Anime News

Kadokawa's Magazine Apologizes For Publishing a Light Novel Without Permission

The editors of Kadokawa's light novel magazine "The Sneaker" apologized to Asai Labo for publishing his light novel "Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryuu to Odoru" without his permission. According to Asai's blog, there was a dispute between Kadokawa Shoten and him two years ago. He quit The...

17 years ago

Theater Release of Eve no Jikan Complete Edition Announced [Update Nov 4]

According to the official website, a complete edition of "Eve no Jikan" will be released as a movie. It will be premiered after the episode 6 is aired online on September 1st. The Blu-ray editions are also announced to be released. The streaming of the episode 4 was started on Ma...

17 years ago

New OVA of AIKa Announced

A new OVA series of "AIKa" was announced. The title is "AIKa: ZERO" and the Blu-ray and DVD volume1 will be released on August 25th. Cover Art of Blu-ray/DVD Duration: 30min x 3 episodes Release schedule (temporal): vol.2 Oct 27th vol.3 Dec 22nd Source: Web Anime Style Staff Gene...

17 years ago

TV Anime Series of Tegamibachi Confirmed

According to Jump Square June issue, Asada Hiroyuki's manga "Tegamibachi (Letter Bee)" was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. It will be aired from October 2009. A special one-shot episode of Tegamibachi was produced last year for Jump Super Anime Tour. Sources: Scan of Jump...

17 years ago

Producers Intend Gundam 00 For Male Fans

Animage Original magazine volume 3 had an interview with Mizushima Seiji and Kuroda Yosuke. They told their reflections on the directions of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00". Mizushima: I guess the story was oriented to the adult audiences too much. Kuroda: So we want the producer of the...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Apr 20 - 26

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for Apr 20th - 26th. *1, 106,998 106,998 Mei-chan no Shitsuji vol.9 *2, *97,978 262,657 Hayate The Combat Butler! vol.19 *3, *95,104 *95,104 Giant Killing vol.10 *4, *94,557 956,625 Fullmetal Alchemist vol.22 *5, *90,741 208,751 Kekka...

17 years ago

Shinkai Makoto Comes Back Home From One Year Stay in London [Updated]

According to the official website, Shinkai Makoto came back to Japan this month. He had been in London since February 2008 and not been working on anime movie production. Last August, he said he'd like to produce a new anime when he comes back to Tokyo. Presumably, he will set ou...

17 years ago

Central Park Media Goes Bankrupt

Central Park Media Corp. filed for Chapter 7 and went bankrupt on April 27th. The amount of debt is $1.2 million. Central Park Media was established by John O'Donnell in 1990 and it's one of the oldest Japanese anime distributors in US. The company sold "Mobile Police Patlabor",...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD Sales Ranking For Apr 20 - 26

Here is the Anime DVD sales rankings for April 20th - 26th. **, 45,111 45,111 (Wall-E) **, 42,494 42,494 (Wall-E 2-Disc Special Edition) *1, 24,988 24,988 Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Movie Gurren-hen Limited Edition *2, 20,084 20,084 Code Geass - Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 vol.9 *with...

17 years ago

FUNimation Acquires Heat Guy J

According to the official blog, FUNimation acquired "HeatGuy J" and its DVD extra episode. It will be released in a complete box set later this year. This series was directed by Akane Kazuki ("Escaflowne", "Noein - Mou Hitori no Kimi e", "Tetsuwan Birdy Decode") and produced by S...

17 years ago