Anime News

New Anime K-ON! Announced [Updated on Dec 26]

According to NewType magazine, a four-frame manga "K-ON! (Keion!)" will be animated. The airing schedule and the production info were not given. K-ON! has been published in Manga Time Kirara magazine since May 2007. It's about four high school girls who are trying to revive a lig...

17 years ago

Nitro+'s Game Phantom To Be a TV Anime

According to NewType magazine, a new TV anime based on Nitro+'s game "Phantom -PHANTOM OF INFERNO-" will be a TV anime titled "Phantom ～Requiem for the Phantom～". It's already adapted to an OVA series "Phantom - The Animation". The staff are as follows: Director: Mashimo Kouichi...

17 years ago

CLAMP's Manga Kobato To Be Animated

According to NewType magazine, CLAMP's manga "Kobato" will be animated. It will be aired in the autumn of 2009. The staff are as follows: Director: Masuhara Mitsuyuki ("Chi's Sweet Home") Series organizer: Okawa Nanase ("Cardcaptor Sakura") Character Designer: Kato Yuumi ("Ai to...

17 years ago

New Anime Movie Summer Wars Announced

According to NewType magazine, Hosoda Mamoru (the director of "Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo") will make a new anime movie "Summer Wars". It will be shown in the theaters in the summer of 2009. Staff Director: Hosoda Mamoru Script writer: Okudera Satoko ("Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo") Characte...

17 years ago

Kawamori Shouji's New Anime BASQUASH! Announced

According to NewType Magazine, Kawamori Shoji's (the director of "Macross" series) new anime "BASQUASH!" was announced. It will be aired in 2009. Kawamori said it's a "Basketball by Giant Robots + alpha" anime. Staff Original scenario: Kawamori Shouji, Thomas Romain ("Oban Star-R...

17 years ago

Crayon Shin-chan Banned In India

According to Merinews, the information and broadcasting ministry of India considered a Japanese anime "Crayon Shin-chan" to be harmful to kids and banned it from being aired on TV. The airing schedule was changed in October and Crayon Shin-chan was replaced with other anime. The...

17 years ago

Kannagi Manga Suspended [Updated on Dec 12]

According to Comic REX magazine, Takenashi Eri's manga "Kannagi" will be withheld from publication for some while due to the ill health of the author. It's unknown when the manga will resume publication. Source: Scan of Comic REX Edited on Dec 9th================= The editors of...

17 years ago

NARUTO New Movie Announced

According to Weekly Shounen Jump, a new movie of "Naruto" will be shown in the summer of 2009. This movie is made to cerebrate the 10th anniversary of the publication of "Naruto" manga. The total sales of the 44 volumes of NARUTO manga have reached 80 million copies. Source: Main...

17 years ago

Mahjong Manga Saki To Be Animated

According to Young GanGan magazine, a mahjong manga "Saki" will be a TV anime. It will be aired in 2009. The staff and cast are as follows: Staff Director: Ono Manabu ("Transformers Galaxy Force", "Dragonaut - The Resonance") Series organizer: Urahata Tatsuhiko ("Monster") Charac...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Nov 24 - 30 [Updated on Dec 11]

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for Nov 24th - 30th. Updated on Dec 11th: Oricon finally released the weekly ranking This week's Oricon manga ranking hasn't uploaded yet. So I quoted Bunkyo-do ranking. Rank/ This week's sales/ Total sales/ Title *1, 372,293 372,293...

17 years ago