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Hello Kitty Becomes Ambassador To China
The government of Japan announced that Hello Kitty is the new tourism ambassador to China and Hong Kong. Previously, eleven individuals have been named as tourism ambassadors, but Hello Kitty is the first fictional character to be given the honors. The character will be part of t...
18 years ago
Funimation Announces Romeo x Juliet, D. Gray-Man Licenses
Funimation has announced two more licenses today with the acquisition of both Romeo X Juliet, and D.Gray-Man. Romeo X Juliet was announced at its Anime Central industry panel Saturday evening. At the same time as the announcement was made the Funimation.com website was updated wi...
18 years ago
Funimation Licenses Shigurui
For its fifth straight day of license announcements, Funimation has picked up the 12 episode TV series Shigurui. The show will be titled Shigurui: Death Frenzy for its R1 release. Shigurui is an adaptation of Takayuki Yamaguchi's manga set in the Edo era of Japan with animation d...
18 years ago
Funimation Announces Aquisition of Soukou no Strain
In their fourth license announcement for the week, Funimation has picked up the 13 episode TV series Soukou no Strain. The anime will go by the title Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry for its R1 release. It is currently scheduled to come out in March 2009. Source: Funimation, An...
18 years ago
Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings
The top ten manga in Japan for the week of May 6th - May 12, 2008 are as follows: 1. Naruto, Volume 42 2. Claymore, Volume 14 3. Worst, Volume 20 4. To Love-Ru, Volume 9 5. Kaichou wa Maid-sama!, Volume 5 6. Steel Ball Run, Volume 15 7. Faster Than a Kiss, Volume 3 8. Angel Heart...
18 years ago
Funimation Licenses Gunslinger Girl Il Teatrino
Funimation has announced that it has licensed the Gunslinger Girl Il Teatrino television series. This marks the third license announcement they have made in as many days and their second aquisition from Marvelous Entertainment Inc. this week. Gunslinger Girl Il Teatrino is the se...
18 years ago
Funimation Gets Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple Anime
Funimation has recently announced that they have acquired the distribution rights to the first 26 (out of 50) episodes of Kenichi. The series originally aired in the fall of 2006 and ran until the following September 2007. The manga is still ongoing and the 29th volume will be re...
18 years ago
Three People Arrested for Sharing Anime
On May 9 the Kyoto Police's Task force arrested three individuals for suspicion of uploading ripped anime episodes through the P2P program, "Share." Apparently "Share" was developed by an anonymous user in order to create a more "anonymous" and secure P2P program after the simila...
18 years ago
OVA for Lucky Star Greenlit in Japan
An OVA for Lucky Star has been greenlit for production in Japan. The pre-announcement came in the form of an ad in COMPTIQ magazine. The June issue for COMPTIQ magazine will be released on May 10 and will have further details about the project. As a side note the first DVD for Lu...
18 years ago
Right Stuf's Nozomi Entertainment Licenses Aria
Nozomi Entertainment announced that they have licensed Aria the Animation. This announcement came at 2:00 PM CST after a week of hints and guessing on their official website and forums. The first season is scheduled to be released on September 30th as a DVD collection for $49.99....
18 years ago
