Anime News

Controversy over Manga of Hitler's Mein Kampf

Japanese publisher East Press released a manga edition of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" last November. It's a part of a series "Manga de Doppa", which publishes classical literatures such as Goethe's Faust and Dante's La Divina Commedia, as manga books. Manga Mein Kampf on Amazon J...

17 years ago

Chinese Studio Admits They Plagiarized 5cm Per Second

According to Record China, Liuzhou Lan Hai technologies Ltd. admitted that they have plagiarized part of Shinkai Makoto's anime movie "5 Centimeters per Second" for their new anime "心霊之窓 (Window of the heart)". The spokesperson claimed they failed to find out their subcontractor'...

17 years ago

A "Dangerous" Episode of Sora no Otoshimono To Be Unaired

According to Anime Newtype Channel, Sora no Otoshimono was announced to be 14 episodes long. However, one of the episodes won't be aired on TV since the episode is too "dangerous". Source: Anime Newtype Channel The PR posters of Sora no Otoshimono were displayed at a railway stat...

17 years ago

Winners of 14th Animation Kobe Awards

The winners of the 14th Animation Kobe Awards (Wikipedia) are as follows: Individual Award: Kato Kunio ("La Maison en Petits Cubes") Special Award: Yukimuro Shun-ichi (script of "Sazae-san") Feature Film Award: WALL-E TV Feature Award: Higashi no Eden Network Media Award: The Mel...

17 years ago

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TV Anime of Russian Character Cheburashka Announced [Update Oct 4]

TV Tokyo announced a new TV anime featuring a Russian character Cheburashka. "Cheburashka Arere?" will be aired from October 7th. Cheburashka TV official website Staff Director: Kudo Susumu ("Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de") Series Organizer: Shimada Michiru ("Shugo Chara!")...

17 years ago

Special Mahjong Tournament For the Memorial Service of Akagi Shigeru

On September 27th, Fukumoto Nobuyuki and Kindai Mahjong magazine will hold a memorial service on the tenth anniversary of Akagi Shigeru's death in the manga "Ten". A mahjong tournament will be held for the service and the entrants chosen by lot will play mahjong with Fukumoto. An...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Aug 24 - 30 [Completed]

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking for August 24th - 30th. *1, 241,633 *,241,633 Glass Mask vol.44 *2, 158,414 *,158,414 Mei-chan no Shitsuji vol.10 *3, 102,917 *,486,003 Detective Conan vol.65 *4, *89,308 *,*89,308 Clover vol.22 *5, *83,326 1,020,965 Nodame Cantabile vol.22...

17 years ago

A.D. Vision officially closed.

A.D. Vision will split its assets into four newly created companies. Each company will take over a certain area of A.D. Vision. Film library assets and other intellectual properties were sold to AEsir Holdings, account servicing and distribution operations were sold to SXION 23 (...

17 years ago

25 Year Old Man Arrested For Threatening VA Kadowaki Mai

Nihon TV News reported that a 25 year old jobless man was arrested for threatening seiyuu Kadowaki Mai. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, he sent her office a letter "I'll kill your parents within a month." last November. The man has confessed to the crime and said...

17 years ago

Manga Baka Kyoudai To Be Animated

According to TV Asahi, Adachi Tetsu's manga "Baka Kyoudai" was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. The title is "Gokyoudai Monogatari" and It will be aired from October 10th. Gokyoudai official website The story is about small twin sister and brother. Their parents are workin...

17 years ago