Anime News

New Prince of Tennis OVA Announced

A new Prince of Tennis OVA, called Prince of Tennis OVA Another Story ~Kako to Mirai no Message~, was announced at Shueisha's Jump Festa 09 this past weekend. The official website of the show has confirmed it yesterday. According to the latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine...

17 years ago

Blog-derived Manga Kuruneko To Be Animated [Updated]

According to Enterbrain website, a manga based on a blog "Kuruneko Yamato" will be animated. It's about the real experience of a woman who found four stray cats and tried to find the foster owners for them. The series has been published up to volume 3 and the total number of sale...

17 years ago

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 2nd Movie To Be Premiered In Golden Week of 2009

According to the official website, the second movie of "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann" titled "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Movie Lagann-hen" will be shown in the theaters in the Golden Week of 2009. Golden Week is a Japanese holiday week and usually spans from April 29th to May 5th....

17 years ago

Del Rey Acquires Hosana Tanaka's Ninja Girls Manga

LovelongSought: Del Rey recently acquired Hosana Tanaka's historical action comedy manga, Rappi Rangai. The title will be translated as Ninja Girl's for its American released. Synopsis: This story takes place during the civil war in Japan. The tale begins with a mysterious boy di...

17 years ago

Licenses

Denpateki na Kanojo To Be Released As An OVA

According to the Shuueisha's handbill, an OVA of "Denpateki na Kanojo" will be bundled with the manga "Kure-nai" volume 3. It will be released on May 1st, 2009. Katayama Kentaro, the author of the light novel "Denpateki na Kanojo", is also the author of "Kure-nai" light novel and...

17 years ago

Keanu Reeves to play Spike Spiegel [Updated on January 15]

Keanu Reeves has confirmed that he is indeed involved in the live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop. Reeves recently spoke with MTV and confirmed his involvement. Reeves shared some details on the project as well: “We’re taking the Red Eye [story], the beginning part of the serie...

17 years ago

Live Action More Info

New TV Anime Tayutama Announced [Updated on Dec 25]

According to the newest issue of TECH GIAN magazine, the adult PC game Tayutama -kiss on my deity- has been announced to get a TV anime adaptation. It will be aired in the spring of 2009. Synopsis: Mito Yuuri is a high school boy living in Hachiei shrine, which is dedicated to a...

17 years ago

Short hiatus for Code Geass R2 on Adult Swim

Code Geass - Hangyaku no Lelouch began airing in America on Adult Swim on April 27 of 2008. It played straight through the first season and transitioned without a break into Code Geass - Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 on November 2nd. Now, it will be going on hiatus until January 10th, w...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Dec 8 - 14

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for Dec 8th - 14th. Rank/ This week's sales/ Total sales/ Title *1, 275,035 1,320,972 One Piece vol.52 *2, 145,218 *,696,224 Bleach vol.36 *3, 129,147 *,129,147 Angel Heart vol.28 *4, 101,918 *,442,961 D.Gray-man vol.17 *5, *99,257 *,...

17 years ago

Screen Gems Bringing TokyoPop's Priest to the Big Screen

It was recently announced that Screen Gems has begun development on a big screen adaptation of TokyoPop's Priest. A screenplay has already been written by Cory Goodman who also worked on the upcoming Kung Fu and The Brood. Scott Charles Stewart has been hired to direct. Stewart d...

17 years ago