Anime News

Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings

The top ten manga in Japan for the week of March 12th, 2008 are as follows: 1. One Piece, Volume 49 2. Hunter x Hunter, Volume 25 3. D.Gray-man, Volume 14 4. The Prince of Tennis, Volume 41 5. To Love-Ru, Volume 8 6. Mx0, Volume 8 7. Team Medical Dragon, Volume 16 8. Natsume Yuuj...

18 years ago

CrunchyRoll gets US$4M Capital UPDATED

Crunchyroll, a video-streaming website known for offering anime titles without authorization, secured a capital investment of US$4.05 million. Venture capital firm Venrock reportedly invested the capital in San-Francisco-based Crunchyroll, Inc., with Venrock General Partner David...

18 years ago

Viz Debuts New Manga Series

Viz Media announced that they will be launching the release of nine new manga series for the second quarter of 2008. The series are primarily geared towards teen and older teen readers. The nine new series are: Gun Blaze West (available on April 1st, $7.99 USD); Haruka: Beyond th...

18 years ago

Gurren Lagann Movie for Fall 2008

Animation studio Gainax presented a website for the release of a movie adaptation of the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann TV series in the fall of 2008. Both the original director and series script editor will return to work on the new project. Gainax will also be hosting four events t...

18 years ago

Boy Killed While Imitating Naruto

A 10 year old boy in Everett, Washington was hospitalized after being buried by people imitating Naruto. The boy was buried head first in a sandbox in a 1 foot (30.48cm) deep sandbox. He was buried from his head to his chest in the sand; he supposedly started thrashing, but the o...

18 years ago

Michiko to Hatchin 2008

manglobe studios (Ergo Proxy, Samurai Champloo) is finally coming out with a new anime, Michiko to Hatchin. Sayo Yamamoto (worked as episode director and storyboarder for Samurai Champloo, Ergo Proxy, and Eureka Seven) in her first directorial work. Takashi Ujita (scriptwriter fo...

18 years ago

The 2nd Voice Actor Award Winners

According to VOiCE Newtype, the winners of the 2nd Voice Actor Award were... Best Actor Miyano Mamoru as Yagami Light (Death Note) Best Actress Hirano Aya as Izumi Konata (Raki Suta) Best Supporting Actor Ono Dausuke as Hosaka (Minamike) Kamiya Hiroshi as Tieria Erde (Gundam 00)...

18 years ago

New Release Date For Live-Action Dragonball Movie

It has been reported that the live action Dragonball movie scheduled for August 15, 2008, has now been pushed back to April 3, 2009. Twentieth Century Fox has delayed the release due to movies such as -- The International, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Tropic Thunder and Wild Child...

18 years ago

Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings

The top ten manga in Japan for the week of March 5th, 2008 are as follows: 1. Mushishi, Volume 9 2. Moyashimon, Volume 6 3. Sangatsu no Lion, Volume 1 4. Keroro Gunsou, Volume 16 5. FIVE, Volume 8 6. Tenjo Tenge, Volume 18 7. B.O.D.Y., Volume 12 8. Trigun Maximum, Volume 14 9. Te...

18 years ago

Right Stuf's Nozomi Entertainment Licenses Maria-sama Ga Miteru

Nozomi Entertainment has announced the license to the anime series Maria-sama Ga Miteru. The license includes the first two television seasons and the third season OVA. In addition, the Maria-sama Ni Wa Naisho DVD specials will also be included. Each season will be released in su...

18 years ago