On the strip wrap that comes with the latest volume 7 of manga “Noragami”, it was announced that the manga will be adapted into a TV anime series. No other details have been disclosed yet. The manga started serialization in…
According to the official BBS of Hirata Katsuzo (the chief animator of “Basquash!”), Itagaki Shin was fired from the director of “Basquash!”. The official website of the anime indicates that the new director is Sato Eiichi (the director of “Kiss…
According to Section23, a North American anime distributor, Sentai Filmworks has licensed the following titles for a Spring release: Gintama – First set releasing on April 27th Hidamari Sketch x 365 – Full series releasing on April 6th Asatte no…
Hino Akihiro, the president of game maker Level 5 and the scenario writer of Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, posted in his twitter that he was surprised to meet severe criticism against Gundam AGE. He said “We didn’t make a perfunctory…
Discotek announced that they have acquired rights to the first The Fist of the North Star anime movie, with a planned DVD release date of May 2009. They will be using the newly-remastered version that Toei released in Japan in…
According to The Research Institute for Publications (RIP), the yearly sales of manga (magazines and comic books) in 2009 was 418.7 billion yen and made a year-on-year decrease of 6.6%, which is the largest drop since the onset of RIP…
Here are the weekly DVD & CD rankings for September 19th – 25th. DVD *1, 12,822 *12,822 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 1000% vol.1 *2, 10,952 *10,952 Gintama’ vol.3 Limited Edition *3, *8,714 **8,714 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica vol.6 Limited Edition *4,…
According to Anime!Anime!, the new anime movie “CENCOROLL” will be shown at New York Anime Festival 2009 to be held from September 25 – 27. The movie will be premiered on August 22nd in Japan. Tomino Yoshiyuki and Makino Yui…
In an effort to gather the world’s attention to Japanese art in the form of anime, manga, video games and contemporary art, as well as preserving these art forms, a budget of 117 billion yen, approximately $1,16 billion, will be…
According to Comptiq magazine April issue, manga Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya was announced to get an anime adaptation. The fifth volume of Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei! will be released on March 26th. It will be the final volume of…