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TV Anime Kotoura-san Attracts Tourists to the Town of Kotoura

According to Yomiuri Newspaper, the town of Kotoura in Tottori prefecture has been collaborating with the Kotoura-san manga and anime since last year to promote their tourism. Posters, goods, and original Kotoura-san manga introducing the special products of the town have been so...

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Berserk Movie Part 3 Rated as Adult Film [Update Nov 17]

According to Eirin (Film Classification and Rating Committee of Japan), Berserk Ougon Jidaihen III: Kourin was rated as R18+ (equivalent to US NC-17). The reason for the rating was "Due to the extremely provocative sexual descriptions". Source: Eirin Update Nov 17 According to Gi...

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Make a Contract with Master Card: Official Credit Card of Madoka Magica Announced

According to the official website, an official credit card of Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica was released. The line of Kyubey reads "Make a contract with me and become a card member!". Madoka Magica credit card official website The name of the card holder in the sample image is Tomo...

14 years ago

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Japan Red Cross To Distribute a PR Poster for Blood Donation Featuring Akagi

According to the official website of Comiket, Japanese Red Cross will distribute special posters to blood donors in donation sites in Tokyo. Among bishoujo adult game posters, Kindai Mahjong magazine will provide a poster of Akagi. The line on the poster reads "400 ml rather than...

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Hero of Last Scene in Upcoming Tiger & Bunny Movie to be Chosen by Fan Vote

According to the official website, a special program called "WEEKLY HERO COUNTDOWN" is currently being held, where those who have bought an advance ticket may use the inscribed serial number to place one vote for the hero that will shine in the last scene of the movie. The vote r...

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Madoka Magica Gets Its Own Specialized Magazine

According to yaraon, a specialized magazine for Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica, entitled Manga Time Kirara★Magica was announced. It is planned for the magazine to include original SHAFT illustrations, interviews with Akiyuki Shinbou (director) and Aoi Yuuki (voice actress for Kaname...

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Jobless Man Arrested for Threatening Author of OreImo

According to Mainichi Newspaper, a 32-year-old jobless man was arrested for threatening the novel author of "Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai". The man, Aoi Noboru, resented that Kuroneko has been excessively featured in the recent story of OreImo and sent threatening...

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Script Writer of Persona 4 Criticizes the Scenario of Guilty Crown [Update Feb 4]

Script writer Kumagaya Jun tweeted that he was perplexed to see the disc medias of Guilty Crown sold 10,000 copies. He said, "I'm concerned about it as a writer. Although the animation graphics were great, the scenario was in that quality." Kumagaya wrote the scripts of Persona 4...

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'Balus!' Tweets by Audience of Castle in the Sky Set a New World Record

According to Twitter Japan official account, a new world record of the number of tweets per second was established at 11:22pm JST on December 9th. At the moment, many audience in Japan watching the 13th rerun of Castle in the Sky on TV tweeted "Balus!" and 25,088 tweets were post...

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Hitoyoshi City's PR Project with Natsume Yuujinchou

According to Hitoyoshi Press, the mayor of Hitoyoshi City has decided to launch a tie-up project with TV anime Natsume Yuujinchou San. Hitoyoshi and the neighboring area are the model place of the anime. Nyanko-sensei attended Hitoyoshi Kuma tourism committee Mayor Tanaka Nobutak...

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