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Sentai Filmworks Licenses Tasogare Otome x Amnesia

According to their official press release, Sentai Filmworks has licensed the Spring 2012 TV anime series Tasogare Otome x Amnesia. Sentai Filmworks will release the series through select digital outlets with a home video release to follow. Source: Press Release

Apr 19, 2012 3:06 PM by ap19 27 Comments

Licenses

Sentai Filmworks Licenses Tsuritama

According to their official press release, Sentai Filmworks has licensed the Spring 2012 TV anime series Tsuritama. Sentai Filmworks will release the series through select digital outlets with a home video release to follow. Source: Press Release

Apr 18, 2012 9:33 PM by Naruleach 17 Comments

Licenses

Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings for Apr 9 - 15

Here are the weekly manga & light novels rankings for April 9th - 15th. Ranks/ This week's sales by copies/ Cumulative sales/ Titles Manga *1, 382,299 382,299 Shingeki no Kyojin vol.7 *2, 203,598 203,598 Detective Conan vol.75 *3, 157,018 795,925 Hunter x Hunter vol.30 *4, 126,47...

Apr 18, 2012 4:57 PM by dtshyk 23 Comments

Manga Sales

Manga 'Bakuman' To End Next Week

According to Weekly Shonen Jump, Bakuman will end in the magazine vol.21 & 22 combined issue to be released on April 23rd. The comic books volumes 18, 19, and 20 will be released in May, June and July, respectively. Source: Scan of Weekly Shonen Jump

Apr 18, 2012 1:11 AM by dtshyk 154 Comments

Series End

Code Geass Gaiden: Boukoku no Akito is a Four-Episode Series

According to the official blog of Ichiko Hashimoto, Code Geass Gaiden: Boukoku no Akito will be a four episode film & OVA series, similar to the format for Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. Each episode is about 50 minutes long and will be premiered every three months followed by the B...

Apr 17, 2012 11:46 PM by dtshyk 65 Comments

TV Anime of Nintendo 3DS Game 'Senran Kagura' Announced

According to Famitsu, a TV anime project of Marvelous AQL's action game "Senran Kagura - Shoujotachi no Shinei" was announced to get underway. The second game "Senran Kagura Burst" will be released on August 30th. Senran Kagura game official website Senran Kagura was released on...

Apr 17, 2012 6:57 PM by dtshyk 50 Comments

OVA of To Love-ru Darkness To Precede TV Series

According to Jump SQ19 magazine, an OVA of To LOVE-Ru Darkness was announced to be released on August 17th followed by the recently announced TV series. The OVA consists of three short episodes featuring Momo, Mikan and Haruna. The three extra episodes of the original manga title...

Apr 17, 2012 5:23 AM by dtshyk 50 Comments

Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for Apr 9 - 15

Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for April 9th - 15th. Blu-ray *1, 5,343 *5,343 Mouretsu Pirates vol.2 Limited Edition *2, 2,735 *2,735 Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai! vol.2 *3, 1,309 *1,309 Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars Blu-ray Box *4, 1,284 *6,472 Mouretsu Pirates vo...

Apr 17, 2012 1:26 AM by dtshyk 53 Comments

Sentai Filmworks Licenses Medaka Box and Queen's Blade: Rebellion

According to their official press release, Sentai Filmworks has licensed the 12 episode TV anime series Medaka Box. Update Sentai has also announced their acquisition of the TV anime series Queen's Blade: Rebellion. Sentai Filmworks will release both series through select digital...

Apr 17, 2012 12:23 AM by Naruleach 19 Comments

Licenses

OVA for Hori-san to Miyamura-kun Underway

According to the mangaka's twitter, an OVA project of manga Hori-san to Miyamura-kun that started 3 years ago is now in the process of being completed. Hori-san to Miyamura-kun started out as a web-comic series by HERO, which was picked up by Square Enix in 2007 to become a 10-vo...

Apr 16, 2012 4:37 PM by ap19 15 Comments

New Anime

VA Kawaragi Shiho Gets Married

According to the official blog, seiyu Kawaragi Shiho got married this March. She said she will keep on working as a seiyu. She played Sekai in School Days and will play Mio in upcoming Little Busters! anime. Source: Kawaragi's blog

Apr 16, 2012 4:12 AM by dtshyk 59 Comments

Seiyuu Life Event

Short OVAs for Kuroko no Basket Announced

According to the official website and Amazon, every volume of the BD/DVD series for Kuroko no Basket (both limited and normal editions) will contain animated bloopers, which will be based on the extra section of the original manga series. There is also an episode 22.5 listed on t...

Apr 16, 2012 12:22 AM by ap19 60 Comments

Next Project of Mirai Nikki Announced

At the end of the final episode of Mirai Nikki, a "Next Project" was announced to get underway. The details of the project are unknown. Source: Screenshot of the announcement

Apr 15, 2012 7:56 AM by dtshyk 213 Comments

Success of Gundam Unicorn Cancels Failure of Gundam AGE

According to Nikkei MJ, the rating of Mobile Suit Gundam AGE has been hovering around the 2% level. Although the main target of the TV series is preteen boys, the rating among the kids sometimes goes down to zero. Bandai has been aware of the unpopularity of Gundam AGE among kids...

Apr 13, 2012 11:51 PM by dtshyk 140 Comments

First "Manga" University May Open Next Spring

According to the Asahi Newspaper, Osaka may open the Osaka Sougou Manga Geijutsu Kouka Daigaku (Osaka Comprehensive Manga Arts Institute of Technology), which will become the first university to have the word "manga" in its name. Ueda Gakuen, the legally incorporated education sy...

Apr 13, 2012 10:34 PM by ap19 53 Comments

NY Times Manga Best Seller List for April 1st - 7th

Graphic books best seller list (Manga & OEL) for April 1st - 7th 1. Rosario + Vampire: Season II, Vol. 8 2. Bleach, Vol. 39 3. Skip Beat!, Vol. 27 4. Pokémon: Black and White, Vol. 6 5. Bakuman, Vol. 10 6. The Drops of God, Vol. 3 7. Negima! Magister Negi Magi!, Omnibus Vol. 4 8....

Apr 13, 2012 9:04 PM by Snow 17 Comments

Manga Sales

A New Ninja Scroll Project Announced

According to the MADHOUSE official website, a continuation of the Ninja Scroll series was announced under the name Ninja Scroll Project. This project is related to Ninja Scroll (movie) directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, and its sequel, Ninja Scroll: The Series. A news flash announcin...

Apr 13, 2012 4:13 PM by ap19 27 Comments

OVA for Corpse Party Game Series Announced

According to Famitsu, the limited edition of the game, Corpse Party -THE ANTHOLOGY- Sachiko no Renai Yuugi Happy Birthday 2 U, will feature an OVA titled Corpse Party Missing Footage. Corpse Party started out as a horror adventure doujin soft video game developed by Team Gris Gri...

Apr 12, 2012 6:55 AM by ap19 60 Comments

New Anime

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...

Apr 12, 2012 5:57 AM by dtshyk 129 Comments

Interest

Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings for Apr 2 - 8

Here are the weekly manga & light novels rankings for April 2nd - 8th. Ranks/ This week's sales by copies/ Cumulative sales/ Titles Manga *1, 638,907 638,907 Hunter x Hunter vol.30 *2, 520,341 520,341 Ao no Exorcist vol.8 *3, 300,134 300,134 D.Gray-man vol.23 *4, 270,460 270,460...

Apr 11, 2012 5:08 PM by dtshyk 37 Comments

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