Anime News

VIZ Media Lays Off 40% of the Employees

According to Publishers Weekly, VIZ Media has laid off about 40% of their employees, 55 people at San Fransisco Headquarters and 5 in New York office, which has been closed down. The percentage of the cut down of VIZ Media staff surpasses the shrinkage of the US manga market. Ani...

16 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD Ranking for May 3 - 9

Here is the weekly DVD sales ranking for May 3rd - 9th. *1, 14,524 111,453 (Up) *2, *4,744 **4,744 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Rebochara Collection vol.2 *3, *3,247 **3,247 Nodame Cantabile Finale vol.2 *4, *3,007 *21,831 Working!! vol.1 Limited Edition *5, **,*** ***,*** One Piece 10...

16 years ago

[Correction] Unaired Episode of Kimi ni Todoke

Correction! According to Comic Otomegai, the DVD doesn't include a new unaired episode but carries a different version of the episode 16 with some new scenes. Source: Comic Otomegai =================================== According to bk1 online bookstore, an extra DVD will be bundle...

16 years ago

Senkou no Night Raid Episode 7 About Mukden Incident To Be Online Only

According to the official website, the episode 7 of Senkou no Night Raid will be streamed online and not be aired on TV. The episode titled "Incident" will tell the controversial Mukden Incident from Japanese characters' point of view. A recap special episode "Yogen (prophecy)" w...

16 years ago

Revival of Kodomo no Jikan Anime Announced

According to the cover note of the manga vol.8, Kodomo no Jikan anime was announced to be revived. A new OVA will be bundled with the limited edition of the manga vol.9 to be released in January 2011. Source: Scan of the cover note, Scan 2

16 years ago

Frugal Baka Test Fans versus Silent Queen's Blade Gentlemen

Komoto Sachi, the assistant producer of Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, gave her analysis on the relationship between the nature of the fanbase and the media sales. She said the cheap goods of Baka to Test priced around 1,000 yen have been sold quite well, but its enthusiasm doesn't...

16 years ago

Interest BD/DVD

The Melancholy of Voice Actors: Severe Competition For Survival

Music producer Tanaka Kohei posted what he heard from seiyu about the current situation of their industry. The amount of jobs one seiyu can get becomes smaller and smaller these days. The number and the length of anime produced last year were about 80% of those in 2006, and on to...

16 years ago

Lucky Star Portable Shrine Departs For Shanghai Expo

According to Saitama Newspaper, the portable shrine featuring Lucky ☆ Star called "Lucky Star Mikoshi" departed from Washinomiya Shrine, the model shrine of Hiiragi sisters' shrine, for Expo 2010 Shanghai. The Mikoshi will arrive at the Expo by the end of this month and will be d...

16 years ago

Short OVA of Windows 7 Mascot Character Madobe Nanami

According to Akiba PC Watch, a short anime of Madobe Nana, an original character of Windows 7 DSP Edition, has been shown in the PC shops in Akihabara. It's a 1min long promotion video of homemade PC and T-ZONE PC shop is distributing the DVD as an extra of Windows 7 DSP Edition....

16 years ago

VA Goto Yuko Undergoes a Throat Surgery [Update June 3]

According to the official blog, seiyu Goto Yuko had a throat surgery this April and left the hospital on May 6th. She will take a voice rehabilitation and will return to work this June. Source: Goto's blog Updated on June 3rd Goto updated her blog that she has returned to work. S...

16 years ago