The weekly manga and light novels rankings for September 10th – 16th Rank / This week’s sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Manga *1, 196,339 *,196,339 Chihayafuru Vol.18 *2, 127,369 *,127,369 Ahiru no Sora Vol.35 *3, 112,434 *,598,629…
According to the official website, an OVA of Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun was announced to be released in the summer of 2013. It will be bundled with the 12th volume of the comic book. Source: Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun official website Tonari…
According to CIEL Tres Tres magazine, Abe Miyuki’s manga “Hakkenden” was announced to get an anime adaptation. Source: CIEL Tres Tres Hakkenden: Touhou Hakken Ibun on MAL
According to Oricon, seiyu Mizuki Nana’s new album CD “ULTIMATE DIAMOND” was sold 74,000 copies and ranked the first in the weekly CD sales ranking for June 1st – 7th. It’s for the first time in 41 year history of…
Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for March 4th – 10th. Blu-ray *1, 42,880 42,880 Nekomonogatari: Kuro vol.1 Limited Edition *2, *2,358 *2,358 GJ-bu vol.1 *3, *1,941 33,536 Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki *4, *1,882 26,831 Sword…
According to the cover note of the comic book, manga “Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge” was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. It will be aired in the spring of 2013. Staff (Update Nov 27) Director: Yamaguchi Yuji (“Fate/stay…
Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for September 24th – 30th. Blu-ray *1, 9,211 *9,211 Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai: Add-on Disc *2, 7,082 *7,082 Hyouka vol.4 Limited Edition *3, 6,666 *6,666 Dog Days’ vol.1 Limited Edition *4,…
According to Natalie news, a side story (bangaihen) of manga Nodame Cantabile was announced to start serialization in Kiss magazine volume 24 to be released on December 10th. The main story ended on October 10th in Kiss vol.20. Source: Natalie
According to Iza News, the Chinese government will acquire the airing rights of Japanese anime and open a website exclusively used for streaming the anime programs. The Chinese Copyrights Protection Center will play the major role in the negotiations with…
According to a survey conducted by Japan Video Software Association, very small number of consumers support the DVD and Blu-ray market in Japan. 4.1% of the consumers spent >30,000 yen ($370) on DVD and Blu-ray software in 2010 and their…