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18 Meter Banner of Evangelion 2.0 Put Up For a Charity Auction

According to Mainichi Online, a 18 meter long banner of "Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance" was put up for a charity auction. An autograph of the director Tsurumaki Kazuya is written on it. Yahoo Auction Picture of the banner It's a special event to celebrate that the movie h...

17 years ago

Adult Game Shukufuku no Campanela To Be Animated

According to the caption of the manga volume 2 on Amazon Japan, an adult PC game "Shukufuku no Campanela (la campanela della benedizione)" was announced to get an anime adaptation. official website of the game Synopsis: The story takes place in a trading city Ert’Aria. Leicester...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Aug 3 - 9

Here is the weekly manga ranking for August 3rd - 9th. *1, 783,827 783,827 Naruto vol.47 *2, 589,661 589,661 Bleach vol.40 *3, 242,745 242,745 Bakuman vol.4 *4, 223,834 223,834 New Prince of Tennis vol.1 *5, 165,014 165,014 Eyeshield 21 vol.36 *6, 139,650 139,650 Toriko vol.5 *7,...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD Ranking For Aug 3 - 9

Here is the weekly DVD sales ranking for August 3rd - 9th. *1, 15,755 762,184 Gake no Ue no Ponyo *2, *7,624 **7,624 Sengoku BASARA vol.2 *3, *4,114 **4,114 Tekkaman Blade DVD-BOX *4, *4,082 *55,644 Kara no Kyoukai 6: Boukyaku Rokuon Limited Edition *5, *3,584 **3,584 Valkyria Ch...

17 years ago

Horror Anime For Kids Kaidan Restaurant Announced

TV Asahi announced a new kids anime "Kaidan Restaurant (Thriller Restaurant)" based on a picture book. It will be aired from this October. Kaidan Restaurant is a horror picture book series for kids and fifty volumes have been published since 1996. Kaidan Restaurant Picture Book o...

17 years ago

Akamatsu Ken Hints Negima Movie [Update Feb 16 2011]

Akamatsu Ken announced in his web diary that they can now initiate "the project" freely because the number of the pre-orders of the new OVA Mahou Sensei Negima! Mouhitotsu no Sekai was large enough. He said he could not explicitly disclose what "the project" is from now since the...

17 years ago

Aniplex Announces Two Original TV Anime

TV Tokyo and Aniplex held a press conference about the launch of a new programming block "Anime no Chinara". They will produce original anime and air in the block. Anime no Chikara official website The first tilte is "So・Ra・No・Wo・To", which was already announced. They also announ...

17 years ago

Short OVA of Hyakko Announced

According to Animate, a 10min long OVA of Hyakko was announced to be released on October 12th. It will be bundled with the manga volume 5 limited edition. OVA in our database. Source: Animate

17 years ago

Gundam Plastic Models Drive 29 Year Old Man Into Attempted Suicide [Update]

Kobe Newspaper reported that a 29 year old man was arrested for setting his own house on fire. A whole two-story house was burnt down. The man deposed that he attempted a suicide because his 55 year old mother threw away his plastic models of Gundam. He dashed heating oil over hi...

17 years ago

OVA of GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class Announced

According to Softmap online shot, an OVA of "GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class" was announced. It will be released on April 2nd, 2010. OVA in our database. Source: Softmap

17 years ago