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Pocca To Release The Fruit Juice of Haruhi Suzumiya

According to Newtype magazine June issue, a beverage company Pocca announced a new lemon juice "Suzumiya Haruhi no Kaju (The Juice of Haruhi Suzumiya)". It's a special collaboration project to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Newtype magazine. The lemon juice uses a newly engine...

16 years ago

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood To Conclude the Story Coincided with the Manga [Update May 8]

According to the tweet of Irie Yasuhiro, he is currently working on the storyboard of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood based on Arakawa Hiromu's manuscripts of the manga up to the final chapter. He was overwhelmed by the thick storyline of the finale. He said "Laugh or cry, two m...

16 years ago

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Director Takahata's Movie Anne of Green Gables Revived

According to Ghibli Museum, Takahata Isao's movie Akage no Anne (Anne of Green Gables) was announced to be premiered on July 17th. Anne of Green Gables official website It was originally produced by Takahata as a recap edition of the first six episode of the TV series in 1989 but...

16 years ago

One Piece Film: Strong World To Be Shown At Annecy Int. Film Fest.

According to the official website, Annecy International Film Festival has chosen One Piece Film: Strong World and Summer Wars as the official entries for the competition of the feature films. The festival will be held from June 7th - 12th in France. The out-of-competition titles...

16 years ago

Haruhi Fans Draw SOS Graffiti on the Ground of the Model High School

According to Sankei News, Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya Kita High School, the model school of Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, has been troubled by Haruhi fans' frequent trespasses into the premises. Last spring and autumn, polices were called in because they found huge graffiti, whic...

16 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking for Apr 26 - May 2

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking for Apr 26th - May 2nd. *1, 618,737 *,618,737 Naruto vol.51 *2, 535,132 *,535,132 Nodame Cantabile vol.24 *3, 269,353 *,269,353 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! vol.29 *4, 255,557 1,080,859 Fullmetal Alchemist vol.25 *5, 223,675 *,223,675 Gintama vol....

16 years ago

Gurren Lagann Staff's New Anime Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt

According to the tweet of Uchikoga Tomoyuki (the president of CH Production), GAINAX's new anime "Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt" was announced at a live event of Gurren Lagann Parallel Works. The main staff of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann will produce the anime. The details will...

16 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD Ranking for Apr 26 - May 2

Here is the weekly DVD sales ranking for April 26th - May 2nd. *1, 24,035 96,929 (Up) *2, *6,495 *6,495 Toaru Kagaku no Railgun vol.4 Limited Edition DVD *3, *4,433 18,824 Working!! vol.1 Limited Edition *4, *3,679 19,662 Naruto: Shippuuden Movie 3 - Hi no Ishi wo Tsugu Mono Limi...

16 years ago

Japanese Government Invests $2.2 Million In Young Animator Training

According to Anime!Anime!, The Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan invested 214 million yen ($2.26 million) in "Young Animator Training Project" and entrusted the execution of the project to Japan Animation Creators Association (JaniCA). JaniCA will produce four original anime (2...

16 years ago

K-ON!! OP and ED Take Top 2 of Weekly CD Ranking

According to Oricon, the theme songs of K-ON!! occupied the top 2 of the weekly single CD ranking for April 26th - May 2nd. The OP "GO! GO! MANIAC" and the ED "Listen!!" have won the top and the second, respectively. It's for the first time in Oricon's 42-year-history that a sing...

16 years ago