According to OCN, seiyu Tanonaka Isamu passed away due to a heart attack in his Tokyo home on Wednesday, January 13. He was 77. He played Medama Oyaji in Gegege no Kitarou since 1968 till the most recent series in…
The story about Kogane High turned out to be false. Asahi Weekly put the release of K-ON! uniform and the introduction of new school uniform to Kogane High in the same paragraph, but the two stories are unrelated to each…
The episode 12 of “Shikabane Hime: Kuro” was aired on March 26th and the TV series was ended. According to Amazon Japan, the episode 13 (designated as episode 26 of Shikabane Hime series) will be released as a DVD only…
Here is the weekly DVD sales ranking for April 19th – 25th. **, 72,894 72,894 (Up) *1, 16,993 16,993 Durarara!! vol.3 Limited Edition *2, 15,983 15,983 Naruto: Shippuuden Movie 3 – Hi no Ishi wo Tsugu Mono Limited Edition *3,…
According to the official website, a movie of doujin anime “Kowarekake no Orgel” was announced to be premiered on September 11th. Kowarekake no Orgel was originally released in 2009 at Comiket 77. The movie is the extended edition (34 min)…
According to Weekly Shounen Magazine, a new TV anime series of Hajime no Ippo was announced. It will start airing in January 2009. The first series was aired from 2000 to 2002 and established a record high average rating as…
Daybreak’s Bell by L’Arc-en-Ciel, which is the opening to Mobile Suit Gundam 00 is now the fourth Gundam song to reach the number one spot on the Oricon weekly singles chart in Japan, selling just under 116,000 copies. The three…
Japanese film director Kiriya Kazuakii announced in his twitter that the database entry of a new live action movie of Dragon Ball on the International Movie Database (IMDb) is a false rumor. He resent IMDb for spreading the false information…
Here are the yearly manga sales rankings for fiscal 2012. (Nov 21 2011 – Nov 18 2012) Series by series *1, 23,464,866 One Piece *2, *8,070,446 Kuroko no Basket *3, *6,495,240 Naruto *4, *5,413,899 Uchuu Kyoudai *5, *4,128,665 Fairy Tail…
According to Dengeki Maoh, Haga Yui’s manga Lotte no Omocha! was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. Lotte no Omocha! manga official website Source: Scan of Dengeki Maoh, Amazon Japan