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In a highly-respected Japanese economics newspaper, Japan Economic Times, they recently published a news column in which an otaku claimed that over a million men in Japan are obsessed with Rei Ayanami of Neon Genesis Evangelion. In the column it…

Seiyu Tanaka Rie has announced on her official blog that she and a veteran seiyu Yamadera Koichi got married on June 17th. Yamadera is 51 years old and Tanaka is 33. Both said they will live a new and happy…

Shotaro Ishinomari has been entered into the Guiness Book of World Records. His record is having published the most amount of books in a lifetime. Source: ComiPress

According to Margaret magazine, manga “Switch Girl!!” was announced to get a live action TV drama adaptation. It will start on December 24th. Nishiuchi Mariya will play Tamiya Nika. Source: Scan of Margaret

Viz announced that it will be releasing the DVD for the live-action film, NANA (based the manga series), today, April 8th. The DVD features English subtitles and is estimated to be priced at $24.98 (USD). The release of the DVD…

Here is the weekly manga sales ranking top 30 for Jan 12th – 18th. Rank/ This week’s sales/ Total sales/ Title *1, 170,171 *,170,171 Hayate The Combat Butler vol.18 *2, 121,781 *,121,781 Kekkaishi vol.23 *3, *80,318 *,*80,318 Hotaru no Hikari…

Here are the weekly manga & light novels sales rankings for February 14th – 20th. Manga *1, 275,593 *,275,593 Fairy Tail vol.25 *2, 262,116 *,262,116 Detective Conan vol.71 *3, 184,587 *,184,587 Ahiru no Sora vol.30 *4, 152,538 2,724,241 One Piece…

The weekly manga and light novels rankings for November 26th – December 2nd Rank / This week’s sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Manga *1, 122,236 *,393,029 REAL Vol.12 *2, 100,660 *,169,385 Working!! Vol.11 *3, *96,114 *,*96,917 Black…