Anime News

New VOCALOID Megurune Luka Announced

Crypton Future Media announced the third character VOCALOID "Megurune Luka (巡音ルカ)". Voice actress Asakawa Yuu provided the voice data. The software will be released on January 30th. Character features Age: 20 Height: 162cm Weight: 45kg Language: Japanese and English Voice type: H...

17 years ago

New Anime Featuring a Japanese Band EXILE To Be Aired

According to Nikkansports, a new anime featuring a Japanese pop music band EXILE will be aired on January 10th. The title is "EXAMURAI Sengoku" and Takahashi Hiroshi designed the characters. Two episodes have already been released last year as OVA bundled with the EXILE music CDs...

17 years ago

Tokyopop Germany Loses Kodansha's Manga

Tokyopop Germany officially admitted in the forum that Kodansha refused to renew all the manga licenses including "Beck", "Cromartie High School", "School Rumble", "Perfect Girl Evolution", and "Jigoku Shoujo". Tokyopop was surprised at Kodansha's decision and urged them to recon...

17 years ago

Discotek to Release Remastered Fist of the North Star Movie in North America

Discotek announced that they have acquired rights to the first The Fist of the North Star anime movie, with a planned DVD release date of May 2009. They will be using the newly-remastered version that Toei released in Japan in September 2008, with the original Japanese dubbing an...

17 years ago

Daichi Akitaro's New Anime Yume wo Kanaeru Zou Announced

According to Daily Sports Online, Daichi Akitaro's new TV anime "Yume wo Kanaeru Zou (An elephant which grants a dream)" was announced to be aired from January 13th, 2009. An idol actor Kusanagi Tsuyoshi will play the main role. "Yume wo Kanaeru Zou" is originally a self-help boo...

17 years ago

Kadokawa Earns 10 million Yen a Month From Youtube

According to the press release, the amount of Kadokawa's income from Youtube for November 2008 has reached 10 million yen (approx. $109,000). Kadokawa has an official channel on Youtube and allows the uploads of MAD/AMV by users. The main reason for the increase of the income was...

17 years ago

Hollywood's Astro Boy Movie Faces a Shortage of Funds

Variety.com reported that IMAGI Animation Studio, the producer of 3D CGI movie "Astro Boy", is financially in trouble. The auditor of IMAGI said the company had bank and cash balances of HK$88.9 million ($11.5 million) on September 30th, 2008 but the production of the movie requi...

17 years ago

Kimi ni Todoke Live-action TV Drama Confirmed

According to Rakuten online shop website, a live action TV drama based on Shiina Karuho's manga "Kimi ni Todoke" will be aired in April 2009. Kimi ni Todoke has been published in Bessatsu Marguerite since 2005 and won the 32nd Kodansha Manga Award Shoujo Manga category in 2008. S...

17 years ago

Remake of Yaoi OVA Ai no Kusabi Announced

According to the official website, AIC will remake a yaoi OVA "Ai no Kusabi". It will be a 13-episode series and will be released in the autumn of 2009. Staff Scenario: Yoshihara Rieko (the author of the original novel) Director: Akiyama Katsuhito ("El Hazard: The Wanderers". "Pu...

17 years ago

Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka OVA Announced

An OVA for Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka series was announced today on the official website of the show. It will be released on June 26. The producer promises that OVA will be quite different from the original series. Edit: OVA in our database

17 years ago