Anime News

New Anime Katana Gatari Announced [Update]

According to the cover note of Nishio Ishin's light novel "Maniwa Gatari", his light novel "Katana Gatari" will be animated. Source: Honya Town Synopsis: Katana Gatari novel book on Amazon It was already announced that an anime based on Nishio's another light novel "Bakemonogatar...

17 years ago

Wrong Line in One Outs Ep 4 Due to the Director's Poor Handwriting

At the end of "One Outs" episode 8 program aired on Nov 25th, the director Sato Yuuzou apologized for a wrong line in the episode 4. The sportscaster of the game said "One out with a man on third" but the correct line was "No out with a man on third". A triple play was occurred a...

17 years ago

Matt Damon Dubs Ponyo on the Cliff

According to Ghibli World, the English dub version of Miyazaki, Hayao's movie "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea" (Gake no Ue no Ponyo) will be shown in the US theaters in 2009. The English dubbing will be directed by Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy ("Indiana Jones" series). The...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Nov 17 - 23

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for November 17th - 23rd. Rank/ This week's sales/ Total sales/ Title *1, 196,094 196,094 Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE vol.25 *2, 176,983 176,983 Mahou Sensei Negima! vol.24 *3, 138,715 138,715 Ace of Diamond vol.13 *4, 138,031 138,031...

17 years ago

Japan's Monthly Anime DVD Ranking For November [Updated on Dec 3]

The ranking data of the weekly DVD ranking for Nov 24 - 30 was merged. New entries are shown in bold. Here is the Anime DVD sales ranking for Oct 27 - Nov 23 30 Rank/ # of Copies sold / Title *1, 16,745 Code Geass - Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 vol.4 *2, 12,400 Strike Witches vol.3 *3,...

17 years ago

Japanese Anime Companies Sue Singaporean Illegal Downloaders

According to NNA Asia news, five Japanese anime related companies: TV Tokyo, Showgate, Geneon Entertainment, GDH and Sunrise, sued Singaporean internet users who downloaded illegally shared anime. The four companies have been chasing and giving warnings to the illegal downloaders...

17 years ago

Kamiyama Kenji's New Anime Higashi no Eden Announced [Updated on Nov 28]

According to Monthly Young Animal magazine, a new TV anime series "Higashi no Eden" (Eden of The East) will be aired in Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block from April 2009. Director & Scenario: Kamiyama Kenji ("Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex") Character designer: Umino...

17 years ago

Live-Action Movie of Bubblegum Crisis Announced

According to the press release, a Japanese anime production company AIC will make a live action movie based on Bubblegum Crisis in collaboration with a Singaporean movie company CUBIX International ("Zodiac"). The two company will invest several billion yen (several ten million d...

17 years ago

Hoshi ni Negai wo Anime Announcement (Updated)

Producer Tetsuro Satomi (Samurai Champloo, Galaxy Angel), the founder of Barnum Studio animation company, has announced on his company’s official blog that he's privately working on Hohsi ni Negai wo ("Wish Upon a Star") doujin anime. It will be directed by Kazuya Ichikawa (Apple...

17 years ago

Shaft's New Anime Natsu no Arashi Announced

According to Monthly GanGan Wing magazine, Kobayashi, Jin's manga "Natsu no Arashi!" will be animated. It will be aired in 2009. Director: Shinbou Akiyuki Series organizer: Takayama Katsuhiko ("Ga-Rei -Zero-", "ef - a tale of melodies") Production Company: SHAFT Source: Scan of G...

17 years ago