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Andrew W.K. records Gundam Rock Album

After releasing some Japanese pop rock song covers in 2008, Andrew W.K. was contacted by the owners of the Gundam franchise, Sunrise Inc. where they wanted him to produce and record rock interpretations of classical Gundam songs. The tracklisting for the album being released in S...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Aug 10 - 16

Here is the weekly manga ranking for August 10th - 16th. *1, 849,067 *,849,067 Fullmetal Alchemist vol.23 *2, 733,157 *,741,664 Nodame Cantabile vol.22 *3, 275,213 *,275,213 3 Gatsu no Lion vol.3 *4, 177,698 *,961,525 Naruto vol.47 *5, 126,979 *,716,640 Bleach vol.40 *6, *96,205...

17 years ago

Novel Author of Kaze no Stigma Passes Away

According to Fujimishobo, Yamato Takahiro, the author of Kaze no Stigma, passed away on July 20th. He had been suffering from Leukemia. Kaze no Stigma novel ended incomplete. Source: Fujimishobo Updated on December 28th The final volume of Kaze no Stigma novel will be released in...

17 years ago

Blu-ray Only Extra Short Anime of NEEDLESS

According to Presepe, the Blu-ray and DVD volume 1 of NEEDLESS will be released on November 27th. An extra short anime "Saint Lily Gakuen no Himitsu Episode 1" will be bundled with the Blu-ray edition. Source: Presepe

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD Ranking For Aug 10 - 16

*1, 16,235 778,419 Gake no Ue no Ponyo **, *3,015 *23,611 (Madagascar 2 Special Edition) *2, *2,354 940,189 My Neighbor Totoro *3, **,*** ***,*** Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack 30th Anniversary Collection *4, **,*** ***,*** Kara no Kyoukai 6: Boukyaku Rokuon Limited Edi...

17 years ago

Visitors of Comiket 76 Empty Out ATM

According to J-Cast, some ATMs of Japan Post Bank placed at Comiket 76 emptied out due to the extremely large amount of the withdrawal by the visitors. Japan Post Bank admitted the incident and apologized for the inconvenience. The ATMs were back to normal in a few hours. Comiket...

17 years ago

New OVA of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Announced [Update]

According to Natalie.mu, a new OVA of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei was announced to be released. It will be bundled with the manga volume 19. Since Zetsubou Sensei manga has been published every three months, it's scheduled to be released around November 17th. The limited edition of...

17 years ago

"Keion" Live Concert Held At K-ON! Model School

Kyoto Newspaper reported that a keion (light music) live concert was held at the model school of K-ON! on August 1st. The keion club members of the neighboring high schools played the theme songs of K-ON! in the costumes of the anime. Picture of the concert The model school is th...

17 years ago

Robot Anime Sengoku Gyoujin Dullahan

An official website of a new robot anime project "Sengoku Gyoujin DULLAHAN Kagen no Keishousha (The Inheritor of the Crescent Moon)" was launched on August 14th. It's originally a winner of the grand prize of Miyagi Sendai Animation Contest 2008. Dullahan official website The sto...

17 years ago

Miyazaki Hayao's Eulogy For the Late Kanada Yoshinori

Miyazaki Hayao looked back on the memory of the late Kanada Yoshinori. Miyazaki and Kanada had worked together on six Ghibli movies from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind till Princess Mononoke. When Miyazaki was producing Castle in the Sky, he came up with a new system. He divi...

17 years ago