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Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Apr 13 - 19

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for Apr 13th - 19th. *1, 325,861 *,862,068 Fullmetal Alchemist vol.22 *2, 164,679 *,164,679 Hayate The Combat Butler! vol.19 *3, 120,212 *,120,212 Life vol.20 *4, 118,010 *,118,010 Kekkaishi vol.24 *5, *99,384 *,*99,384 Ace of Diamond...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD Sales Ranking For Apr 13 - 19

Here is the Anime DVD sales rankings for April 13rd - 19th. **, *4,773 33,086 (Tinker Bell) *1, *2,239 *2,239 Pani Poni Dash! OVA *2, *1,865 *1,865 Neo Angelique Abyss Second Age vol.5 Deluxe Edition *3, **,*** **,*** La Maison en Petits Cubes **, **,*** **,*** (Monsters, Inc.) *...

17 years ago

[Repost] New Manga Episodes of Azumanga Daioh To Be Published

Three new episodes of "Azumanga Daioh" will be published in the new magazine Monthly Shounen Sunday. The first episode will be out on May 12th. Revised editions of Azumanga Daioh will be published from June 11th to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The original four volumes will b...

17 years ago

Movies of Tezuka Osamu's Buddha and Princess Knight

According to Nikkei Newspaper, the president of Tezuka Production revealed two ongoing movie projects of Tezuka Osamu's manga: "Buddha" and "Princess Knight (Ribbon no Kishi)". A new series of "Jungle Taitei" will be aired this summer. The director is Taniguchi Goro ("Code Geass...

17 years ago

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100 Volumes of Guin Saga Novel Republished as Two Huge Books

Hayakawa Shobo announced the released of a special edition of "Guin Saga" novel to celebrate its 30th anniversary. The volumes from 1 to 100 are collected into two 1,064-page B4-sized (25.7 x 36.4 cm) books. The price of the set is 24,150 yen (approx. $240). Source: Hayakawa Guin...

17 years ago

OVA of PSP Game Ken to Mahou to Gakuenmono 2

An OVA will be bundled with the limited edition of an RPG game "Ken to Mahou to Gakuenmono. 2 (Totomono. 2)". It will be released this June on PSP. Totomono. 2 is a 3D Dungeon RPG game developed by AQUIRE ("Tenchu", "Shinobido"). Source: official website

17 years ago

Production IG Produces an Anime PV For Oasis

Oasis's single CD "FALLING DOWN" will be released on May 27th. It's the OP theme of "Higashi no Eden". Production I.G. produced an anime PV called "FALLING DOWN Music Clip: Higashi no Eden Ver." It will be bundled with the limited edition of the CD along with the original clip. S...

17 years ago

Moe OVA For Learning Exercise

An OVA for exercise titled "Issho ni Traning" will be released on April 24th. A 16 year old girl Hinako instructs the viewers on how to push-ups, sit-ups and squats. Cover of the DVD Cover of the DVD 2 Caption of the DVD: Hinata was turned into an anime character when she was 14...

17 years ago

NY Times Manga Best Seller List for the Week Ending April 11, 2009 (Released April 17, 2009)

Graphic Books Best Seller List (Manga) for the Week Ending 11 April 2009 The most interesting entry on this week's list is Gantz, Vol. 4. Also, xxxHolic, Vol. 13, and Negima (both original, Vol. 21, and Neo, Vol. 1) drop off, and Vampire Knight, Vol. 6, and Rosario + Vampire, Vol...

17 years ago

Winners of the 13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize

The winners of the 13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize are as follows: Grand Prize Yoshinaga Fumi ("Ohoku") Tatsumi Yoshihiro ("Gekiga Hyouryuu") Short Story Award Nakamura Hikaru ("Saint Young Men") Creative Award Maruo Suehiro ("Panorama Island") Source: Anime!Anime! Other finalis...

17 years ago