Anime News

US Premiere Date of Ponyo

Walt Disney will premiere "Gake no Ue no Ponyo (Ponyo on a Cliff)" in US on August 14th. This is the fourth time for Studio Ghibli's films to be shown nationwidely in US. Despite its popularity, Ghibli films have never been a big hit in US. Even the most successful title. "Spirit...

17 years ago

George Lucas Chooses Nishimata Aoi for Star Wars Art Book Project

According to the official blog, Nishimata Aoi (the character designer of "Shuffle!") joins the worldwide "Star Wars Art Book" project. More than one hundred illustrators from all over the world participate in the project, and Nishimata was chosen by George Lucas as one of the two...

17 years ago

Mazinger Z Figure Priced $20,000

Bandai announced a new figure of "Mazinger Z" for the 35 anniversary of Chougoukin figure series. Picture of the figure The 60 centimeter high figure is priced 2,000,000 yen (approx. $20,800) and made of carbon and titanium. They will accept the pre-ordering from this autumn. Sou...

17 years ago

Nintendo Wii Publishes Matsumoto Leiji New Manga

Matsumoto Leiji's new manga "Gin no Koshika (Out of Galaxy KOSHIKA)" was announced to be published on Nintendo Wii Shopping Channel. The first episode will be out on April 14th. For the fans outside Japan, the manga is subbed in English. Synopsis On September 9th, A.D. 2099, a ti...

17 years ago

Netcomics to Release Five Yaoi Titles in 2009

Netcomics announced Friday that they were releasing five yaoi titles (online and in print) in 2009. Netcomics primarily publishes online manga and manwha, and later usually only publishes some titles in print, depending on online demand. These titles will be available for online...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly DVD Sales Ranking for Mar 16 - 22

Here is the Anime DVD sales rankings for March 16th - 22nd. *1, *8,248 33,735 La Maison en Petits Cubes *2, *5,036 *5,036 Eiga Yes! Precure 5 GoGo! Okashi no Kuni no Happy Birthday Limited Edition *3, **,*** **,*** Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Mirai-hen vol.7 *4, **,*** **,*** The Sky...

17 years ago

Kurogane no Linebarrels DVD Special Extra Episode

The volume 9 of "Kurogane no Linebarrels" DVD includes an extra episode "Tensai Bishoujo Kagakusha Rachel-chan Episode 1". The DVD will be released on August 26th. "Rachel-chan" manga has been published in Champion RED Ichigo as a side story of Linebarrels manga. Another extra ep...

17 years ago

Japanese Anime Producers Realize They Released Excessive Titles

According to Mainichi Online, the number of visitors to Tokyo International Anime Fair 2009 were 130,000, which was the largest since its start in 2002. The event itself was successful, but the anime producers share a sense of crisis. The main concern is that the sales of anime D...

17 years ago

Spin off Manga Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu Announced

A new manga magazine "Young Ace" was announced to be launched this July. The featured series are as follows: Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu A spin-off of "Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuutsu". The author is also Puyo. Neon Genesis Evangelion Sadamoto Yoshiyuki's Evangelion manga will...

17 years ago

Sunrise Produces A Novel Based Movie Colorful

Director Hara Keiichi ("Kappa no Coo to Natsuyasumi", "Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Appare! Sengoku Daikassen") was announced to produce a new movie "Colorful" with Sunrise. The movie will be premiered in 2010. Character Designs Kobayashi Makoto PuraPura Other supporting char...

17 years ago