Anime News

Digital Manga Licenses Hideyuki Kikuchi's Yashakiden Novels and Taimashin Manga Series.

On April 2, 2009, Digital Manga Publishing announced the licensing of two series by Hideyuki Kikuchi, horror novelist and best-known for the novel series Vampire Hunter D. They are: Yashakiden: The Demon Princess and Taimashin: The Red Spider Exorcist. Yashakiden is a 4-volume no...

17 years ago

Light Novel Baka to Test to Shokanju To Be Animated

According to the preview of the June issue of Shounen Ace magazine, Inoue Kenji's light novel "Baka to Test to Shokanju" was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. The manga adaptation will also be announced in the same magazine. Source: Scan of Dragon Age To be aired from Janua...

17 years ago

Japan's Satisfaction and Expectation Ranking for Winter and Spring Anime

Dengeki.com released the results of the anime fans' votes on the best anime aired this winter and the most expected anime to be aired this spring. The votes were held from March 19 till April 1st. "Satisfaction" Ranking for Winter Titles in 2009 (expectation ranks are in parenthe...

17 years ago

"Hall-of-Fame" for Anime, Manga and Video Games to be built in Tokyo.

In an effort to gather the world's attention to Japanese art in the form of anime, manga, video games and contemporary art, as well as preserving these art forms, a budget of 117 billion yen, approximately $1,16 billion, will be used to build the "Hall-of-Fame". At the same time...

17 years ago

The Messy Room of Nodame To Be on Display

An exhibition of "Nodame Cantabile" will be held in Tokyo to celebrate the return of Ninomiya Tomoko from the maternity leave. At the exhibition called "Nodame Cantabile World", Noda Megumi's room filled with garbage will be reproduced and put on display along with 70 illustratio...

17 years ago

Bandai Cancels Kurokami Blu-ray Disc Normal Edition

Bandai Visual announced that they canceled the release of "Kurokami" Blu-ray Disc normal editions for all the eight volumes owing to the various circumstances. The limited edition of Blu-ray and the normal edition of DVD will be released as scheduled. The Amazon DVD/Blu-ray Ranki...

17 years ago

Funimation Acquires Strike Witches and Linebarrels

According to the official blog, Funimation acquired "Strike Witches" and "Kurogane no Linebarrels" from Gonzo. Both of the series will be released in early 2010. Source: Funimation official blog Related topic: GONZO To Be Delisted and One of the Founder Members Leaves the Company

17 years ago

A Professional of Mahjong Comments on Saki

Suda Yoshiki, a professional Mahjong player and the champion of the 5th Jong-Oh tournament, replied to the question about "Saki" on a Mahjong fan's website. Question: Is it possible to remain plus/minus zero in the three consecutive rounds on purpose if there is a large differenc...

17 years ago

SEGA Plans The Third Season of Bakugan

According to Monthly Toy Journal April issue, the president of SEGA TOYS mentioned the third season of "Bakugan Battle Brawlers" in the interview. President Kokubun Isao said a marketing project coupled with the new anime "Bakugan 3" is underway and they are developing an interna...

17 years ago

A Woman Arrested For Threatening The Author of One Piece

Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested a 27 year old woman for threatening Oda Eiichiro (the author of "One Piece"). According to the police, she had a grudge against Oda because he fired her husband, and she sent threatening e-mails (like "Should Die") about 100 times to his cell ph...

17 years ago