Anime News

Nodame Cantabile Third Season Postponed Until January 2010

According to the official website, the third season of Nodame Cantabile titled "Nodame Cantabile Finale" will be aired from January 2010. The final chapter of the series was first announced to be aired this autumn. Staff Director: Kon Chiaki Series Organizer: Nakajima Kazuki ("Te...

17 years ago

VIZ Media To Publish 30 Volumes of One Piece Manga in Half A Year

VIZ Media announced at Anime Expo 2009 that they will release "One Piece" vol.24 - 53 during the first half of 2010 (January - June). They intend to shorten the gap between the release in Japan and US. Source: Anime!Anime! Related topic: Viz gearing up for rapid release of 11 new...

17 years ago

Joost withdraws from free video distribution.

Joost, established in 2007 and one of the pioneers within audio and video streaming, announced on the 30th of June that they would stop with offering free video distribution to the public. The reason for this was said to be the difficulty of making money from advertising and rece...

17 years ago

Bandai's Anime Songs To Be Available in US iTune Store

Bandai Vidual and its subsidiary music label Lantis announced that their anime songs will be available for download in US iTune Store this summer. Beginning with JAM Project songs, they will add anime songs of Hirano Aya, Ali Project, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and Lucky...

17 years ago

Music Producer of NARUTO Passes Away

Kobari Katsunosuke, the music producer of NARUTO TV series and movies, passed away on July 2nd. He was 54 years old and had been suffering from pancreatic cancer. He formed a rock band Musashi in 1991 and produced the sound tracks of NARUTO under the name of "Musashi Project". So...

17 years ago

Manga Dance in the Vampire Bund To Be Animated [Update]

According to Comic Flapper magazine August issue, Tamaki Nozomu's "Dance in the Vampire Bund" was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. Source: Cover of Comic Flapper Ref. Cast of the drama CD Mina Tepes: Yuuki Aoi Kaburagi Akira: Nakamura Yuichi Vera: Kaida Yuko Saegusa Yuki:...

17 years ago

Wine Manga Kami no Shizuku Wins Gourmand World Cookbook Award Hall of Fame

According to Asahi.com, Aoki Yuya's Sommelier manga Kami no Shizuku won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award "Hall of Fame". It's for the first time that a Japanese book wins the French award. Eight volumes of the French edition of Kami no Shizuku has been published in France and we...

17 years ago

Narita Ryohgo's Light Novel Durarara!! To Be Animated [Update]

According to the cover note of the novel, Narita Ryohgo's light novel "Durarara!!" was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. The cover of the novel vol.1 Staff Director: Ohmori Takahiro ("Natsume Yuujinchou", "Baccano!") Series Organizer: Takagi Noboru ("Baccano!") Original Nov...

17 years ago

Making Video of Ponyo Postponed Due to an Elementary Mistake

Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment announced that the release of "Gake no Ue no Ponyo" DVD Special edition was postponed until December on account of the production status. The special edition includes a 12 hour long making movie of Ponyo and a video of Hisaishi Joe's concert....

17 years ago

Irregular Airing Style of Bakemonogatari

According to the interview with director Shinbo and producer Iwakami, "Bakemonogatari" will be 15 episode long. The programming block of the TV channel accommodates only 12 episodes, so they plan to stream the rest of the three episodes on the official website for free. Director...

17 years ago