Anime News

Kadokawa To Publish a Macross-only Magazine Macross Ace

According to Monthly Shounen Ace magazine, a new magazine "Macross Ace vol.001" will be published on January 26, 2009 by Kadokawa Shoten. The magazine is specialized in Macross-related manga, light novels, music, game and figures. The volume 001 has 80 pages of manga "Super Dimen...

17 years ago

Broccoli To Close Business in USA

According to the press release, an anime character goods retailer Broccoli International USA will be dissolved on December 31st, 2008. Broccoli USA is a subsidiary company of Broccoli (Japan) ("Di Gi Charat", "Galaxy Angel", "Aquarian Age") and has been running "Anime Gamers" sto...

17 years ago

Ad Lib Ouji Pachi-slo Manga Gets Animated

The first volume of Keiichi Akatsuki's manga Ad Lib Ouji (Ad Lib Prince) will be released along with a 60-minute OAD in a "Gokufu Box" on December 20. The anime will be based on the four stories from the manga's first volume. Eight main volumes and three side story volumes have b...

17 years ago

Japanese TV Channels To Provide Subbed NARUTO and Kaiji Online [Updated on Nov 27]

TV Tokyo announced that they will provide new episodes of Naruto with English subtitles in Crunchyroll one hour after the airing in Japan. New NARUTO episodes will be available only on the pay channel for the first seven days and they will be provided for free after that. This se...

17 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Ranking For Nov 10 - 16

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 20 for November 10th - 16th. Rank/ This week's sales/ Total sales/ Title *1, 154,811 429,857 Detective Conan vol.63 *2, 123,873 812,612 Naruto vol.44 *3, *81,301 402,194 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! vol.22 *4, *55,512 *55,512 Shinshi Doumei Cr...

17 years ago

Heart no Kuni no Alice OVA Delayed

According to Quirose official website, the release of OVA "Heart no Kuni no Alice" was postponed until undecided date. Quinrose recommends the customers to cancel the pre-orders. The OVA was supposed to be released in this November. The production company "Minamimachi Bugyousho"...

17 years ago

New TV Anime Ristorante Paradiso Announced

According to Ohta Books website, a TV anime based on Ono Natsume's manga "Ristorante Paradiso" was announced. It will be aired in Fuji Television's anime program block "NOISE" after "Michiko to Hatchin" ends. Source: Ohta Books News Source: RisPara Official Website "Ristorante Pa...

17 years ago

Manga DOGS To Be Animated [Updated on Dec 9]

According to the official information web page of Monthly Ultra Jump magazine, Miwa Shirow's manga "Dogs: Bullets & Carnage" will be animated. Source: Ultra Jump Information Source: MOON PHASE "DOGS/BULLETS&CARNAGE" was originally published as a short series "Dogs" in 2001. It wa...

17 years ago

New TV anime Tegamibachi Announced

According to a TV program "Anime Paradise" aired on Nov 17th, the chief editor of Jump Square magazine Ibaragi Masahiko disclosed that Tegamibachi will be a TV anime. He plans to air the anime by the end of 2009 at the latest. Tegamibachi was already adapted into an anime movie a...

17 years ago

Mysterious Cities of Gold To Be Remade In France

According to Planète-Jeunesse, it was announced at Chibi Japan Expo held in Paris that a producer John Chalopin and a French television company TF1 will remake a Japanese anime Mysterious Cities of Gold (Japanese title: Taiyou no Ko Esteban) into three new series, 26 episodes eac...

17 years ago