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Kurokami DVD Only Extra Episode

According to the official website, an extra episode of Kurokami will be included in the final volume of Blu-ray/DVD. A preview of the episode titled "Side Story: Tora to Tsubasa (Tiger and Wing)" will be held on August 9th at Young GanGan Fes. Synopsis of the episode: Half a year...

17 years ago

FUNimation Achieves Steady Growth In 2008

According to the annual business report of Navarre Corporation, the total sales of FUNimation in the fiscal year 2008 was about $70 million. It achieved more than 10% growth in the sales compared to that of 2007 (estimated to be $61 million). FUNimation stated that 46% of their s...

17 years ago

18 Meter Monument of Tetsujin 28-go About To Be Completed

According to the official website of "KOBE Tetsujin Project", the 18 meter monument of Tetsujin 28-go will be completed soon and put on public viewing this August. The poster of the monument The recent progress report has pictures of the huge parts being assembled in a factory. R...

17 years ago

Niconico To Stream New Anime Ontama!

According to 7andY online shop, comedian Hurricanes Maeda's manga "Ontama!" was announced to get an online anime adaptation. It's a five-episode series and will be aired on Niconico Anime Channel from August 7th. Ontama! volume 1 Cover Ontama! anime official website Ontama! is a...

17 years ago

Underwear Manga Chu-Bra!! To Be Animated

According to the July issue of Comic High! magazine, Nakata Yumi's manga "Chu-Bra!!" was announced to get an anime adaptation. Synopsis: Hayama Nayu is a junior high school girl, who has a strong principle in the way of wearing underwear. She is able to see if women around her ar...

17 years ago

Adapts Manga New Anime

Director Yamamoto Yutaka Produces a Short Anime of Tonari no 801-chan

According to GIGAZINE, a 90-second OP-style anime of manga "Tonari no 801-chan" was announced to be produced by Yamamoto Yutaka and A-1 Pictures. The short anime titled "Tonari no 801-chan R" will be bundled with the volume 4 of the manga to be released on September 10th. The new...

17 years ago

Kara no Kyoukai Characters Used for the PR of Awa Odori Festival

ufotable created a poster for the PR of Awa Odori Festival to be held this August. The characters of the anime movie "Kara no Kyoukai", Ryougi Shiki and Kokuto Mikiya were drawn. Picture of the poster ufotable opened a new studio in Tokushima last April and Tokushima City Sightse...

17 years ago

Second Season of Queen's Blade Announced

The second season of "Queen's Blade: Rurou no Senshi" was announced at the end of the final episode aired on AT-X channel. The subtitle of the second season is "Gyokuza wo Tsugu Mono (The one who succeeds the throne)" and the English title is "QUEEN'S BLADE and the evil eye" Sour...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Jun 8 - 14

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for June 8th - 14th. *1, 279,275 1,450,417 One Piece vol.54 *2, 135,027 *,667,580 Bleach vol.39 *3, 100,338 *,100,486 Drop vol.7 *4, *91,132 *,391,762 D.Gray-man vol.18 *5, *79,463 *,176,353 Vampire Knight vol.10 *6, *67,541 *,267,910...

17 years ago

Second Season of Sengoku BASARA Announced

A second season of Sengoku BASARA was announced at the end of the 12th episode of the first TV series that aired tonight in Japan. It will premiere in 2010. The official website of the show has also confirmed this information. Update According to Mainichi Online, the second seaso...

17 years ago