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Special Episode of Hidamari Sketch x365 Announced [Update]

At an event "Chou Hidamatsuri Z" held on April 5th, special episode(s) of "Hidamari Sketch x 365" was announced to be released. The release date and the number of episodes haven't been given yet. Source: MOONPHASE Source: Hidamari Sketch official website Update According to the p...

17 years ago

Mangaka Sato Shuuhou Reveals His Salary

Sato Shuuhou (the author of "Say Hello to Black Jack") disclosed on his website the amount of payment for a manuscript and the royalties for the Tankobon. He said manga authors go into the red only with the payments for the publication in the magazines. When a manga series gets p...

17 years ago

Funimation Acquires FMA2 and Streams Seven Toei Animation Titles

Funimation announced the acquisition of the license of "Fullmetal Alchemist 2" and will stream the programs with English subtitles on www.funimation.com/video within days of the airing in Japan. According to MyCom Journal, the episode 1 will be streamed at noon on April 9th. Sour...

17 years ago

The Second Airing of Haruhi Is Confirmed To Be a 28 Episode Series

Online magazine Gigazine inquired from TV Saitama about the "reairing" of "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" and confirmed there will be 28 episodes. The staff of TV Saitama didn't know the order of the episodes and when the new episodes will be aired. Source: Gigazine J-Cast al...

17 years ago

Evangelion Live Action Drama Is Not an April Fools Joke

Yahoo Japan announced on April 2nd that a live action TV drama of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" will be produced as a promotion movie of "Rebuild of Evangelion: 2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE". An online votes on the cast of the drama was held on April 1st and it was considered to be an A...

17 years ago

[Retraction] Japanese TV Companies Give a Warning to KeyHoleTV

This news was retracted. Dr. Tamabechi announced in his blog that the e-mail he received turned out to be a fake. Association of Copyright for Computer Software (ACCS) looked into the case immediately after the news was reported by the mass media and confirmed no one sent such an...

17 years ago

Funimation Channel on Veoh.com

Funimation opened an official anime channel on Veoh.com. The titles streamed on the channel are as follows: Tsukuyomi -MOON PHASE- xxxHOLiC Sousei no Aquarion Suzuka Glass no Kantai Jyu Oh Sei Ghost Hunt Mushishi Mr. Stain on Junk Alley Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- According to...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Mar 23 - 29

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for March 23rd - 29th. *1, 403,527 *,403,527 Saint Young Men vol.3 *2, 162,020 *,253,479 Soul Eater vol.14 *3, 144,942 1,200,073 NANA vol.21 *4, *97,352 *,*97,352 Hellsing vol.10 *5, *88,689 *,*88,689 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya...

17 years ago

Anime Market In US Shrinks By 42% In Four Years

Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO) released a report of the Japanese content business in North America. The report showed a steep shrinkage of the anime market in US between 2003 and 2007 (See the chart in the spoiler). The anime market in US mostly consists of the sales of...

17 years ago

GONZO To Be Delisted and One of the Founder Members Leaves the Company [Updated]

Murahama Shouji announced in his blog that he left GONZO and established a new anime company "Lambda Film". He is one of the founders of GONZO and produced "Last Exile", "Full Metal Panic!", "Samurai 7" etc. Source: Murahama's blog GDH abandoned its subsidiary online game company...

17 years ago