According to Production BaoBab, seiyuu Kawakami Tomoko passed away on June 9th. She was 41 years old. She had been struggling against ovary cancer since 2008. Director Ikuhara Kunihiko posted on his twitter that he contacted Kawakami on March 14th.…
According to Mainichi Online, the number of visitors to Tokyo International Anime Fair 2009 were 130,000, which was the largest since its start in 2002. The event itself was successful, but the anime producers share a sense of crisis. The…
A human-sized Eva Spear from Evangelion was auctioned for over 13,000,000 yen ($121,100 USD). The spear war forged by Kaoru Watanabe. Source: ANN , Yahoo
According to the website of Kadokawa manga, manga “Tokyo ESP” will be adapted into anime. It is not yet known in which format the anime will be. The manga is currently serialized in Shounen Ace and is drawn by Segawa…
ANIMAX Asia, the Singaporean branch of a Japanese satellite TV channel ANIMAX, announced that they will air their original anime “LaMB” in March in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, India, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Vietnam. Airing in Japan was not…
According to the official website, Studio Ghibli’s new short anime movie “Chu-zumo” will be shown at Ghibli Museum from January 3rd to February 28th, 2010. The movie is based on a Japanese folk tale “Nezumi no Sumo (Sumo of Mice)”.…
According to the official website, Tachibana Pan’s light novel “Dakara Boku wa H (ecchi) ga Dekinai.” was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. The production studio is feel. The author of the novel is the scenario writer of adult…
According to the official mobile website, a new project of Code Geass – Hangyaku no Lelouch was announced to be launched. The details will be given next year. Zero said: This is a new genesis … the day of rebirth.…
Otome visual novel producer Otomate and its parent producer IDEA FACTORY, announced in a fan event, Otomate Party 2013, that the otome visual novel “Juuza Engi: Engetsu Sangokuden,” will get an anime adaptation. The visual novel, with Tei Dai’s characters…
At the end of the final episode of the second season, a movie of K-ON! was announced. Sources: Screenshot of the announcement, K-ON official website, video of the announcement (Youtube) Sanada Asami tweeted that she didn’t know there is a…