Anime News

British Rock Band Oasis Sings The OP Song of Higashi no Eden

An English rock band Oasis was announced to sing the OP song of "Higashi no Eden". The title is "FALLING DOWN" and it will be released in May. The ED song "futuristic imagination" is sung by a newface Japanese band school food punishment. Source: Seiyu News

17 years ago

Toei Turns Super Robots Into Moe Girls

Toei Animation launched a project called "Toei Robot Girls (tentative title)". Three girls were presented at Tokyo International Anime Fair 2009. 1. Choujin Sentai Baratak (1977) and its moe character 2. Magne Robo Gakeen and its moe character 3. Gaiking and its moe character Toe...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Mar 9 - 15

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for March 9th - 15th. *1, 615,778 *,615,778 NANA vol.21 *2, 281,882 1,476,027 One Piece vol.53 *3, 158,302 *,158,302 Cross Game vol.14 *4, 156,240 *,156,325 Angel Heart vol.29 *5, *93,144 *,*93,192 Souten no Ken vol.20 *6, *66,219 *,4...

17 years ago

New Season of Penelope tete en lair

A new season of "Pénélope tête en l'air (Ukkari Penelope)" was announced at Tokyo International Anime Fair 2009. It will be aired this summer. "Pénélope tête en l'air" is a 5min short anime produced by Nippon Animation and was aired in 2006. The original picture book is written b...

17 years ago

Toei's New Anime Movie Niji iro Hotaru

Toei Animation's new anime movie "Niji iro Hotaru ~Eien no Natsuyasumi~ (translation: Rainbow-colored Firefly ~Never Ending Summer Vacation~)" was announced at Tokyo International Anime Fair 2009. The release data was not given. Picture of the poster at TAF2009 "Niji iro no Hotar...

17 years ago

Anime Movie The Uchuu Show Re-announced At TAF [Updated on February 11]

Anime movie "The☆Uchuu Show (tentative title)" was re-announced at Tokyo International Anime Fair 2009. It was announced in Newtype magazine January issue 2008 that the movie will be premiered in 2008, but no further information had not been given since then. Key illustration sho...

17 years ago

New Anime

New Movie of Uchuu Senkan Yamato Announced

A new movie of "Uchuu Senkan Yamato (Star Blazers)" was announced to be premiered this year. Synopsis In A.D.2220 a black hole expanded and the earth faced a crisis of vanishment. A project emigrating 300 million people to other planets was initiated but unknown enemy attacked th...

17 years ago

New Anime To Aru Kagaku no Rail Gun Announced [Updated]

A side story of To Aru Majutsu no Index, manga "To Aru Kagaku no Rail Gun" was announced to get an anime adaptation. The notice was aired at the end of the final episode of To Aru Majutsu no Index aired on AT-X channel. The detail of the anime will be given in Dengeki Daioh May i...

17 years ago

New Anime Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 Announced

An original anime "Tokyo Magnitude 8.0" was announced to be aired from July in the Noitamina programming block. Staff Director: Tachibana Masaki (episode director of "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex", "Seirei no Moribito") Production Studio: Bones, Cinema Citrus Source: O...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Anime DVD Rankings For Mar 9 - 15

Here is the Anime DVD sales rankings for March 9th - 15th. *1, 20,761 25,487 La Maison en Petits Cubes *2, *3,920 *3,920 Revolutionary Girl Utena DVD-BOX vol.2 *3, *3,839 *3,839 Dragon Ball Movie 1: Curse of the Blood Rubies *4, *3,821 *3,821 Dragon Ball Movie 3 *5, *3,794 *3,794...

17 years ago