Benesse Corporation has distributed a promotional OVA for their correspondence education service “Shinken Semi High School Course”. Benesse has been well-known for spending large amount of money on direct‐mail advertising. OVA Part 1 (Youtube) Part 2 Part 3 Staff Director:…
Graphic books best seller list (Manga & OEL) for September 11th – 17th 1, Sailor Moon, Vol.1 2, Codename: Sailor V, Vol.1 3, xxxHolic, Vol.17 4, Bleach, Vol.36 5, Naruto, Vol.52 6, Black Bird, Vol.10 7, One Piece, Vol.58 8,…
The Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (TNUFAM) have filed an application to Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to start a new graduate program in Animation. If approved it will be the first undergraduate…
According to the notice to the book shop keepers, Kataoka Jinsei and Kondou Kazuma’s manga “Deadman Wonderland” was announced to get an anime adaptation. The authors wrote the manga edition of “Eureka Seven”. Source: Scan of the notice Deadman Wonderland…
According to GA Bunko, light novel “Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru” was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. The production studio is A-1 Pictures. Source: Scan of the announcement Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba…
According to the official website, the unaired episode 0 of UN-GO will be shown at TOHO Cinemas theater from November 19th. The encounter of Shinjuro and Inga will be told. The TV series will start on October 13th. Source: UN-GO…
A teaser website of a new project “Love Live! -School idol project” was launched on May 29th. It’s a joint project of SUNRISE, Lantis, and Dengeki G’s Magazine. Love Live! teaser website According to the source of the website, the…
Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for 13th – 19th. Blu-ray *1, 4,162 **4,162 Saki: Achiga-hen – Episode of Side-A vol.3 *2, *,905 106,609 K-On! (Movie) Limited Edition *3, *,876 *23,072 Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 vol.2 *4, *,648…
The weekly manga and light novels rankings for January 14th – 20th Rank / This week’s sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Manga *1, 414,297 *,414,297 Silver Spoon Vol.6 *2, 143,583 *,218,607 Otoyomegatari Vol.5 *3, 132,454 *,259,839 Sukitte…
Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for February 18th – 24th. Blu-ray *1, 27,357 27,357 Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki *2, 24,733 24,733 Girls und Panzer vol.2 *3, 20,491 20,491 Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 vol.4 *4, 18,628…