Kinokuniya, the largest bookstore chain in Japan, will be opening a 24,000 sq.-ft. flagship store this fall in New York City. Kay Ngee Tan Architects are designing the bookstore, which will occupy three floors and include a café overlooking Bryant…
At a joint event of ARIA & Umimonogatari held on October 3rd, Sato Junichi’s new anime “Tamayura” was announced. It’s a “healing story” OVA and scheduled to be released next summer. The story takes place in Seto Inland Sea and…
Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for March 30th – Apr 5th. *1, 476,611 *,476,611 Bleach vol.38 *2, 340,547 *,340,547 Detective Conan vol.64 *3, 265,306 *,265,306 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! vol.24 *4, 229,223 *,229,223 Gintama vol.28 *5, 107,020…
The weekly manga and light novels rankings for May 6th – 12th Rank / This week’s sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Manga *1, 132,529 *,473,936 Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Vol.4 *2, 130,454 *,537,199 Kuroko no Basket Vol.22 *3, *96,868…
Here are the weekly DVD and CD rankings for November 21st – 27th. DVD *1, 13,702 *,*13,702 Usavich IV *2, 11,362 *,*11,362 Hakuouki Sekkaroku vol.5 Limited Edition *3, 10,958 *,*10,958 Gintama’ vol.5 Limited Edition *4, *9,245 *,**9,245 Persona 4 The…
According to NewType magazine, CLAMP’s manga “Kobato” will be animated. It will be aired in the autumn of 2009. The staff are as follows: Director: Masuhara Mitsuyuki (“Chi’s Sweet Home”) Series organizer: Okawa Nanase (“Cardcaptor Sakura”) Character Designer: Kato Yuumi…
According to the official website, the airing date of the last three episodes (eps. 14-16) of “Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai.” has been set to August 18th. Viewing method (including international audiences) can be found on…
According to Taiyosha, an anime movie project of Sakuraba Kazuki’s historical mystery novel “Fuse: Gansaku Satomi Hakkenden” was announced to get underway. Cover of Fuse novel Synopsis: Based on a Japanese classic novel Satomo Hakkenden. Atrocious crimes by human-dog hybrids…
A new anime of Ichigeki Sacchuu!! Hoihoi-san was announced at Dengeki Kanshasai 2012 streamed on Niconico Live. An OVA of Hoihoi-san was released in 2004. website of Hoihoi-san figure Manga “Ichigeki Sacchu!! HoiHoi-san” had been serialized in Dengeki Daioh. A…
The Anime Network has secured the rights to stream IS: Infinite Stratos through their online player. Episodes 1-3 will be released on Sunday, January 23rd at 8:30 PM (CST); all remaining episodes will also air on Sundays at the same…