According to Weekly Young Magazine, mangaka Nakano Junko passed away on July 28th due to ischemic heart disease. She was 45 years old. She finished Hetakoi this April and was preparing for a new series. Source: Scan of Young Magazine
The Department of Building Inspection of Mitaka City used Aisaka Taiga as a mascot character for the publicity. Source: Picture of the poster Mitaka City used Ayanami Rei and Soryu Asuka Langley for the PR of the Waterworks Bureau and…
NHK will air a special one-shot anime “Kawamo wo Suberu Kaze” on January 7th. The target audience of the anime are middle-aged women. Trailer of Kawamo wo Suberu Kaze Staff Original Novel: Yuikawa Kei Director: Kawamata Hiroshi (“Nepos Napos”) Scenario:…
According to the official website, manga “Cuticle Tantei Inaba (Cuticle Detective Inaba)” was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. Cuticle Tantei Inaba manga official website Source: Cuticle Tantei Inaba anime official website Cuticle Tantei Inaba on MAL
According to Otona Anime magazine vol.23, Nisemonogatari was announced to be 11 episodes long. Director Shinbo Akiyuki intended to reproduce the high pace of the conversation of the characters in the novel with the relatively short length of the series.…
According to GIGAZINE, Production I.G has announced the details of Ghost in the Shell: Arise. It’s a tetralogy film about the past of Motoko when she was in the army. The first 50min-long episode “border:1 Ghost Pain” will be premiered…
Here is the weekly manga sales ranking for October 19th – 25th. *1, 320,529 320,529 Saint Young Men vol.4 *2, 251,187 251,187 Black Lagoon vol.9 *3, 198,297 200,191 Skip Beat! vol.23 *4, 153,779 154,417 GANTZ vol.27 *5, 105,717 266,150 Hayate…
Another tokusatsu hero is coming to the US. Kamen Rider Dragon Knight will premier this year, and an upcoming movie is scheduled to be in theater in 2009. The Kamen Rider franchise was created by renowned manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori.…
The fourth series of “Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha” was announced to start as a manga in Kadokawa’s new magazine “Nyantype”. The title is “Mahou Senki Lyrical Nanoha Force” and the first episode will be released on April 30th. Takamachi Nanoha…
The last episode of School Days has been removed from the airing schedule on several different stations. According to the official School Days website it is unknown if they will allow it to be aired. A while back, it was…