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Studio 4°C Produces a Short 3D Anime of Manga Orion

According to Studio 4°C, a short 3D anime of Shirow Masamune's manga Orion was premiered at Short Short Film Festival & Asia 2010 to be held on June 11th in Tokyo. Key illustration of Orion anime Aoki Yasuhiro directed the 2.5min long anime and it will also be shown at SIGGRAPH 2...

16 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD Ranking for May 17 - 23

Here is the weekly DVD sales ranking for May 17th - 23rd. **, 7,940 **7,940 (Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure) **, 4,548 122,011 (Up) **, 2,902 **2,902 (Toy Story Special Edition) **, 2,048 **2,048 (Alice in Wonderland) <1,676 *1, *,*** ***,*** Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn vol.1 *...

16 years ago

Spin-off Game of Monster Hunter To Be Animated

According to Famitsu, a spin-off game of Monster Hunter series "MonHun Nikki PokaPoka Airu-mura" was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. It's a flash anime produced by DLE and will be aired this summer. MonHun Nikki PokaPoka Airu-mura game official website MonHun Nikki featur...

16 years ago

Manga Koe de Oshigoto! To Be Animated

According to Comic GUM July issue, Konno Azure's manga Koe de Oshigoto! was announced to get an anime adaptation. The details will be announced in the next issue. Source: Scan of GUM

16 years ago

Hatsune Miku Album CD Wins the Top in the Weekly Ranking

According to Oricon news, VOCALOID Hatsune Miku's album "EXIT TUNES PRESENTS Vocalogenesis feat. Hatsune Miku" has won the top in the weekly album CD sales ranking for May 17th - May 23rd. It's for the first time that a VOCALOID CD is ranked first in the weekly CD sales ranking....

16 years ago

KyoAni To Animate Manga Nichijou [Update May 24]

According to Shonen Ace July issue, Arawi Keiichi's comedy manga Nichijou was announced to get an anime adaptation. The production studio is Kyoto Animation. Its game adaptation project on PSP has also been underway. Source: Scan of Shonen Ace, Scan2 (Aug 2009) Updated on May 24t...

16 years ago

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Release of Bakemonogatari DVD & Blu-ray Postponed Once Again

According to the official website, the release of Bakemonogatari DVD and Blu-ray vol.6 was postponed until July 28th. They were supposed to be released on June 9th. They plan to stream the final episode around the middle of June. Source: Bakemonogatari official website (screensho...

16 years ago

Adult PC Game Yosuga no Sora To Be Animated

According to the cover note of the manga vol.1, Sphere's adult PC game "Yosuga no Sora" was announced to get an anime adaptation. Yosuga no Sora game official website Yosuga no Sora game was released in December 2008 and its manga adaptation has been serialized in Comp Ace magazi...

16 years ago

Aniplex Makes a Public Appeal For ED Themes of OreImo

According to the official channel on Niconico Douga, Aniplex has made a public appeal for the ED themes of Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai anime and offered 100,000 yen ($1,100) as a prize. They'll accept applications from June 1st till July 31st and maximum twelve so...

16 years ago

Full Metal Panic Novel Doesn't End With The Next Volume [Update May 25]

According to e-hon bookstore, the new volume of Full Metal Panic! novel was announced to be released on July 17th. The title is "Zutto Stand by Me Part 1 (of 2 or 3)", indicating there will be one or two more volumes. The author Gatoh Shoji revealed in the afterword of the last v...

16 years ago