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VIZ Media Cooperates With FUNimation

VIZ Media announced an affiliation with FUNimation. Five titles will be aired in US through FUNimation Channel. The titles licensed are as follows: Busou Renkin Honey and Clover Hunter x Hunter Monster NANA The presence of Japanese animation has been diminishing from the US TV pr...

17 years ago

Third Season of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Announced

According to Weekly Shounen Magazine vol.21, the third season of "Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei" was announced to be aired from this July. The title is "Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei". Staff Director: Shinbou Akiyuki Character Designer & Art Director: Morioka Hideyuki ("Sayonara Zetsub...

17 years ago

Ryukishi07 and PEACH-PIT Collaborate In a New PSP Game

KONAMI announced a new mystery game "Okamikakushi" on PSP. The director is Ryukishi07 (the creator of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" game) and the character designers are Peach-Pit (the manga authors of "Rozen Maiden"). Translation of the caption: Is it god or a wolf? Fear and myste...

17 years ago

Live Action Movie of Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora Announced

According to Dengeki bootleg mail magazine, "Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora" was announced to get a live action movie adaptation. The detail of the movie will be out on June 10th. The live action TV drama of the anime was aired in 2006. Ishida Miku (official blog) played Akiba Ri...

17 years ago

Veteran Seiyu Fails To Find A Job

VA Takimoto Fujiko revealed in her blog that she has recently been scarce of jobs and she couldn't even participate in the auditions of the Spring-term anime. She said the producers tend to employ newface Seiyu with low guaranteed fee or popular idol Seiyu. The guaranteed fees of...

17 years ago

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Noitamina Suffers From the Discrepancy between Rating and DVD Sales

Tsukuru magazine May issue reported the present situation of anime. In one of the articles, they focused on Fuji TV's programming block "Noitamina", which targets at the young female audiences. Matsuzaki Yoko, the chief program organizer, feels that the Noitamina business scheme...

17 years ago

VIZ Media To Publish Takahashi Rumiko's New Series Online

VIZ Media announced the launch of a new website "The Rumic World.com" on April 22nd for Takahashi Rumiko fans in US . Her new series "Kyoukai no RINNE" will be published on the website simultaneously with the release in Japan. Source: Anime!Anime!

17 years ago

Miyazaki Hayao Talks About His Encounter With Tezuka Osamu

Miyazaki Hayao talked about his encounter with Tezuka Osamu's works for the first time. He confessed the admiration for and the repulsion against the great Mangaka. "I've been struggling with Tezuka for long. Words like indebtedness or gratitude cannot describe my feeling toward...

17 years ago

Second Season of Hetalia Axis Powers Announced

According to Mainichi Online, the second season of "Hetalia Axis Powers" was announced to be aired online for PC and mobile phones. The new season is also a 26-episode series and will start in or after this summer. Source: Mainichi Source: Hetalia official website

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Apr 6 - 12

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for Apr 6th - 12th. *1, 536,207 *,536,207 Fullmetal Alchemist vol.22 *2, 205,197 *,681,808 Bleach vol.38 *3, 174,158 *,439,464 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! vol.24 *4, 157,792 *,387,015 Gintama vol.28 *5, 122,283 *,462,830 Detective Conan vo...

17 years ago