Found the link from chibiyuuto and thought I'd romanize the list for those who are interested. Oricon compiled the top 50 best-selling tankoban between Novemer 2008 and May 2009. It's cool to see what's popular in Japan these days~

( The Top 50 Best-selling Manga (Nov/08 - May/09) )

WOW, am I impressed! -- that is the main thought sounding through my head right now. Why? I just watched episode 1 of Studio Madhouse's anime adaptation of Death Note! Seriously, with Obata Takeshi's gorgeous artwork, it's hard to imagine that an anime adaptation will be anything but anti-climactic (at least visually), and since so much of the ( Read more... )

Don't know if you guys have seen this yet, but ANN.com reported that there was recently a big survey in Japan about what people consider the 10 best anime and manga of all time. Very interesting (and appropriate) results!

The top ten manga are:

1. Slam Dunk (Manga)
2. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)
3. Dragon Ball (Manga)
4. Fullmetal Alchemist ( ( Read more... )

It's here!! The trailer for the second Death Note movie!! *_____ ( Read more... )