Anime News

New Anime of Tamagotchi Announced

According to the handbill to toy stores, a new TV anime series of a handheld game device Tamagotchi was announced. "Tamagotchi!" will be aired from October. The first TV series Anime TV de Hakken! Tamagotchi was aired from 1997 till 1998. Source: official announcement Anime plann...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Jun 29 - Jul 5

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for June 29th - July 5th. *1, 351,144 *,351,144 Pluto vol.8 (Final) *2, 260,432 *,260,432 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! vol.25 *3, 256,164 *,423,856 Kuroshitsuji vol.7 *4, 204,432 *,204,432 Gintama vol.29 *5, 130,397 *,130,397 Natsume Yuujin...

17 years ago

Third Season of Shana Follows the OVA Series

According to Animedia August issue, producer Nakayama Nobuhiro said the OVA series "Shakugan no Shana S" is followed by the third season. We launched "Shana Project" with a view to ending the Shana anime series. Before moving on to the third season, we need to describe the backgr...

17 years ago

New Anime

Sori Fumihiko Re-Animates 2001 Nights [Updated]

A new 3D CGI anime of Sori Fumihiko ("Appleseed (2004)", "Vexille - 2077 Nihon Sakoku") was announced on July 8th. "TO" official website The title is "TO" and it's based on Hoshino Yukinobu's manga "2001 Ya Monogatari (2001 Nights)". An OVA of the manga "Space Fantasia 2001 Night...

17 years ago

DVD Extra Anime of Spice and Wolf II and Sora no Manimani

The Blu-ray edition of Spice and Wolf II volume 1 includes an extra short anime of Holo. It will be released on October 7th. The DVD volume 1 of Sora no Manimani includes an extra short anime. It will be released on September 2nd. The audio commentary of Bakemonogatari DVD/Blu-ra...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD Ranking For Jun 29 - Jul 5

Here is the anime DVD sales ranking for June 29th - July 5th. *1, 502,228 502,228 Gake no Ue no Ponyo Normal Edition *2, *19,861 *19,861 Clannad ~After Story~ vol.8 Limited Edition *3, *10,172 *10,172 Sengoku BASARA vol.1 *4, **4,377 *18,877 Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows...

17 years ago

Robot Manga Break Blade To Be Animated [Updated Apr 10]

According to the official blog, Yoshinaga Yunosuke's manga "Break Blade" was announced to get an anime adaptation. The detail of the anime project will be given in the blog later. Break Blade manga had initially been serialized in Monthly Shounen Blood since 2006 and was transfer...

17 years ago

Short Gundam Film of Tomino Yoshiyuki

According to Gundam 30th Anniversary website, a short film of gundam titled "Ring of Gundam" will be shown at Gundam Big Expo to be held from August 21st - 23rd. It's produced by director Tomino Yoshiyuki. "Ring of Gundam" is a tentative title of Turn A Gundam. It's unknown if th...

17 years ago

New Noitamina Anime Kuchu Buranko Announced

According to Newtype magazine August issue, a new anime "Kuuchuu Buranko" was announced. It will be aired in Noitamina block from this October. Kuuchuu Buranko is originally a novel written by Okuda Hideo. The novel won the 131st Naoki Prize in 2004 and a TV drama adaptation was...

17 years ago

Japan's Satisfaction and Expectation Ranking for Spring and Summer Anime

Dengeki.com released the results of the anime fans' votes on the best anime aired this spring and the most expected anime to be aired this summer. The vote was held from June 19th till July 1st. "Satisfaction" Ranking for Spring Titles in 2009 (expectation ranks are in parenthese...

17 years ago