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Full Length Version of Sengoku BASARA OP Dance Anime

According to the official website, a full length version of the OP animation of "Sengoku BASARA" was announced to be released. It's called "Ashigaru Dance" and will be included in a special DVD distributed to those who complete the limited editions of the BASARA DVDs. Sources: GA...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD Ranking For Sep 7 - 13

Here is the weekly DVD sales ranking for September 7th - 13th. *1, 4,731 807,119 Gake no Ue no Ponyo *2, 2,058 *22,158 Mobile Suit Gundam OP/ED Collection vol.1 -20th Century- *3, *,*** ***,*** Mobile Suit Gundam OP/ED Collection vol.1 -21st Century- *4, *,*** ***,*** My Neighbor...

17 years ago

Manga Author of Crayon Shin-chan Goes Missing [Updated Sep 19]

According to Iza News, Usui Yoshito, the manga author of Crayon Shin-chan, has been missing since September 11th. Saitama Prefecture Police is searching for him upon a request by his family. Yomiuri Newspaper reported that Usui left home for a mountain climbing in the morning of...

17 years ago

Manga Author of Barefoot Gen Retires

According to Chugoku Newspaper, Nakazawa Keiji, the author of manga Barefoot Gen, retired from mangaka. Nakazawa announced by himself that his chronic diabetes and cataract got worse, and he doesn't have enough eyesight to draw manga. He apologized that he gave up writing the pla...

17 years ago

Movie King of Thorn To Be Premiered at SITGES Film Festival In Spain

According to the official blog, anime movie King of Thorn will be premiered at 42nd SITGES Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya to be held in Spain from October 2nd. The movie was selected for the Anima't section. King of Thorn official website (with a trailer) It was an...

17 years ago

Disney XD Channel To Air Dubbed Naruto Shippuuden

According to Reuters, VIZ Media cooperated with Disney-ABC Cable Networks and dubbed Naruto: Shippuuden will be aired on a newly launched cable network TV channel Disney XD from this October. English subbed Naruto Shippuuden has been streamed on Crunchyroll and VIZ Media.com sinc...

17 years ago

Manga Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE To End on October 7 [Updated on Sep 19]

According to Weekly Shounen Magazine, CLAMP's manga Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE will end in WSM volume 44 to be released on September 30th. It will be chapter 232. The final tankobon volume 28 will be released on November 17th along with CLAMP's art book. Update on September 19:...

17 years ago

Japan's Anime DVD & Blu-ray Sales Recovers in the 1st Half of Fiscal 2009

According to the report of Japan Video Software Association (JVA), the total sales of the anime DVD and Blu-ray in the first half of fiscal year 2009 increased by 2.3% compared to those of the last year. Chart: Japanese Anime DVD/Blu-ray sales in Japan from 2006 - 2009 (1st half...

17 years ago

Blu-ray Only Extra Short Anime of Taisho Yakyuu Musume.

According to the official website, the Blu-ray volume 1 of Taishou Yakyuu Musume. includes an extra short anime "Kon-ya no Watashi wa Romantic Strike". Synopsis: The members of Ohka-kai heard of a rumor of an equipment called "Kondara", which is essential to baseball. As they dis...

17 years ago

New Anime of Fight Ippatsu Juden-chan

The official website of Fight Ippatsu! Juden-Chan!! streamed a special movie about a "complete edition". The movie shows a trailer of a new episode taking place in a hot spring. It's unknown the new anime is DVD-release only or will be aired in the re-run starting from this Octob...

17 years ago