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DVD & Blu-ray Only Episode of Angel Beats

According to Neowing, the DVD & Blu-ray volume 7 of Angel Beats! will include an unaired episode. It will be released on December 22nd. Source: Neowing

16 years ago

DVD & Blu-ray Release Date of Bungaku Shoujo Movie

According to Famitsu, the DVD and Blu-ray of Bungaku Shoujo will be released on August 27th. The limited edition will include a short side story novel "Bungaku Shoujo Heian-hen". Source: Famitsu

16 years ago

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DVD & Blu-ray Only Episode 12.5 of Ookiku Furikabutte 2

According to HMV, the DVD & Blu-ray volume 7 of Ookiku Furikabutte ~Natsu no Taikai Hen~ will include an unaired episode 12.5. Director Mizushima posted in his blog that the OVA was made because they couldn't put the original manga episodes happened between the episode 12 and 13...

16 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking for Jun 14 - 20

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking for June 14th - 20th. *1, 249,935 *,722,993 Kimi ni Todoke vol.11 *2, 224,967 *,224,967 Kuroshitsuji vol.9 *3, 134,022 *,134.022 Skip Beat! vol.25 *4, 124,318 *,124,318 Hajime no Ippo vol.92 *5, 114,154 2,074,787 One Piece vol.58 *6, 108,672...

16 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD & CD Ranking for Jun 14 - 20

Here is the weekly DVD sales ranking for June 14th - 20th. *1, 9,808 347,248 Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance *2, 2,484 **2,484 Eagle Talon Movie 3 Luxury Edition *3, 2,419 **2,419 Heartcatch Precure! vol.1 **, *,*** ***,*** (Up) *4, *,*** ***,*** Eagle Talon Movie 3 Deluxe...

16 years ago

Hughes Brothers Revive Akira Live Action Movie Project

According to Mainichi, Albert Hughes admitted to Japanese media that he and his brother are working on the storyboard and the plot of the live action movie of Akira. The Akira movie project has been repeatedly suffering from setbacks but it has made a substantial advance toward t...

16 years ago

New OVA of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun

According to online book store e-hon, a new OVA of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun will be announced in the August issue of Dengeki Daioh. The official release date of the issue is June 26th. The OVA is different from the previously announced extra anime "Episode 13': It's not easy to do...

16 years ago

Mecha Light Novel Infinite Stratos To Be Animated

According to MJ Bunko's news letter, Yumizuru Izuru's light novel "IS <Infinite Stratos>" was announced to get a TV anime adapation. Cover of IS novel vol.1 Picture of the main mecha "IS" IS novel has been published by Media Factory since May 2009 and a manga adapation has been s...

16 years ago

DMP Seeks To Collaborate With Scanlators

According to ANN, Sasahara Hikaru, the CEO of Digital Manga Publishing (DMP) confirmed the report on Yaoi Review that DMP is preparing a "legal scanlation" site. They plan to acquire manga from Japanese publishers and provide the fan-made translations via the website. The income...

16 years ago

Second Season of Hakuouki Announced

At the end of the final episode aired on tvk channel, the second season of Hakuouki was announced. It will start this autumn. Sources: Screenshot of the announcement, Hakuouki official website

16 years ago