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Japan's Weekly DVD Ranking for Jan 18 - 24

Here is the weekly DVD sales ranking for January 18th - 24th. DVD *1, 6,433 6,433 K-ON! vol.7 DVD *2, 3,887 3,887 Ikkitousen: Xtreme Xecutor vol.0 Limited Edition *3, 3,039 3,039 Queen's Blade: Gyokuza wo Tsugu Mono vol.2 *4, *,*** *,*** Tentai Senshi Sunred 2 vol.2 *5, *,*** *,*...

16 years ago

Short TV Anime Chi-Sui Maru Announced

Nihon TV announced a new short TV anime "Chi-Sui Maru". It's a 6 min x 8 episode series and will start on February 6th. The producer is Rareko, known as the creator of Flash anime "Yawaraka Sensha (Youtube)". Chi-Sui Maru official website The story is about offensive and defensiv...

16 years ago

Afro Samurai's Director To Produce Street Fighter IV OVA

According to Kotaku Japan, CAPCOM announced an orignal anime of new XBOX & PS3 game "Super Street Fight IV". It will be bundled with XBOX Limited Edition and be pre-streamed on XBOX Live. The game will be released on Apr 27th (US), 28th (Japan), and 30th (Europe). Street Fighter...

16 years ago

Bandai To Launch Free Streaming of Six Gundam Series For US and Europe

According to Anime!Anime!, Bandai Channel will stream six Gundam series on AnimeNewsNetwork, Crunchyroll, and Youtube for North America and Europe. The whole episodes will be provided for free from February 1st. The six titles are shown below: Mobile Suit Gundam Mobile Suit Zeta...

16 years ago

Sentai Filmworks' New Licenses for American Distribution

According to Section23, a North American anime distributor, Sentai Filmworks has licensed the following titles for a Spring release: Gintama - First set releasing on April 27th Hidamari Sketch x 365 - Full series releasing on April 6th Asatte no Houkou - Full series releasing on...

16 years ago

Anime Market Recovers By Success of Blu-ray

Oricon released a market report of the DVD & Blu-ray media in 2009. The total sales of the DVD and Blu-ray in Japan increased by 6.4% compared to the last year's number. Anime!Anime! attributed the recovery to the expansion of the anime Blu-ray market. DVD & Blu-ray Total Sales i...

16 years ago

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date of Higashi no Eden Movie I

According to Neowing, the Blu-ray and DVD of Higashi no Eden - Movie I: The King of Eden will be released on March 24th. The premium edition will include the recap movie Higashi no Eden Soushuuhen - Air Communication. Blu-ray Premium Edition: 13,440 yen Blu-ray Standard Edition:...

16 years ago

Summer Wars Wins 64th Mainichi Film Award

According to Anime!Anime!, Summer Wars won the 64th Mainichi Film Award Animation Category. It will be shown at 60th Berlin International Film Festival in February. The Blu-ray and DVD will be released on March 3rd. A stop-motion animation Denshinbashira Elemi no Koi also won Ofu...

16 years ago

OVA of Chi's Sweet Home Announced

According to Natalie, an OVA of "Chi's Sweet Home" was announced to be released on April 23rd. It's a 10 min long new episode and will be bundled with the manga volume 7. Source: Natalie

16 years ago

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Japan's Weekly DVD Ranking for Jan 11 - 17

Here is the weekly DVD sales ranking for January 11th - 17th. *1, 4,715 4,715 Seitokai no Ichizon vol.2 Limited Edition *2, 2,759 2,759 (Panpaka Pantsu) *3, 2,429 2,429 Valkyria Chronicles vol.6 *4, *,*** *,*** Naruto: Shippuuden Shi no Yogen to Fukushu no Sho vol.1 **, *,*** *,*...

16 years ago