Anime News

Yaoi Press Publisher Arrested for Drug Operation

Yamila Abraham, the founder of Las Vegas based OEL yaoi publisher Yaoi Press, has been arrested yesterday on charges of illegal drug distribution. Abraham was operating a website called Pleasure Herbs, through which she sold doses of dextromethorphan hydrobromide (an active ingre...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD Ranking For Sep 14 - 20

Here is the weekly DVD sales ranking for September 14th - 20th. *1, 5,845 **5,845 K-ON! vol.3 DVD **, 5,580 **5,580 Winter Sonata Making Video *2, 4,245 811,364 Gake no Ue no Ponyo *3, 3,056 **3,056 Hayate the Combat Butler!! vol.2 DVD *4, *,*** ***,*** Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Mir...

17 years ago

Olympic Gold Medalist Turns Voice Actor

Well, not exactly a full time thing, Kitajima Kousuke who won gold medals for the Men's 100m and 200m Breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics, will be voicing the original character "Pirate Kitajima" of the "Fishman pirates" in the new One Piece movie, One...

17 years ago

Final TV Anime of Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3 Announced [Update Sep 24]

According to Narinari news, the final TV anime of Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3 ~Kurenai no Tsuki~ was announced at KOEI's event Neo Romance 15th Anniversary. KOEI also announced the release of La Corda D'Oro 3 in the next Spring on Playstation 2 and PSP. The story takes place eig...

17 years ago

The Body of Usui Yoshito Identified [Update Sep 21]

According to NNN breaking news, Gunma Prefecture Police identified the body found in Arafune mountain as Usui Yoshito, the manga author of Crayon Shin-chan. He was found at the foot of a cliff called Tomoiwa (Picture). Usui has already handed the manuscripts of Crayon Shin-chan m...

17 years ago

Anime Singer Suara Gets Married

According to the official blog. anime song singer Suara got married to an anime song composer & arranger Fujita Junpei (Rosario + Vampire OP, Wagaya no Oinari-sama. OP, Kamichu! ED). They met each other in the production of Blue Drop ~Tenshi-tachi no Gikyoku~ ED theme song "Tsubo...

17 years ago

Artificial Teeth Manufacturer Uses Plastic Models of Zaku For a Job Exam

According to Mainichi News, an artificial teeth manufacturer Bitec Global Japan will introduce plastic models of Mobile Suit Char Custom Zaku to the employment examination. They will evaluate the practical skills of the applicants for the dental craftsmen. The applicants are divi...

17 years ago

Kamiya Akira Dismissed From Kogoro's VA in Detective Conan [Update Oct 28]

According to the official blog, Kamiya Akira was dismissed from the voice actor of Mouri Kogoro in Detective Conan. He didn't reveal the detail of the reason for the dismissal but he said he had only himself to blame. He explained that "There was an issue in the contract. It's a...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Sep 7 - 13

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking for September 7th - 13th. *1, 366,160 1,487,845 One Piece vol.55 *2, 355,500 *,355,500 Kimi ni Todoke vol.9 *3, 154,506 *,324,522 Ouran High School Host Club vol.15 *4, 130,932 *,334,682 Gintama vol.30 *5, 128,792 *,128,792 Worst Gaiden *6,...

17 years ago

Shueisha Apologizes For Description of Risk Behavior in Manga Sket Dance

According to J-Cast, readers of Weekly Shounen Jump vol.42 pointed out that the descriptions of the inhalation of helium gas in manga Sket Dance chapter 105 is extremely dangerous. Shueisha made an apology in the Weekly Shounen Jump official website that they were unaware of the...

17 years ago