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14 Year Old Boy Arrested For Uploading One Piece Scans To Youtube [Update Jun 15]

According to Mainichi, Kyoto Police High-Tech Crime Office arrested a 14 year old boy for copyright infringement. He had reportedly been uploading scanned manga of "One Piece", "Naruto", "Gintama" and "Major" to Youtube before the official release date. The boy has already confes...

16 years ago

DVD & Blu-ray Only Short Anime of Heroman

According to the official website, the DVD & Blu-ray volume 2 of Heroman will be released on September 22nd. A 3min long extra anime "Portent" will be included in the limited edition. Source: Heroman official website

16 years ago

DVD & Blu-ray Only Episode of Sekirei 2

According to Neowing, the DVD & Blu-ray volume 1 of Sekirei ~Pure Engagement~ will be released on August 25th. The volume will include an extra episode 0 "Kanwanidai (two subepisodes: Sekirei Shindan & Sekirei Yoka)" along with the first episode. Source: Neowing

16 years ago

Mangaka Ayamine Rando Suffers From Depression

According to the official web diary, Ayamine Rando is suffering from a heavy depression and he couldn't complete the manuscript of Oniwaka to Ushiwaka. He said he is taking a rest now and apologized to the fans. Source: Ayamine's web diary

16 years ago

VA of Ku Fei in Negima Quit The Role For Study and Marriage

According to the official blog, seiyu Hazuki (formely Tanaka Hazuki) announced that she will resign from the role of Ku Fei. Asumi Kana will play the character from Mahou Sensei Negima! Mou Hitotsu no Sekai episode 4 to be released on August 20th. Hazuki explained the reason that...

16 years ago

Yamamoto Yutaka Works On a New TV Anime With an Otaku Critic

Uno Tsunehiro, a critic of subculture, disclosed in an online discussion session that anime director Yamamoto Yutaka is working on a new anime to be aired in 2011 or 2012. The original story will be written by Azuma Hiroki (English Wikipedia) and Okada Mari. Azuma Hiroki is a cri...

16 years ago

MADHOUSE and Warner To Produce an Anime of US TV Drama Supernatural

According to the official website, Warner Bros. announced an anime of US TV drama series "Supernatural". Supernatural The Animation will be produced by Madhouse Studios and be released in January 2011. Staff Co-directors: Miya Shigeyuki ("Aoi Bungaku Series", "Buzzer Beater") and...

16 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking for May 31 - Jun 6

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking for May 31st - June 6th. *1, 1,580,757 1,580,757 One Piece vol.58 Note: release date was June 4th. *2, *,465,713 *,465,713 Bleach vol.45 *3, *,241,360 *,241,360 D.Gray-man vol.20 *4, *,112,709 *,414,702 Vagabond vol.33 *5, *,109,255 *,646,35...

16 years ago

Anime Movie of Inazuma Eleven Announced

According to Monthly Coro Coro Comic, an anime movie of Inazuma Eleven was announced to be premiered this winter. Official logo of the movie "Gekijoban Inazuma Eleven - Saikyo Gundan Orge Shurai" Sources: Scan of CoroCoro

16 years ago

Japanese and US Manga Publishers Ally Against Scanlations

According to Publishers Weekly, 42 Japanese and US manga publishers have united to form an international group to combat scanlation and they are threatening to take legal actions against 30 websites. The publishers coalition includes Kodansha, Shogakugan, Shueisha, Square Enix, V...

16 years ago