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Short OVA of Manga Ashiaraiyashiki no Jūnin-tachi Announced

According to Natalie , an original short OVA will be bundled with "Ashiaraiyashiki no Jūnin-tachi" manga vol.10 Limited Edition. It will be released on March 25. Cover of Ashiaraiyashiki no Junin Tachi vol.8 Synopsis: A battle fantasy manga. More than twenty years ago, an evil su...

16 years ago

New Master and Butler Announced For Kuroshitsuji II

According to the official blog, new master and butler of Kuroshitsuji II was announced at a live event "Kuroshitsuji ~Sono Shitsuji, Kyoso~ Akai Valentine". Kuroshitsuji II will be aired from this July. New characters and cast Claude Faustus (Bulter): Sakurai Takahiro Alois Tranc...

16 years ago

Live-Action of Winter Sonata Anime's Ending

According to Nikkan Sports newspaper, the ending scene of Winter Sonata will be filmed as a live action. The new live-action footage will be aired on April 24. The new ending in the 26th episode will cover a part of the story that was not in the original Korean drama. Sources: AN...

16 years ago

Manga Author of With the Light Passes Away

According to Mainichi news, Tobe Keiko, the author of manga With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child passed away on January 28th. She was 52. The serialization of "With the Light (Hikari to Tomoni)" had been suspended since January 2009 due to the illness of the author. The tran...

16 years ago

Negima Ariadne Arc To Be Animated

According to Weekly Shonen Magazine vol.9 2010, Academic City Ariadne (Ayase Yue) arc of manga Mahou Sensei Negima! was announced to get an anime adaptation. It will be released this autumn as an extra episode of the OVA Mahou Sensei Negima! Mou Hitotsu no Sekai. Source: Scan of...

16 years ago

DVD Only Episode of Nodame Cantabile Finale

According to Neowing, an unaired episode of Nodame Cantabile Finale will be bundled with the first volume of the DVD. It will be released on April 7th. Source: Neowing Story by ZerOne01

16 years ago

Yaoi Manga Sekaiichi Hatsukoi To Be Animated

According to CIEL magazine March 2010 issue, an anime project of Sekaiichi Hatsukoi was announced to get underway. Source: Scan of CIEL

16 years ago

Gundam Unicorn World Premiere To Be Held in Hong Kong [Corrected]

According to the official website, a preview of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn was announced to be held in Hong Kong on February 6th. Director Furuhashi and scenario writer Fukui will attend the preview. Gundam UC will be shown on February 20th in Japan, so the preview in Hong Kong w...

16 years ago

End of Gintama TV Series Announced [Confirmed]

Note: If you wanna discuss the restart of Gintama, please move to the thread below. Director of Gintama Says 'We Shall Be Back' In the episode 193 aired on TV Tokyo, Gintama anime was announced to end next April. Hinting the end of the series is a usual joke of Gintama, so there...

16 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking for Jan 18 - 24

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking for January 18th - 24th rank/ this week's number of copies sold/ total copies sold/ title & volume number *1, 192,717 192,717 Tenjou Tenge vol.21 *2, 146,758 664,116 Kimi ni Todoke vol.10 *3. 134,435 374,390 Vagabond vol.32 *4, 129,346 292,7...

16 years ago