According to Anime!Anime!, The Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan invested 214 million yen ($2.26 million) in “Young Animator Training Project” and entrusted the execution of the project to Japan Animation Creators Association (JaniCA). JaniCA will produce four original anime…
The official website of “Ristorante Paradiso” was hacked by someone and a Trojan script infected the source. If you connect to the website, the browser will read an unrelated adult website. It’s been more than six hours since the infection…
Monthly Comic RUSH publishes a new manga “Papurion! Mizuhara-san”. It’s about daily lives of seiyu Mizuhara Kaoru. Her eating habits, part-time jobs, and a little bit about the activities as a seiyu will be comically described by Konno Takashi (the…
Contents managing company Overlap has announced the reboot of IS: Infinite Stratos project. A newly written short novel, a new drama CD and new character goods will be released at Comiket 83. IS Project Reboot official website The release of…
According to FUNimation they announced that they will begin streaming the anime Freezing. The two first episodes will be streamed on Monday, January 24th (10:30 a.m. EST) And a new episode will be added each week. Source: FUNimation’s blog
Here is the weekly manga sales ranking for March 22nd – 28th. *1, 165,371 *,165,371 Billy Bat vol.3 *2, *93,681 *,356,787 Fairy Tail vol.20 *3, *83,771 *,*83,771 Piano no Mori vol.17 *4, *74,695 *,*74,695 Working!! vol.7 *5, *69,029 *,183,454 Major…
According to Sankei Newspaper, Wakayama Prefectural Police arrested the culprits of the November 17th 2010 robbery of the old building of Toyosato Elementary School, the model school of K-ON!. The 17 and 18 year-old boys were arrested for stealing figures,…
According to Sankei News, anime director Dezaki Osamu passed away on April 17th due to lung cancer. He was 67 years old. Dezaki entered Mushi Productions in 1963 and was selected as a chief animator after only three months. He…
Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for 11th – 17th. Blu-ray *1, 5,532 *5,532 K vol.7 *2, 5,354 *5,354 K vol.6 *3, 2,953 45,833 Nekomonogatari: Kuro vol.1 Limited Edition *4, 1,170 34,706 Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki…
The staff of “Sengoku BASARA” disclosed to a free-lance writer that the horses on which Date Masamune and his fellows ride are motorcycles with horse heads and legs. The horse-like motorcycles have mufflers and handlebars. Screenshot of the scene Source:…