Graphic books best seller list (Manga & OEL) for 10 – 16 January 2011 1, Hetalia Axis Powers, vol 2 2, Vampire Knight, vol 11 3, Naruto, vol 49 4, Hetalia Axis Powers, vol 1 5, Kuroshitsuji, vol 3 6,…
According to Cinema Today, Studio Ghibli displayed a banner which says “Studio Ghibli wants to create films without electricity generated by nuclear power plants.” on the roof of the main studio in Tokyo. Studio Ghibli said “The banner was proposed…
Director Sato Tatsuo tweeted that he has excluded all the romance elements from Moretsu Pirates and Rinne no Lagrange. He said it’s an experimental approach to compose the scripts focusing on the friendships without romance, but he believes something unexpected…
Google started to provide official themes for their web browser Google Chrome. List of Artist Themes One hundred themes were collected from fourteen countries and K-ON! and Hatsune Miku were selected from Japan. K-ON! theme Hatsune Miku theme Good Smile…
According to Young GanGan no.12, Yuto’s manga “Hanamaru Youchien (Hanamaru Kindergarten)” was announced to get an anime adaptation. Staff Director: Mizushima Seiji (“Fullmetal Alchemist”, “Mobile Suit Gundam 00″) Vice Director: Kimura Ryuuichi (episode director of “Shikabane Hime: Aka”) Character Designer:…
The winners of the 3rd Seiyu Award are as follows: Best Actor Kamiya Hiroshi (“Natsume Yuujinchou”) Best Actress Kugimiya Rie (“Toradora!”, “Nabari no Ou”) Best Supporting Actor Inoue Kazuhiko (“Natsume Yuujinchou”) Sugita Tomokazu (“Macross Frontier”, “Hakushaku to Yousei”) Best Supporting…
According to Mainichi, Chiba Police arrested a 37 year old woman for violating Prohibition of Illegal Access Act. She allegedly logged in to seiyu Canna Nobutoshi’s blog and posted incomprehensible text about one hundred times. Canna and the woman had…
According to the Hollywood Reporter, TV Tokyo and the advertising agency Nihon Ad Systems (NAS) have terminated the license contract of the Yu-Gi-Oh! series with 4Kids Entertainment and have sued 4Kids for illicit transactions. 4Kids allegedly manipulated the accounts and…
Regarding the debate in the United Kingdom to redesign their flag, commonly known as the Union Jack, Japanese citizens, specifically those on 2ch.net, have decided to help out. “Telegraph” said:Earlier this week a Labour MP called for the Union flag…
Japan’s weekly manga rankings for the week of March 25-31 are as follows: 1. Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume #19 2. Kimi ni Todoke, Volume #6 3. Nodame Cantabile, Volume #20 4. Bamboo Blade, Volume #8 5. Shingetsutan Tsukihime, Volume #6 6.…