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Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei OVA Announced

According to Weekly Shounen Magazine vol.31, Koudansha announced the original anime DVD (OAD) of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei "Goku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei". These OADs are coming with the limited edition of volume 15 and 16 of the original manga to be released on Oct 17 2008 and Fe...

18 years ago

Kadokawa USA Announces Six New Anime

Representatives from Kadokawa USA announced that their company holds the North American licenses to Junjou Romantica, Spice and Wolf, Rental Magica, Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun, H2O ~Footprints in the Sand~, and Coo ~ Our Guardian. No specific distributor has been named for any...

18 years ago

Second Season of Fullmetal Alchemist and Darker than BLACK

A leaked list of Bones animators revealed a second season Fullmetal Alchemist and Darker than BLACK. The list apparently also contains phone numbers and home addresses of said animators. Edit: [profile=dtshyk]dtshyk[/profile] of MAL has uploaded the the files with the personal in...

18 years ago

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ADV Loses Licensing Rights To Over 30 Titles

Funimation and Japan's ARM Corporation have announced that over 30 titles which were previously licensed to ADV have been transferred to Funimation. The list of titles include 009-1 Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy Air Gear Air movie Air TV Blade of the Phantom Master Comic Party...

18 years ago

Funimation and Geneon Sign Distribution Agreement

Funimation has announced a deal with Geneon to distribute many of their titles in North America. Geneon pulled out of the North American market late last year leaving many of their shows in limbo. Specific titles mentioned as part of the deal include Hellsing Ultimate, Ergo Proxy...

18 years ago

Kodansha to Publish, Sell Manga in U.S.

Kodansha has established Kodansha USA with the intent to publish and directly sell manga volumes starting in September. They also intend to transfer all of its copyrights to this local subsidiary to enter overseas publishing. Source: ANN

18 years ago

Fiscal 2008 First Half Comic/Light Novel Online Sales Ranking

Amazon Japan released the TOP 10 Comic/Light novel sales ranking for Dec 2007 - May 2008. Comic 1. Nodame Cantabile vol.20 2. Fullmetal Alchemist vol.19 3. Moyashimon vol.6 Limited Edition 4. ARIA vol.12 5. Mahou Sensei Negima! vol.22 6. Hunter x Hunter vol.25 7. Kyou no Nekomura...

18 years ago

New Ichigo Mashimaro OVA Announced

A new Ichigo Mashimaro was announced at Rondo Robe 2008. It is set to be an OVA (length unknown). No release details have been announced yet. Source: sankakucomplex.com

18 years ago

Second Season of Ef - a tale of memories Announced

A sequel to the TV series ef - a tale of memories has been announced, and will be named ef - a tale of melodies. Even though it's not open yet, its official website is http://www.ef-melo.com/. Edit : The official site is now open.

18 years ago

Second Season Of Vampire Knight To Premier In October

The official manga site for Vampire Knight has announced that the second season of the manga adaptation has been green-lit to be broadcast in October on TV Tokyo. The first season wraps up next week with the release of the 13th episode. On July 7th Vampire Knight: Cross Academy B...

18 years ago

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