Actor Tobey Maguire, better known for his role as Peter Parker in the Spider-Man movies along with Warner Brothers has acquired film production rights to Robotech. Maguire is considering playing the lead role in the film. Source: ANN, Hollywood Reporter
According to Kadokawa, an OVA will be bundled with the eleventh volume of Deadman Wonderland manga. It will be released in October. The TV series will start on April 16th. Source: Kadokawa Deadman Wonderland OVA on MAL
At an event “Chou Hidamatsuri Z” held on April 5th, special episode(s) of “Hidamari Sketch x 365″ was announced to be released. The release date and the number of episodes haven’t been given yet. Source: MOONPHASE Source: Hidamari Sketch official…
The fifth issue of Kodansha’s Evening magazine will announce the addition of new manga titles into their magazine. One of these includes the manga series Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, which has been on hiatus since August 2010. Viz Media…
Here are the weekly CD & DVD sales rankings for January 17th – 23rd. “Vocalonexus feat. Hatsune Miku” is the second VOCALOID album which won the top spot in the weekly rankings. Single CD *2, 67,122 67,122 Kyou, Koi wo…
According to Cinema Today, Tezuka Productions have made an option contract with film director Justin Lin regarding the live action film rights of Tezuka Osamu’s manga “Dororo”. Another director Ernesto Foronda has also revealed on Indiewire.com that he has been…
The winners of the 13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize are as follows: Grand Prize Yoshinaga Fumi (“Ohoku”) Tatsumi Yoshihiro (“Gekiga Hyouryuu”) Short Story Award Nakamura Hikaru (“Saint Young Men”) Creative Award Maruo Suehiro (“Panorama Island”) Source: Anime!Anime! Other finalists Yoshida…
According to Cinema Today, the two-week boxoffice income of Karigurashi no Arrietty (The Secret World of Arriety) in North America reached $15.2 million on March 3rd. It surpassed Ponyo’s record of $15 million in 2009 and established the new boxoffice…
Here are the weekly DVD & CD Rankings for June 13th – 19th. DVD *1, 127,365 *,127,365 Karigurashi no Arrietty *2, **5,488 *,**5,488 Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Fusion Ultra! Bond Over Time and Space *3, **1,215 1,075,818 My Neighbor Totoro *4,…
A 35 year old man was arrested for murder on March 9th in Taipei, Taiwan. He deposed that he committed the crime by referring to a Japanese manga which he read long time ago. Police explained to the press that…