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Rumor of Black Rock Shooter 2 Announcement at AFAX Denied

According to the tweet of Good Smile Company's president, the sequel of Black★Rock Shooter has not got the green light. Aki Takanori said: It (the rumor of BRS2) is not completely wrong, but our eagerness to produce a sequel seems to have been interpreted as an official announcem...

15 years ago

P.A. Works To Produce a Local Government-funded Anime

According to Yomiuri news, Toyama prefectural government announced an original anime "Mai no Mahou to Katei no Hi" (Mai's Magic and Family Day) produced by P.A. Works. The 30min long anime will be aired on TV next Feburary and be streamed on Youtube later. Key Illutration of Mai...

16 years ago

NY Times Manga Best Seller List for October/November 31-6

Graphic books best seller list (Manga & OEL) for 31-6 October/November 2010. 1, Naruto, vol 49 2, Kuroshitsuji, vol 3 3, Mahou Sensei Negima!, vol 28 4, Bakuman, vol 2 5, D.Gray-man, vol 19 6, Soul Eater, vol 4 7, Black Bird, vol 6 8, xxxHOLiC, vol 16 9, Hetalia Axis Powers, vol...

16 years ago

US TV Channel's Live Action Remake of Anime Noir Revealed

According to Hollywood Reporter, US pay TV company Startz is developing a live action remake of anime Noir. The executive producers are Sam Raimi ("Spider-Man"), Robert Tapert and Stephen Lightfoot, who also writes the script. Source: Hollywood Reporter

16 years ago

37 Japanese Publishers To Launch Manga Portal Website For North America

According to Anime!Anime!, Shueisha announced at Electronic Book and Comic Summit that 37 Japanese major publishers will launch a manga portal website for North America. The website "J Manga Portal Site (tentative name)" will be opened next March following a test launch of the be...

16 years ago

MADHOUSE Resumes Production of Kon Satoshi's Yume Miru Kikai

According to MyCom Journal, Madhouse Studios announced that they resumed the production of Kon Satoshi's moive Yume Miru Kikai. The character designer Itazu Yoshimi succeeded to the director's position. Madhouse said the production of the movie had almost halted after the death o...

16 years ago

International Translation Project of Manga Say Hello to Black Jack on NicoNico

Nico nico seiga has launched an international English translation project of manga Say Hello to Black Jack. The idea of the volunteer-based translation project was originall proposed by the author Sato Shuho, who has been seeking a novel business model of manga independent of pub...

16 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking for Nov 1 - 7

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking for November 1st - 7th. *1, 2,094,123 2,094,123 One Piece vol.60 *2, *,819,243 *,819,243 Naruto vol.53 *3, *,452,662 *,452,662 One Piece Green Secret Pieces *4, *,175,934 *,175,934 Nurarihyon no Mago vol.13 *5, *,151,966 *,151,966 New Prince...

16 years ago

Record Sales of the One Piece Manga Vol. 60

According to Oricon the 60th volume of the manga One Piece sold over 2 milion copies (2,094,123) in the first four days of its release (November 4-7). The previous record, 1,852,541 copies, was held by the previous, 59th, volume of the manga. Oricon reports that it's the first ti...

16 years ago