According to the twitter of Nogami Takeshi, mangaka Kawasaki Noboru refused Tokyo Anime Award, which was planned to be given at Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) 2011. Tokyo Government had offered him the prize for the distinguished service. Kawasaki consulted…
According to animeanime.jp, the U.S. theatrical release of Momo e no Tegami was announced at the opening of the movie on April 21st. The movie will be distributed by GKIDS, and is planned to be released towards the end of…
Here is the weekly DVD sales ranking for August 31st – September 6th. *1, 7,125 **7,125 Sengoku BASARA vol.3 *2, 6,307 802,388 Gake no Ue no Ponyo *3, 6,213 **6,213 Saki vol.3 *4, 3,836 *20,100 Mobile Suit Gundam OP/ED Collection…
In a Niconico live program to celebrate the new OAD series of “Yozakura Quartet” and upcoming broadcast of “Devil Survivor 2 the Animation”, Yasuda Suzuhito, the manga creator of Yozakura Quartet and character designer for Devil Survivor 2, announced there…
According to their official blog, FUNimation Entertainment is now owned by an investment group led by FUNimation’s founder, president, and CEO: Gen Fukunaga. FUNimation was sold for $24 million in an all cash transaction and was previously a subsidiary of…
Graphic books best seller list (Manga & OEL) for April 15th – 21st 1. Tenjou Tenge: Full Contact Edition 2-in-1, Vol.6 2. 20th Century Boys, Vol. 21 3. X 3-in-1, Vol. 2 4. Excel Saga, Vol. 23 5. Bloody Monday,…
According to Iza News, Usui Yoshito, the manga author of Crayon Shin-chan, has been missing since September 11th. Saitama Prefecture Police is searching for him upon a request by his family. Yomiuri Newspaper reported that Usui left home for a…
According to the official website, Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto Movie was announced to be premiered on February 9th 2013. Star Driver The Movie official website It will be a recap of the TV series with a brand new sequel…
The recently released issue of Dragon Magazine has announced the official title of upcoming 4th series of the TV series Slayers. Slayers Revolution which is, to my knowledge, still without a release date was announced in the March 19th issue.…
According to Dengeki bootleg mail magazine, “Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora” was announced to get a live action movie adaptation. The detail of the movie will be out on June 10th. The live action TV drama of the anime…