According to Oricon news, an anime movie based on a Nintendo DS puzzle game “Professor Layton (Layton Kyouju)” series was announced. The title is “Professor Layton The First Movie” and it will be shown in the theaters in January 2010.…
Think Corporation and Wao World have announced original anime movie & TV series “Showa Monogatari”. The movie will be premiered on January 29th and the TV series will start next April. The target audience are elderly people in their sixties…
The weekly manga and light novels rankings for January 7th – 13th Rank / This week’s sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Manga *1, *,135,185 *,363,130 Natsume Yuujinchou Vol.15 *2, *,127,385 *,127,385 Sukitte Ii na yo. Vol.10 *3,…
According to Animeanime, the Black★Rock Shooter television series will be simulcasted on Niconico subtitled in eight languages. The streaming will begin Feb. 3rd following the Japan TV airing. The latest episodes will be available at 11:00 pm every Friday in…
According to the official websites, the airing of the 11th episode of Sankarea and Acchi Kocchi will be delayed for one week. The episodes will be aired on June 21st instead of 14th. Sources: Sankarea official website, Acchi Kocchi official…
New story sections, character designs, and 15 promotional posters on the official website. First three chapters of the 7-part-movie are scheduled to premier in Japan on December 1st, December 29th, and January 26th in the following year, and will be…
Starting from Oct. 3rd Inuyasha will get simulcasted mere hours after the episodes will be broadcasted in Japan. Viewers can stream it subbed on ShonenSunday’s website and on Hulu. The simulcast will pick up on “The Final Act” but the…
The Ministry of Agriculture of Japan disclosed that Japanese marine products dealers disguised clams imported from China as Japanese domestic shellfish. The dealers used the names of Tousen Kaname (“Bleach”) and Kusanagi Kyo (“The King of Fighters” Game) as imaginary…
According to the official website, Shinkai Makoto has produced a TV ad for Japanese construction company Taisei Corp. It’s about a woman who works for the Marmaray project. Actress Kurokawa Mei plays the woman. Bosphorus strait undersea tunnel project Shinkai…
Japanese television broadcaster HTB (situated on the northern island of Hokkaido) has announced a new anime series for children starring their mascot on-chan (which debuted for the station on December 1, 1997). The anime will be called Yume-miru Anime on-chan…