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Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking for Oct 4 - 10

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking for October 4th - 10th. *1, 454,823 518,556 Bleach vol.47 *2, 305,145 306,298 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! vol.31 *3, 283,625 285,607 Gintama vol.36 *4, 280,674 283,370 Bakuman vol.10 *5, 157,281 157,727 Toriko vol.11 *6, 120,197 120,978 Tegami Ba...

16 years ago

Crunchyroll Fall 2010 Simulcast Ranking

Crunchyroll Vice President of Licensing, Rob Pereyda, posted a Fall 2010 simulcast ranking on his Twitter account. Series are sorted by the number of views, with the most popular one being at the top. 1, Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai 2, Otome Youkai Zakuro 3, Sora no Otoshimono: Forte...

16 years ago

Bandai's New Strategy Boosts Blu-ray Sales of Macross F Movie

According to Media Create, the first week sales of Macross Frontier: Itsuwari no Utahime Blu-ray were 152,699 copies. However, this record high number has been omitted from Oricon Blu-ray sales ranking because it was bundled with PS3 game "Macross Trial Frontier" and sold as a ga...

16 years ago

Short OVA of Hakuouki Hekketsuroku Announced

According to AmiAmi online shop, two short OVAs will be distributed to those who purchase all the five DVDs of Hakuoki Hekketsuroku. The "Edo Chapter" of Hakuoki Zuisouroku and Hakuoki SSL will be animated. The total length of the two OVAs will be about 10 min long and Hakuoki SS...

16 years ago

AIC Launches Original Anime Projects

According to Otona Anime vol.18, AIC is producing several original anime. Miura Toru, the president of AIC, apprehends the retrogression of the creativity of anime industry. The first title is a robot anime, which will be announced in the official website. Source: Scan of Otona A...

16 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD Ranking for Oct 4 - 10

Here is the weekly DVD sales ranking for Oct 4th - 10th. **, 45,036 45,036 Nodame Cantabile Live Action Movie Part 2 Special Edition *1, 21,040 21,040 Macross Frontier: Itsuwari no Utahime DVD **, 14,675 14,675 (Beauty and the Beast Special Edition) *2, 13,992 13,992 Sengoku Basa...

16 years ago

DVD Release Date of Hetalia Movie

According to the official website, the DVD of Ginmaku Hetalia Axis Powers Paint it, White was announced to be released on January 26th, 2011. The box office income of the movie is 200 million yen (50scr, $2.4 million). Source: Hetalia official website ref. Anime Movie Box Office...

16 years ago

OreImo Episode 2 Leaked on Torrent

Anime News Network admitted that 720p quality version of Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai episode 2 was leaked on torrent file sharing. It's been pointed out that viewers of ANN streaming could easily access to the episode 2 by changing the URL of episode 1 (replacing...

16 years ago

DelRey Withdraws From Japanese Manga Publishing

According to Anime!Anime!, Kodansha and RandomHouse announced that DelRey will withdraw from the publishing of Japanese manga and Kodansha USA will take over their titles from December 1st. DelRey and its parent company RandomHouse will support Kodansha USA as a contract distribu...

16 years ago

Jump Mangaka Usuta Kyosuke and Sakaki Kenji Get Married

According to a blog of a hairdresser, mangaka Usuta Kyosuke and Sakaki Kenji (woman) got married. Picture of the wedding ceremony (left: Usuta, right: Sakaki) Oda Eiichiro attended the ceremony (left: Oda, right: the hairdresser) Source: rave Action and Hair

16 years ago