spice and Wolf , vol 3 4, Hetalia Axis Powers, vol 1 5, Heart no Kuni no Alice ~ Wonderful Wonder World ~, vol 5 6, Kuroshitsuji, vol 3 7, K...

15 years ago

Ten Major Manga Publishers To Boycott Tokyo International Anime Fair [Topic Replaced]

Topic renamed. The original topic "Anime & Manga Regulation Bill To Pass The Assembly" was denied by DPJ assemblyman. According to Jiji Tsushin, ten major manga publishers announced that they will boycott Tokyo International Anime Fair 2011 (TAF 2011) and asked the anime producti...

15 years ago

Blu-ray & DVD Extra Short Anime of Freezing

According to All Cinema, each of the six volumes of Freezing Blu-rays & DVDs will include a short anime "Hajikechau! Doki Doki Trouble Freezing". The first volume will be released on March 23rd. Source: All Cinema

15 years ago

Aniplex Launches Original Anime Project Anohana

Aniplex has launched a teaser website of their original anime project "Anohana". The production studio is A-1 Pictures and the name of the original creator(s) is "Cho Heiwa Busters (super peace busters)". Anohana Project Character image of Anohana Key Illustration The title logo...

15 years ago

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