Anime News

Side Story of Nodame Cantabile To Start Serialization From December

According to Natalie news, a side story (bangaihen) of manga Nodame Cantabile was announced to start serialization in Kiss magazine volume 24 to be released on December 10th. The main story ended on October 10th in Kiss vol.20. Source: Natalie

17 years ago

Second DVD of Isshoni Training Announced [Update Jan 1]

Amazon Japan erased the information of the second DVD from the webpage. According to Amazon Japan, the second DVD of Isshoni Training was announced to be released in February 2010. An art book of the DVD "Isshoni Training Hinako no Hon" will also be released on November 20th. Cov...

17 years ago

Producer of Fullmetal Alchemist Lectures on How To Produce a Successful Anime

Taguchi Koji, the Square Enix producer (Fullmetal Alchemist, Soul Eater, Saki, Kuroshitsuji), gave a lecture at Japan International Contents Festival held on October 6th. He revealed backstage information of the anime industry by showing concrete data. He said Square Enix has pro...

17 years ago

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Trigun The Movie To Be Premiered Next Spring

According to the official website, "TRIGUN THE MOVIE" will be premiered in the Spring of 2010. The cast of the main characters are the same as that of the TV series. Synopsis: The story takes place in a desert town Macca. The Mayer Kepler collects pothunters to counterattack a le...

17 years ago

Anime Movie The Vanishment of Haruhi Suzumiya Announced [Update Nov 9]

At the end of "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya New Animation (Rerun)" final episode aired on SUN TV, anime movie "Suzumiya Haruhi no Syoshitsu (The Vanishment of Haruhi Suzumiya)" was announced to be premiered next Spring. Sources: Screenshot of the announcement Screenshot2 Scr...

17 years ago

Japan's Satisfaction and Expectation Ranking for Summer and Autumn Anime

Dengeki.com released the results of the anime fans' votes on the best anime aired this summer and the most expected anime to be aired this autumn. The vote was held from September 10th - 30th. "Satisfaction" Ranking for Summer Titles in 2009 (expectation ranks are in parentheses)...

17 years ago

SD Gundam BB Senshi Sangoku-den To Be Animated

At 49th All Japan Plamodel Hobby Show, SD Gundam series "BB Senshi Sangoku-den" was announced to get an anime adaptation. BB Sangoku-den official website BB Senshi Sangoku-den is one of Super Deformed Gundam character series. Each mobile suit is assigned one of the figures in San...

17 years ago

DVD Extra Short Episodes of Tegamibachi

According to the official website, two extra episodes of Tegamibachi (Letter Bee) titled "Tegamibachi Gakuen" was announced to be bundled with the DVD volume1. They are 3 min long each and will be released on January 27th, 2010. Source: TV Tokyo

17 years ago

Japan's Manga Ranking For Sep 28 - Oct 4

Here is the weekly manga ranking for September 28th - October 4th. *1, 414,722 *,414,722 Bleach vol.41 *2, 235,476 *,235,476 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! vol.26 *3, 124,456 *,124,456 Ohoku vol.5 *4, 119,606 *,119,606 Detroit Metal City vol.8 *5, 113,337 *,113,337 Team Medical Dragon vo...

17 years ago

Mystery Anime Movie Loups=Garous Announced

An official website of a new anime movie "Loups=Garous" was launched on October 6th. It's based on Kyougoku Natsuhiko's sci-fi mystery novel "Loups=Garous Kihisubeki Okami". The movie will be premiered in 2010. A manga adaptation (Amazon) has been published in Monthly Comic Ryu s...

17 years ago