Aniplex USA to Ship All of Read or Die on BD
All video, TV episodes in Winter box set with Japanese, English dubs |
Japanese Singer/Composer Bice Passes Away
Worked on Mahoraba, Kirarin Revolution music; sang Kimi wa Pet opening song |
Kaich?! School Archery Manga's 2nd Anime Short Posted
Y?ki Hayashi's comedy about high school archery club inspires 2-part web anime |
Top Anime Movies at Japanese Box Office, 1st Half of 2010
One Piece, Conan, Doraemon, Shin-chan, Precure, Gintama, Haruhi, Macross, Layton |
Robin with His 100 Friends Animation to Start This Fall
PansonWorks' story about boy who moves to village, tries to make friends |
To Love-Ru Spinoff Manga Series to Launch in October
Artist Kentaro Yabuki, writer Saki Hasemi to collaborate again |
4 AKB48 Members Each Get Own Young Jump Manga Series
Mayu Watanabe, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Rino Sashihara featured in 4 series |
Montreal Fantasia Festival Announces Animated Awards
Summer Wars, King of Thorn, Yamato: Resurrection also win at Montreal fest |
Fushigi Yűgi Manga Gets Stage Play Green-Lit
Play based on Yuu Watase's adventure romance to run in Tokyo in October |
Toei Animates Short N?gy? Musume! Promo Episode
3-minute episode 0 to promote 1st printed manga volume about agricultural girls |
Oblivion Island Wins Award at Seoul's SICAF
Shinsuke Sato, Production I.G's CG feature awarded Special Jury Prize |
Japanese Comic Ranking, July 19-25
Soul Eater, Gundam, Giant Killing, Billy Bat land in top 5; Ahiru no Sora stays |
Angel Heart Manga to Continue Despite Magazine's End
Also at France's Japan Expo: Masakazu Katsura says Zetman is at halfway mark |
Kodansha Fined 550,000 Yen for Manga's Use of Real Person
Court: Shonen Mag's Zero-sen infringed on fashion figure's image |
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, July 12-18
GeGeGe no Ny?b?, Howl's Moving Castle, Hotaru no Hikari, Precure, Anpanman |
NisiOisin's Kizumonogatari Light Novel Gets Anime (Updated)
3rd NisiOisin anime project after Bakemonogatari, Katanagatari |
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, July 12-18
One Piece sets franchise record; Reborn!, Yamato, Working, Haku?ki in top 10 |
Discotek Adds 2 Galaxy Express 999 Films, Project A-Ko
Also: live-action Princess Blade, Aquarian Age films |
U.S. Kinokuniya Bookstores Stop Selling 5 Bish?jo Mags
Megami, Megami Deluxe, Nyantype, Dengeki Hime, Dengeki Moeoh removed |
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, July 12-18
Nausicaä, Black Lagoon, Zettai Karen Children debut in top 10; Eva 1 & 2 stay |
Arrest in Voice Actor Nobutoshi Canna's Blog Hack (Updated)
37-year-old allegedly obtained Canna's password, left about 100 messages |
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, July 11-17
Twilight drops; Naruto, Ouran, Vampire Knight, 2 Black Butler books, new Black Lagoon, Last Airbender, new Inuyasha, Soul Eater, One Piece |
Lucky Star's Yoshimizu, Futakoi Alternative's Araki Launch Manga
Also in Comp Ace: Kusaka's Megu Miruku launches; Urotan's Strike Witches on hiatus |
Gundam W: Endless Waltz Anime to Spawn New Manga
Anime's Sumisawa to write story; Gundam novel illustrator Ogasawara to draw |
Japanese Comic Ranking, July 12-18
Say "I Love You", Ahiru no Sora, Air Gear, Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun, GTO land in top 5 |
Priest, Gothicmade, Shin-chan Online Trailers Streamed
Also: live-action film of T?ru Honda's Light Novel no Tanoshii Kakikata light novels |
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, July 5-11
AKB48, Zettai Karen Children debut in top 30; Evangelion: 2.22 stays on chart |
Tokyo Purin Singer Takashi Makino Diagnosed with Cancer
Singer on Doraemon, Tantei Shounen Kageman does not plan to quit his work |
Japanese Box Office, July 10-11
13th Pokémon feature, 22nd Anpanman feature open in top 10 |
Black Rock Shooter to Add Extra with Linkin Park's Hahn (Updated)
Special Edition to include stop-motion video with Joe Hahn's remix of title song |
Japanese, English Actresses at Australian Eva 2 Debut
Evangelion: 2.0 film screened in Australia & NZ in August, September |
New York Int'l Children's Film Fest to Show Earthsea
East Coast premiere of Goro Miyazaki & Ghibli's film on August 1 |
Steins;Gate Game Gets TV Anime
5pb. head Chiyomaru Shikura reveals anime adaptation of his company's game |
D&Q Adds Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, NonNonBa (Updated)
Manga about war, childhood by GeGeGe no Kitar?'s Shigeru Mizuki |
Tokyopop Adds Sakura no Ichiban, Pavane, Mr. Clean (Updated)
Manga by creators of Karin/Chibi Vampire, Di Gi Charat, Jiujiu |
Tamagotchi! TV Anime's 2nd Year Listed
Newest anime based on Bandai's virtual pets has been running since last October |
Viz Hosts Ultimo/Shaman King's Takei at Comic-Con Int'l (Updated)
Publisher to reprint Death Note in Black Edition omnibus |
Yoshihiro Tatsumi's A Drifting Life Wins 2 Eisners
Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia, Best Reality-Based Work |
Marvel Anime to Run on G4 in the United States in 2011 (Update 4)
Iron Man, Wolverine, X-Men, Blade from Madhouse anime studio |
Life-Size Gundam Statue Unveiled at New Shizuoka Home
18-meter-tall statue wields new beam saber from July 24 to January 10 |
