Anime News

Funimation licenses Spice and Wolf

According to Animenewsnetwork.com, Funimation announced at their panel at Anime Boston on Saturday that they have obtained the rights to the first season of the Spice and Wolf series. Funimation also announced they plan to ship the series towards the end of this year or the early...

17 years ago

Licenses

Extremely Low Salary of Japanese Animators

Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) held a symposium about the working environment of Japanese animators in Tokyo on May 22nd. They reported that the average annual income of animators is considerably lower than that of normal office workers and 47% of them haven't sign...

17 years ago

Chinese Supreme Court Refuses To Revoke Fake Trademarks of Crayon Shin-chan

Futabasha, the publisher of "Crayon Shin-chan", lost a lawsuit over the trademark rights of Shin-chan, which was acquired by unrelated Chinese companies before Futabasha did. Chinese Supreme Court admitted the viciousness of the fake trademarks but rejected Futabasha's demand for...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For May 11 - 17

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for May 11th - 17th. *1, 124,638 *,124,638 Fairy Tail vol.15 *2, 112,824 *,112,824 Mahou Sensei Negima! vol.26 *3, *99,994 *,*99,994 Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE vol.27 *4, *76,035 *,*76,035 Bloody Monday vol.11 *5, *65,529 *,864,708 N...

17 years ago

The Most Frequently Played Anime Song Outside Japan Is Ashita no Nadja BGM

Japanese copyright collection society JASRAC announced the winners of JASRAC Award 2009. Songs are ranked according to the amount of the rental fees paid to JASRAC during the fiscal year 2008 . It reflects how frequently a give song is used in TV / radio programs, movies, DVD, Ka...

17 years ago

US Manga Magazine Shojo Beat To Be Discontinued

"Shojo Beat", a Shojo manga magazine published in US, was announced to be discontinued this summer. The final issue will be released on June 19th. Shojo Beat was first issued in 2005 and currently publishes Honey and Clover and Vampire Knight. According to VIZ Media, they decided...

17 years ago

Plans for Live Action "Paradise Kiss"

Fox International is currently negotiating in making the hit manga "Paradise Kiss" into a Live Action movie. Although the production company haven't started production they are stating to be willing to put US$3-4 million into the project. Currently Fox Int. is working together wi...

17 years ago

Live Action

Japan's Weekly DVD Ranking for May 11 - 17

Here is the Anime DVD sales rankings for May 11th - 17th. *1, 4,200 *4,200 Minami-ke Okaeri vol.2 **, 3,629 73,088 (Wall-E) *2, 2,607 17,144 Clannad ~After Story~ vol.6 Limited Edition **, 2,333 60,074 (Wall-E 2-Disc Special Edition) *3, 2,066 *2,066 One Piece 9th Season vol.17 *...

17 years ago

Gatoh Shoji Starts a New Novel Before Finishing Full Metal Panic [Update Jan 6]

According to the handbill of GAGAGA Bunko, Gatoh Shoji will start a new novel on the publisher. Gatoh was planning to publish the final volume of "Full Metal Panic!" novel when Sakura bloom but they have already gone in Japan. Sources: Scan of the handbill Gatoh's official blog U...

17 years ago

ALSDEAD to Debut in America at A-Kon 20

ALSDEAD, a J-rock band formerly known as Dice & Joker, will be making their first appearance in America at A-Kon 20. Due to the cancellation of LM.C's appearance, Camino is now listed as the headliner, with ALSDEAD as the opening act for the concert on Friday, May 29th. Source: A...

17 years ago