Anime News

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Feb 9 - 15

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for Feb 9th - 15th. Rank/ Two-week total sales/ Total sales/ Title *1, 173,393 884,272 Naruto vol.45 *2, 154,716 154,716 Detroit Metal City vol.7 *3, 133,609 741,225 Bleach vol.37 *4, *98,240 456,872 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! vol.23 *5,...

17 years ago

Canadian New Singer HIMEKA Sings Valkyria Theme Song

A Canadian new face singer HIMEKA (Catherine St Onge) will sing the theme song of "Valkyria Chronicles". She won the grand prize in Japan Anime Song Audition last September. Source: Anime!Anime! Related news: Canadian Singer Wins Grand Prize in Japan Anime Song Audition HIMEKA's...

17 years ago

VA Hayami Shou To Be Absent From Macross Launching Ceremony [Updated]

Edited: It turned out he just caught an influenza. The official website removed the term "long-term medical treatment" According to Macross Frontier official website, voice actor Hayami Shou will not be able to attend the Macross special launching ceremony to be held on Februay 2...

17 years ago

Oofuri Increases the Comepetitive Rate of the Model High School [Updated on Feb 22]

According to IT media, Urawanishi High School, on which "Ookiku Furikabutte" was modeled, became highly popular among the students. As a result, the competitive rate of this year's entrance examination reached 7.13, which is the highest of all the public high schools in Saitama P...

17 years ago

Bakugan Wins Toy of the Year

"Bakugan Battle Brawlers" Battle Pack Series won Toy of the Year Award at Toy Fair 2009 held in New York. Toy Fair is the largest international toy trade show in North America. Bakugan Toy was produced by SEGA TOYS and a Canadian company Spin Master. The second season "Bakugan: N...

17 years ago

Gintama Album CD with All the OP and ED Songs

An album CD of "Gintama" will be released on March 25th. The title is "Gintama BEST" and all the OP and ED songs up to July 2008 are included. The bundled extra DVD has all the OP and ED animations without the credit. Tracks 1. "Pray" by Tommy heavenly6 2. "Tooi Nioi" by YO-KING...

17 years ago

Ito Noizi Designs Nipponbashi Mascot Character Neon

The official website of NP project announced a mascot character of Japanese electric town Nipponbashi, which is the counterpart of Akihabara in the western Japan. Ito Noizi, the illustrator of "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya", designed the character called Neon. Nipponbashi Sh...

17 years ago

Comic Supplier Diamond Delists 1000 VIZ Media Manga

Diamond, the largest comic supplier in North America, announced to the comic retailers that they will stop dealing with a large number of VIZ Media manga. The sales will continue until the comcs are run out of stock. Approximately 1000 items are going to be removed from Diamond's...

17 years ago

Anime Movies Duel Masters and Penguin no Mondai Announced

According to Monthly CoroCoro Comic March issue, anime movies of "Duel Masters" and "Penguin no Mondai" were announced. They will be simultaneously premiered on September 19th. Duel Masters is originally a trading card game derived from "Magic: The Gathering". This is the second...

17 years ago

Official Vote on Bamboo Blade Second Season

The official website of "Bamboo Blade" PSP game started a vote on the second season of the anime. The vote page on Gadget Soft There are three options: 1. I can't wait. Please! 2. The space next to the first season DVD on my shelf has long been empty. I beg for the second season....

17 years ago