Anime News

Pretty Cure To Be Aired In Canada

According to C21Media, "Pretty Cure" will be aired in Canada on YTV channel in the first quarter of 2009. The names of the main characters will be changed to Natalie and Hannah. The airing license of Pretty Cure series in North America had been held by 4Kids Entertainment, but 4K...

17 years ago

FUNimation to Announce 10 New Licenses in 10 Days

Starting on December 22, FUNimation Entertainment will announce a new anime license everyday for the next ten days. This will be done on the special page on their website. Clues and hints regarding what shows they will be are promised and will appear somewhere on their site soon....

17 years ago

Kurokami To Be Aired Simultaneously in Japan, Korea and US

According to the official website, new anime "Kurokami" will be broadcasted simultaneously in Japan, South Korea and US on TV. The programs to be aired in Korea and US will be dubbed in Korean and English, respectively. Anime!Anime! reports that the recordings of the voice acting...

17 years ago

Nintendo DS Game Doki Doki Majo Shinpan! To Be Animated

There is a slight possibility that this announcement is a mistake of Gamers. I'll stay alert to the updates. According to the cover note of the manga at a Gamers shop. a Nintendo DS game "Doki Doki Majo Shinpan!" will be animated. Yagami Ken's manga series "Doki Doki Majo Shinpan...

17 years ago

Minami-ke OVA Announced

According to Kodansha's handbill, an OAD of "Minami-ke"will be bundled with the manga volume 6. It will be released on June 23rd, 2009. Duration: 25min Production company: asread Source: Scan of Kodansha's handbill The third season of Minami-ke "Minami-ke Okaeri" will be aired fr...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Dec 1 - 7 [2008]

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for Dec 1st - 7th. Finally, Oricon database got back to normal. This week's Oricon manga ranking hasn't uploaded again. So I quoted Bunkyo-do ranking for this week, too. Rank/ This week's sales/ Total sales/ Title *1, 1,045,937 1,045,...

17 years ago

Nintendo DS Game Professor Layton To Be an Anime Movie [Updated]

According to Oricon news, an anime movie based on a Nintendo DS puzzle game "Professor Layton (Layton Kyouju)" series was announced. The title is "Professor Layton The First Movie" and it will be shown in the theaters in January 2010. The cast of the main characters is the same a...

17 years ago

Two Nodame Cantabile Live-Action Movies Announced (Changed)

Next issue of Kiss magazine will announce tomorrow two Nodame Cantabile theatrical live-action releases. The first one is scheduled for the beginning of 2010, and the second one for the spring the same year. Edit: It appears that both movies will be live-action, not anime, as we...

17 years ago

Third Season of Nodame Cantabile Announced

The Animage magazine has announced that the third season of the Nodame Cantabile series is in the works. The release is planned for Fall 2009. Scan of the magazine Edit: Third season entry was added to our database.

17 years ago

La Corda D'Oro Special Episode To Be Aired

According to the official website, a special episode of La Corda D'Oro ~primo passo~ will be aired on TV. The tentative title is "La Corda D'Oro ~secondo passo~". According to a game shop web page of a PSP game based on La Corda anime, it will be aired in March 2009. GameStar Sho...

17 years ago