PoT Gets Theatrical Anime Film & Blue Exorcist Gets TV Anime Green-Lit
On Saturday, the official website for Shueisha's Jump Square magazine posted the cover for the January issue, which is revealing next Saturday that a theatrical anime film adaptation of Takeshi Konomi's The Prince of Tennis manga is in production.
The original manga followed Ryoma Echizen and his tennis team as they rise through Japan's local and national tournaments. The manga ran for 379 installments between July of 1999 and March of 2008, and the 42 compiled volumes have sold over 40 million copies. Konomi has since launched a manga sequel called Shin Tennis no Ouji-sama (The New Prince of Tennis) in Jump Square in March of 2009. (The fourth compiled book volume of the new series is shipping this month.)
Viz Media will publish the 40th manga volume in North America next January. The manga already inspired a television anime series, a string of original video anime projects, two earlier double-billed theatrical anime films, and a live-action film.
Source: ANN
I'm loving this news XD
Anything from PoT is welcome in my heart <333
On Saturday, the official website for Shueisha's Jump Square magazine posted the cover for the January issue, which is announcing next Saturday that a television anime adaptation of Kazue Katō's Blue Exorcist manga has been green-lit.
The supernatural manga focuses on Rin Okumura, a boy raised by a famous exorcist named Father Fujimoto. After an argument between the two, Rin discovers he is the son of Satan. Rin decides to fight his fate by joining the True Cross Academy to become an exorcist and defeat demons. However, when he draws his father's sword, it releases a dark power within him.
Katō launched the manga in Jump Square in April of 2009, and the fifth compiled book volume will ship next month. Viz Media will publish the first book volume of the manga in North America next April.
Source: ANN
I'm looking forward to see this!