Prince of Tennis Musical, Jump SQ. Mag to Collaborate

Musical runs in 3 nations after manga's end; Konomi hires assistants for new work
The October issue (released on September 4) of Shueisha's Jump Square magazine has announced that the publication will be collaborating with The Prince of Tennis musical on a "miraculous" future project. The ( Read more... )

'Death Note II' on 400 Screens

Viz Pictures has announced that the second Death Note live action movie, Death Note II:  The Last Name, will be shown in nearly 400 U.S. theaters in a two night special event on October 15th and 16th, in association with NCM Fathom.  The special theatrical event tops by almost 100 theaters the similar screening of the ( Read more... )

Lucky Star OVA's TV Commercial Streamed

"Original visuals and animation" project to ship in Japan on September 26
The official Japanese website of the Lucky Star anime franchise is streaming a television commercial for the Lucky Star OVA, a new adaptation of Kagami Yoshimizu's four-panel gag manga about four girls' everyday life. (The project ( Read more... )

New Fullmetal Alchemist TV Anime Series Confirmed

Announcement to be made on Hiromu Arakawa's latest manga volume
The wraparound jacket band on the 20th volume of Hiromu Arakawa's Fullmetal Alchemist manga will confirm on Friday that a new television anime series is in the works. A new anime series was a topic of much fan discussion for several ( Read more... )

Clannad After Story Promo Video Streamed

2nd TV series based on visual novel to premiere in October in Japan
The official Japanese website of the Clannad After Story anime series has been revamped and is now streaming a promotional video. The site also confirmed that the anime will premiere in October on the TBS, MBS, and CBC broadcast stations ( Read more... )

Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block will run the Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 sequel series in the United States. The late-night block has been running Bandai Entertainment's English-dubbed version of the first Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion robot anime series since April 26. The 18th episode of Code Geass R2 just aired ( Read more... )

Japanese rock band UVERworld will be providing the second season opening theme for Sunrise's Mobile Suit Gundam 00 television series. Gundam 00's second season will begin airing on October 5 in Japan, and UVERworld will be releasing the "Hakanakumo Towa no Kanashi" opening song on a CD single in November.
Other songs produced by UVERworld have ( Read more... )

3 Titles' Fansubs Pulled on Behalf of Japan's d-rights
posted on 2008-08-11 14:31 EDT
Monochrome Factor, Nabari no Ou, Reborn, Bamboo Blade, El Cazador covered
Last week, Funimation exercised a power-of-attorney agreement to remove online fansubbed videos of Monochrome Factor, Nabari no Ou, and Katekyo Hitman Reborn! ( ( Read more... )

Manga Does Not Rule U.S. Graphic Novel Sales in July

Only 9 Japanese titles in top 20; #2's Naruto Vol. 30 makes way for Watchmen

The ICv2 retail news source reports on the BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels for July in the American retail market, and for the first time in recent months, Japanese manga titles do not dominate the chart. Masashi ( Read more... )

The Shana Nendoroid from Shakugan no Shana just went up for pre-order.


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