Anime News

An Anime Fan Sets Up A Company To Produce Isshoni Training

Trend Gyao interviewed the president of Primastea, the producer of "Isshoni Training". The president Nakagawa Munenari founded the company by a self-capital investment and wrote the scenario of the anime for himself. He wanted to do something so ridiculous that nobody dared to ch...

17 years ago

Mangaka Kawaguchi Kaiji Breaks a Bone of His Right Arm

Mangaka Kawaguchi Kaiji (the author of "Zipang") fell from the bicycle on a slippery road and broke the right radius bone. The publication of "Zipang" was suspended from Morning magazine vol.23. Kawaguchi will have a rehabilitation to resume the series at the end of this month. K...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Apr 27 - May 3

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for Apr 27th - May 3rd. *1, 504,024 *,504,024 Naruto vol.46 *2, 158,334 *,158,334 Ouran High School Host Club vol.14 *3, 103,333 *,103,333 Eyeshield 21 vol.35 *4, *94,300 *,*95,300 Claymore vol.16 *5, *83,917 *,190,915 Mei-chan no Shi...

17 years ago

Kara no Kyoukai 7th Chapter Due This August [Updated]

According to Newtype June issue, Kara no Kyoukai 7: Satsujin Kousatsu (Part 2) will be premiered in August. The final chapter had been announced to be shown in the theaters early this spring. Kondo Hikaru, the president of ufotable, said in his diary that the production of the fi...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD Sales Ranking For Apr 27 - May 3

Here is the Anime DVD sales rankings for April 27th - May 3rd. **, 15,278 60,389 (Wall-E) **, *9,976 52,470 (Wall-E 2-Disc Special Edition) *1, *8,253 10,850 Isshoni Training *2, *4,119 29,107 Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Movie Gurren-hen *3, *4,075 24,159 Code Geass - Hangyaku no...

17 years ago

The Final Episode of Sengoku BASARA Is DVD Release Only [Update]

According to AT-X Shop, the episode 13 of "Sengoku BASARA" will be released as an OVA. It's separately packaged in the volume 7 of the DVD series and will be released on January 6th, 2010. Sources: Official website AT-X Shop The episode 13 is a side story. Maeda Toshiie and Matsu...

17 years ago

EA's Game Dante's Inferno To Be Animated [Update]

According to the official diary of Umetsu Yasuomi (the director of "Kite Liberator"), he'll direct a short anime of Electronic Arts's upcoming game "Dante's Inferno". Multiple anime movies approximately 10min long will be produced by Japanese and Korean anime production studios....

17 years ago

AMPAS To Hold a Japanese Anime Exhibition In Beverly Hills [Update]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will hold an exhibition of Japanese TV and Film anime called "ANIME! High Art – Pop Culture" from May 15th till August 23rd. The official website on Oscar.org About 400 items such as the key animations, movies, character mod...

17 years ago

Japanese Manga Fans Desire a Live Action Movie Adaptation of SLAM DUNK

Oricon surveyed on the most desired live action movie/drama adaptation of manga by the Japanese fans. "Slam Dunk" got the top in the ranking. Here is the top 10: *1, Slam Dunk *2, One Piece *3, Kimi ni Todoke *4, Bokura ga Ita *5, Monster *6, Gintama *7, Ouran High School Host Cl...

17 years ago

A Man Earns $100,000 By Selling Fake Autographs of Mangaka

There has been a strong suspicions against a man who put up his collections of the autographs of popular Mangaka for Yahoo Auction. Yoshida Kenichi (the character designer of "Eureka Seven") confirmed that all the autographs claimed to be Yoshida's were fake. According to Rocket...

17 years ago