Anime News

Unscheduled Recap Episode of Dance in the Vampire Bund Announced

According to the official website, the episode 8 of Dance in the Vampire Bund will be postponed by one week and "Special Edition" episode will be aired instead. The recap episode will have additional new scenes. An announcement from AT-X channel revealed that the airing of the re...

16 years ago

Anime Producer Concerns About Asymmetry of Anime Fans

IG Port (the parent company of Production I.G, ZEBEC, and Mag Garden) released the statement of accounts for fiscal 2010 May term. In the attached report, IG Port analyzed the current business model of anime industry. They stated apprehension about the dependence on the domestic...

16 years ago

Winners of the 2010 Tokyo Anime Awards Announced

The winners of the Tokyo Anime Award have been announced for 2010. Animation of the Year Summer Wars Best TV Anime K-ON! and Higashi no Eden Best OVA Eve no Jikan Best Foreign Anime Movie Wall-E Best Domestic Anime Movie Summer Wars Individual Awards Best Director: Hosoda Mamoru...

16 years ago

Anime Awards

Slot Machine Character Rio To Be Animated

At a live event "Rio Super Carnival" held on February 14th, casino slot machine game character series "Rio" was announced to get an anime adaptation. Rio was originally a character of a Pachinko gambling slot machine released in 2003 and was established a new genus Moe Slot Machi...

16 years ago

Flash OVA Fujoshi no Hinkaku

According to the official website, a flash OVA of an essay "Fujoshi no Hinkaku" was announced to be released on February 26th. It's about a slice of life of Fujoshi. Fujoshi no Hinkaku OVA official website Director: Umoto Yuji ("Kemono to Chat") Production Studio: Panda Kojo ("Bo...

16 years ago

NIS America Acquires Toradora and PandoraHearts

NIS America, US branch of Japanese game publisher Nippon Ichi Software, have announced that they will enter into the US Anime DVD Industry with an initial lineup of four titles below: Toradora! Persona ~Trinity Soul~ PandoraHearts Wagaya no Oinari-sama Currently they plan to begi...

16 years ago

Licenses

Eleanor Farjeon's Short Story To Be Animated

Multiple new anime projects were announced in Tokyo International Anime Fair 2010 official website. THE MOON - Tsuki ga Hoshii to Ojo-sama ga Naita produced by Union Cho (subcontractor of "Canaan", "True Tears") It is based on a British author Eleanor Farjeon's short story "The K...

16 years ago

Newtype Anime Characters Popularity Ranking in 1980's, 90's and 00's

Newtype channel conducted an online poll on the popularity of anime characters in 1980's, 1990's and 2000's. The final results was announced in Newtype March issue. Male characters in 1980's *1, Lupin III *2, Char Aznable *3, Saotome Ranma *4, Amuro Ray *5, Son Goku *6, Saeba Ryo...

16 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking for Feb 1 - 7

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking for February 1st - 7th. *1, 441,333 431,333 Bleach vol.43 *2, 125,105 125,105 Nurarihyon no Mago vol.9 *3, *92,004 *92,004 Tegami Bachi vol.9 *4, *88,709 *88,709 To-LOVE-Ru vol.17 *5, *84,624 *84,624 Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu vol.1 *6,...

16 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD Ranking for Feb 1 - 7

Here is the weekly DVD sales ranking for February 1st - 7th. *1, 5,652 **5,652 Saki vol.8 *2, 3,963 **3,963 GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class vol.4 Limited Edition *3, 2,662 863,135 Gake no Ue no Ponyo *4, 2,389 *32,291 Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Movie: Lagann-hen Limited Edition *...

16 years ago