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Japan's Weekly DVD Ranking for Nov 2 - 8

Here is the weekly DVD ranking for November 2nd - 8th. *1, 6,668 6,668 Sengoku BASARA vol.5 *2, 6,425 6,425 Saki vol.5 *3, 4,379 4,379 GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class vol.1 Limited Edition *4, 3,285 3,285 Hikaru no Go DVD Box *5, *,*** *,*** The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (200...

17 years ago

Kara no Kyoukai Marks An Epoch: Anime Shakes Off TV Broadcasting

The chief editior of AnimeAnimeJapan reported the recent trend of the anime business. Bandai Visual's decision not to air Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn on TV showed their determination to abandon the conventional strategy for the promotion of anime. The combination of the old media...

17 years ago

Nojiri Housuke To Commercialize Sora no Otoshimono's Flying Panties

According to the twitter post of Nojiri Housuke (the novel author of Rocket Girls), he will commercialize a panty-shaped toy plane inspired by the ED animation of Sora no Otoshimono episode 2. Sora no Otoshimono ED2 (Youtube) Nojiri's "Flying Pantsu" (Youtube) Nojiri was deeply i...

17 years ago

Governor of Iwate Calls a Moe Character 'Our Wife'

According to Excite News, Sanriku Railway held "National Tetsudou Musume Summit" on November 1st. Tetsudou Musume is a character series representing Japanese local railways. Figures of the Moe characters in the motorman uniforms have been released since 2005 and they got novel an...

17 years ago

Blu-ray Only Extra Short Anime of True Tears

According to Newtype December issue, a Blu-ray Box of True Tears was announced to be released on March 26th, 2010. A three minute long short anime will be included in the boxset and it's a sequel to the TV series. However, the release of the boxset will be canceled if the number...

17 years ago

Usui Yoshito's Remaining Crayon Shin-chan Manuscripts Found

Futabasha announced that they found a few pages of the late Usui Yoshito's Crayon Shin-chan manga manuscript. The serialization of Crayon Shin-chan was extended by another three months and will end on February 5th, 2010. Source: Natalie

17 years ago

New Precure Series Heartcatch Precure! Revealed

According to the trademark archive of Japan Patent Office, the title of the new precure series was revealed to be "Heartcatch Precure!". Image of the title logo It will be aired from next February. New movie Precure All Stars DX2 will be premiered on March 20th. Precure All Stars...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking for Oct 26 - Nov 1

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking for October 26th - November 1st. *1, 239,767 560,296 Saint Young Men vol.4 *2, 230,711 230,959 Bokura ga Ita vol.13 *3, 157,015 157,489 Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu vol.7 *4, 123,144 123,144 Toaru Majutsu no Index vol.5 *5, 121,777 121,777 Toaru...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD Ranking for Oct 26 - Nov 1

Here is the weekly DVD sales ranking for October 26th - November 1st. DVD *1, 18,731 18,731 Bakemonogatari vol.2 Limited Edition DVD *2, 13,533 13,533 Gintama Season 4 vol.1 Limited Edition *3, 12,708 12,708 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009) Endless Eight III & IV Limited...

17 years ago

VA Yokoyama Chisa Gets Married

According to the official blog, seiyu Yokoyama Chisa announced her marriage to a bass guitar player CHAKA. The husband is 11 years younger than Yokoyama. Source: Yokoyama's blog

17 years ago