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Totoro's House Burnt Down

According to Nikkei newspaper, a house known as "Totoro's house" was burnt down on February 14th. Police reportedly suspect arson. Miyazaki Hayao praised the house in his book "Totoro no Sumu Ie" in 1991 and the local authority decided to preserve it as a public park. Source: Jap...

17 years ago

Suzumiya Haruhi Classic Orchestra Concert

A classic orchestra concert of "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" was announced to be held in Tokyo on April 29th. Title: Suzumiya Haruhi no Gensou ("Haruhi Suzumiya's String Concert") Performers: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra MC: Shiraishi Minoru, Matsumoto Megumi Guests: Hirano...

17 years ago

Kadokawa Fails To Air Haruhi-chan Episode 1 [Updated]

Online anime "Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu" was supposed to be aired on Kadokawa Anime Channel on Youtube today, but the uploaded video titled "Episode1" was an unrelated movie of boats. The comment by Kadokawa says "We couldn't make it (出来上がりませんでした。)". Haruhi-chan "Episode 1"...

17 years ago

GONZO To Cut 77% of Their Animators

According to Nikkei newspaper, GDH started a restructuring of their subsidiary anime production studio GONZO and will reduce the number of the contract creators from 130 to 30 in five years. They plan to get the anime sales into the black within five years. GONZO will no longer s...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Feb 2 - 8

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for Jan Feb 2nd - 8th. Rank/ Two-week total sales/ Total sales/ Title *1, 710,879 710,879 Naruto vol.45 *2, 607,616 607,616 Bleach vol.37 *3, 358,632 358,632 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! vol.23 *4, 306,488 306,488 Gintama vol.27 *5, 174,965...

17 years ago

Second Series of Negima OVA Announced [Confirmed]

This is a provisional news based on unofficial sources. The official announcement was made on Feb 12th. Multiple blogs reported that Kodansha announced the second season of Negima OVA at the preview event of "Mahou Sensei Negima! OVA Shiroki Tsubasa Ala Alba". It will be four-vol...

17 years ago

Digital Manga Licenses Kaoru Tada's Manga Itazura na Kiss.

Digital Manga recently announced the acquisition of the rights to the manga Itazura na Kiss (Mischievous Kiss) by Kaoru Tada. Publishing of double-sized volumes will begin November 2009, and the second volume will be released March 2010. Itazura na Kiss ran for 23 volumes, with s...

17 years ago

Lucky Star Live-Action Concert Announced

Inspired by the live action Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisou concert from 2 years ago, Lucky Star will be holding its own live concert on March 29th, 2009. The voice actors will be appearing live at the Nippon Budokan Arena. The cast of people who will be there is as follows: * Hirano...

17 years ago

Shoujo Manga Kimi ni Todoke To Be Animated [Updated 2]

According to Bessatsu Margarette March issue, Shiina Karuho's Shoujo manga "Kimi ni Todoke" was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. It will be aired from this autumn. The publication of the manga Kimi ni Todoke in this issue was canceled due to the author's maternity leave. S...

17 years ago

Anime Movie Tales of Vesperia Announced

According to Cinema Shunpou, XBOX360 RPG game "Tales of Vesperia" was announced to get an anime movie adaptation. The movie will be shown this year. Tales of Vesperia is the 10th title of the "Tales" series and was released last August in Japan and US. Staff Director: Kamei Kanta...

17 years ago

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