Anime News

Four Panel Yuri Manga Kanamemo To Be Animated

According to the cover of Manga Time Kirara MAX magazine, Iwami Shouko's four-panel manga "Kanamemo" was announced to get an anime adaptation. Synopsis: Nakamachi Kana is a junior high school girl. Her grandmother passed away and she was left all alone. She finds a newspaper carr...

17 years ago

Light Novel Seitokai no Ichizon To Be Animated

New TV anime "Seitokai no Ichizon (literal translation: It's Student Council's Judgement)" was announced in the cover note of the volume 4 of the original light novel. The light novel has been published in Dragon Magazine since 2008 and the total sales of the three volumes have r...

17 years ago

Kids Station Cancels Hetalia [Updated on Jan 23]

According to Hetalia official website, Kids Station TV channel canceled the airing of "Axis Powers Hetalia". The anime will be available only online in Animate TV and Mobile Animate (mobile phone). The airing date Mobile Animate: January 24th (only for mobile phones) Animate TV:...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Jan 5 - 11

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for Jan 5th - 11th. Rank/ This week's sales/ Total sales/ Title *1, 170,926 *,170,927 Eyeshield 21 vol.33 *2, 163,565 *,163,566 Natsume Yuujinchou vol.7 *3, 157,865 *,157,866 To-LOVE-Ru vol.12 *4, 154,675 *,154,676 Bakuman vol.1 *5, 1...

17 years ago

Kids Station Responds that No Korean In Hetalia Anime [Updated on Jan 15]

According to Yumiuri Online, Kids Station officially responded to South Korean Netizens' request to cancel the airing of "Axis Powers Hetalia". They said "We didn't know there has been a protest in South Korea. However, no Korean character will show up in the anime." Netizens in...

17 years ago

Clannad and Princess Resurrection to Be Released in Half-Season Sets

An American anime distributor, ADV Films, reported recently that it will release Clannad and Princess Resurrection in half-season sets, instead of previously planned single DVDs. The first 12 episodes (300 minutes) of Clannad will ship on March 3rd and the first 13 episodes (325...

17 years ago

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Anime Song Singer Murata Ayumi Retires; VA Ichikawa Osamu Passes Away

Murata Ayumi announced that she had retired from the voice actress and the singer business by the end of 2008 and will concentrate on curing her illness. List of her songs Lamune ED song Memories Off 3.5 - Omoide no Kanata e ED song Happiness! OP song Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo E...

17 years ago

Baseball Manga Cross Game To Be Animated

According to Weekly Shounen Sunday, Adachi Mitsuru's baseball manga "Cross Game" was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. It will be aired this spring. Cross Game has been published in Weekly Shounen Sunday since 2005. The second chapter was finished last September and the pub...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Dec 22 - Jan 4

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for Dec 22nd - Jan 4th. (Oricon took a break last week.) Rank/ Two-week total sales/ Total sales/ Title *1, 825,026 *,825,026 Fullmetal Alchemist vol.21 *2, 300,206 *,300,206 Moyashimon vol.7 *3, 243,051 *,243,051 Koukou Debut vol.13...

17 years ago

Sword of the Stranger to Air in American Theaters in February

Thanks to anime distributor Bandai Entertainment and cinema company NCM Fathom, over 360 American theaters will show Sword of the Stranger, the newest Bones movie, on February 5 at 7:30 PM (local time). With the movie, the screenings will include "The Making of" footage and inter...

17 years ago