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Impacts of the Massive Earthquake on Anime

According to the official twitter, light novel author & anime writer Ubukata Tow and his family escaped unhurt from the earthquake hit Tohoku area of Japan on March 11th. He said some of the furniture in his study fell down and his cell phone and PC have been destroyed. Ubukata i...

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Producers of B gata H kei Receive Threatening Letters

The production committee of B Gata H Kei announced in the official website that the production studio and the scenario writers of the anime have been receiving threatening letters persistently. The letters threaten to inflict injury on the producers unless they alter the content...

16 years ago

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Life Size Evangelion Bust To Be Displayed At Fuji-Q Highland

According to Sankei Sports, Fuji Kyuko announced a new pavilion "Evangelion: World Life-size Evangelion Construction Project" at an amusement park Fuji-Q Highland. A life size bust of Evangelion Unit 01 will be placed in the reproduced "Seventh Cage", where Shinji saw Eva for the...

16 years ago

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Frugal Baka Test Fans versus Silent Queen's Blade Gentlemen

Komoto Sachi, the assistant producer of Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, gave her analysis on the relationship between the nature of the fanbase and the media sales. She said the cheap goods of Baka to Test priced around 1,000 yen have been sold quite well, but its enthusiasm doesn't...

16 years ago

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Noitamina Editor To Shave His Head As a Penalty For the Poor Rating

Yamamoto Koji, the chief editor of Noitamina, announced to fulfill his promise made on April 29th that he will have his head shaved if the rating of Noitamina (Saraiya Goyou (pictured) episode 3 and Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei episode 2) is low. The rating on April 29th turned out to...

16 years ago

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Mayonnaise Rice To Be Served At Gintama Event

According to Oricon, a live event of Gintama was announced to be held from March 20th - May 16th at an amusement park Namco Namja Town. Picture of Special Gintama Menu Among the comical menus associated with Gintama characters, Hijikata's favorite food "Mayonnaise on the Bowl of...

16 years ago

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Bidding Price of Ayanami Rei Custom Fender Guitar Reaches $100,000

Evangelion Store put up two types of Fender USA custom guitar for Yahoo Japan auction on December 1st. Both are one-offs made by Fender's master builder Yuriy Shishkov. Ayanami Rei's face and Lance of Longinus are printed on them. Ayanami Rei Guitar Type 01 on Yahoo Auction Type...

16 years ago

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Hosoda Mamoru Once Accepts an Offer of Haruhi Movie's Director

According to Anime!Anime!, director Hosoda Mamoru disclosed at Animation Asia Conference that he accepted an offer of the director of Haruhi Suzumiya movie. But the producers didn't let him direct it in the end. He also said his next movie has already been under way. The script w...

16 years ago

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Producer of Fullmetal Alchemist Lectures on How To Produce a Successful Anime

Taguchi Koji, the Square Enix producer (Fullmetal Alchemist, Soul Eater, Saki, Kuroshitsuji), gave a lecture at Japan International Contents Festival held on October 6th. He revealed backstage information of the anime industry by showing concrete data. He said Square Enix has pro...

17 years ago

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The SongWriter of Rosario+Vampire Themes Arrested For Using Drugs [Updated]

A songwriter Sonoda Ryoji was arrested for using illegal stimulant drugs. He wrote the lyrics of many popular pop songs including anime songs. His anime-related songs: Rosario + Vampire OP "COSMIC LOVE" Rosario + Vampire Capu2 OP "DISCOTHEQUE" Rosario + Vampire Ep 5 Insert "Akai...

17 years ago

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