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Sato Tatsuo Looks Back on Basquash: What was wrong with it?

An interview article with Sato Tatsuo was distributed at Comiket 78. He talked about Basquash! project, which was widely publicized as Kawamori Shoji's new project but wrecked into confusion by the dismissal of the director Itagaki in the middle of the series. He complained that...

16 years ago

Manga Author of Kuroshitsuji Deplores Moral Deterioration of the Fans

Toboso Yana posted an entry in her blog about illegal manga and anime downloaders. She often receives letters from fans writing that "I borrowed scanned manga in ROMs from my friend wwww (i.e. lol)" "I've watched Kuroshitsuji on foreign video sharing sites!". She insisted that su...

16 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD & CD Rankings For Aug 9 - 15

Here is the weekly DVD sales ranking for August 9th - 15th. no new release this week. **, 7,947 *,*65,773 (Toy Story Special Edition) **, 6,135 *,*55,494 (Toy Story 2 Special Edition) **, 5,913 *,**5,913 (Sakamoto Maaya 15th Anniversary Live at Budokan) *1, 4,225 *,120,682 Summer...

16 years ago

Premiere Date of Macross Frontier Movie 2

According to Bandai Collector's Section official twitter, Macross Frontier ~Sayonara no Tsubasa~ was announced to be premiered on February 26th, 2011. Poster of Macross Frontier Sayonara no Tsubasa @Girasama Carnival Source: Bandai Collector's Section official twitter

16 years ago

Blu-ray & DVD Only Episode of Kaicho wa Maid-sama

According to JBook, the Blu-ray and DVD volume 10 of Kaichou wa Maid-sama! will include an extra episode. It will be released on April 27th, 2011. Source: JBook

16 years ago

Sori Fumihiko To Direct FUNimation's Dragon Age Anime

Japanese movie producer T.O Entertainment announced that they are producing an anime movie of BIOWARE's RPG game Dragon Age. The movie has recently been announced by FUNimation. The main production studio is OXYBOT ("Vexille - 2077 Nihon Sakoku") and the director is Sori Fumihiko...

16 years ago

Instruction Book on Love 30-sai no Hoken Taiiku To Be Animated

According to the free paper of Mainichi, an instruction book series "30-sai no Hoken Taiiku (Health Education for 30 years old men)" was announced to get an anime adaptation. The guide books teach shy men around 30 how to date and sex with women. 30 sai no Hoken Taiiku official w...

16 years ago

Manga Kannagi To Be Resumed [Update Jun 24]

According to Mainichi, Takenashi Eri will resume the serialization of manga Kannagi. The date of the restart will be announced in Comic Rex November issue to be released on October 9th. Kannagi manga has been suspended since January 2009 due to the illness of the author. A spin-o...

16 years ago

Blu-ray & DVD Only Short Anime of Hyakka Ryoran Samurai Girls

According to Neowing, the blu-ray and DVDs of Hyakka Ryoran: Samurai Girls will include short OVA episodes "Hyakka Ryoran ~ Otome Ureshi Hazukashi Shoshi no Chigiri". It's a six-episode series and the first episode will be released on November 25th. Hyakka Ryoran 2nd trailer (You...

16 years ago

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date of Lyrical Nanoha Movie 1st

According to the official paper fan distributed at Comiket 78, the blu-ray and DVD of Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha The MOVIE 1st will be released on November 26th. Source: Picture of the paper fan

16 years ago