According to Sankei Biz, Bandai has announced an international championship of Gundam plastic models (“Gunpla”). The contest “Gunpla Builders World Cup 2011” will be held in thirteen countries from this month till December. The qualifiers of the regional preliminary contests…
According to Animate TV, an original TV anime “Boku no Imouto wa ‘Osaka Okan’” was announced to start from December 21st. It’s a 12-episode flash anime series and each episode is 5 minutes long. Osaka Okan anime official website Staff…
Notice: It’s postponed again. Please move on to the new thread below. Release of Bakemonogatari DVD & Blu-ray Postponed Once Again According to Sofmap online store, the release date of Bakemonogatari Blu-ray & DVD volume 6 was postponed until June…
According to Natalie, the serialization of manga Alive ended on February 6th. The final volume 21 will be released in May. Its anime adaptation was announced in July 2008, but the author Kawashima Tadashi revealed in his official BBS on…
On February 15th, mangaka Watashiya Kaworu had a quarrel with another mangaka Yuki Homura (“Sakitama ~Sakuya Den~”) on twitter over the sexual expression of manga. Yuki tweeted that one of his acquainted bookstore clerks said he cannot put Comic High!…
According to CIEL magazine September issue, the second season of Sekaiichi Hatsukoi was announced. Source: Scan of CIEL cover Sekaiichi Hatsukoi 2 on MAL
ufotable announced in the official website that they will animate Chihaya Mikage’s manga “Minori Scramble!”. A public audition for the voice cast will be held in October. Minori Scramble official website Minori Scramble Trailer (Youtube) Minori Scramble! is a comedy…
According to Kadokawa’s notice to the bookstores, Mikumo Gakuto’s light novel “Dantalian no Shoka (Bibliotheca Mystica de Dantalian)” was announced to get an anime adaptation. The details will be revealed in The Sneaker magazine on June 30th. Cover of the…
According to the press release, Dentsu, the parent company of Geneon Entertainment, will transfer 80.1% of the stock of Geneon Entertainment to Universal Pictures International Entertainment (one of the sections of US NBC Universal Inc.), and Geneon and Universal Pictures…
Ryuhei Kitamura, known for directing Godzilla: Final Wars, will direct Wild Boar Media’s 50-minutes long animated feature “Baton.” The film is being conceptualized, voice acted, and written in Japan, but the animation will be done by the American studio Titmouse.…