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Those of you who – for various, law-bending reasons – have been dying to get your hands on the home video edition of the K-ON! Movie, can now mark your calendars for July 18. That’s when the anime film’s Blu-ray and DVD version will be released in Japan and, no doubt, leaked outside its borders shortly thereafter. The [...]
Also: 1-volume titles from from Ayan Sakuragi, Naomi Guren to get print release Digital Manga Publishing announced on Monday that it has licensed Kairi Shimotsuki‘s A Century of Temptation (Izanai Hyakunen no Koi), Ayan Sakuragi’s Deflowering the Boss (Uchi no Shachō wa Cherry Desu), and Naomi Guren‘s The Incredible Kintaro (Masaka no Kintarō) boys-love manga. Houbunsha originally published Shimotsuki’s one-volume Izanai Hyakunen no Koi vampire manga (pictured at right) in [...]
Chemistry’s Kawabata, Nao Minamisawa to perform voice-only theatrical edition of 2009 Hosoda film Mamoru Hosoda‘s 2009 film Summer Wars will be adapted into a stage recitation to be performed on June 16 and 17 of this year, according to an announcement made on Tuesday. Kaname Kawabata, who announced that he will be pursuing a solocareer after being a part of [...]
A recent announcement that surfaced from the latest issue of Dengeki no Kanzume magazine, followed by the opening of an official website, reveals plans for an upcoming TV anime series called Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo. It’s based on a romantic school comedy light novel series written by Hajime Kamoshida and illustrated by Keji Mizoguchi. The story revolves around [...]
The upcoming Blu-ray and DVD volumes for the home video release of the TV anime seriesAccel World will each include a short OVA episode. The anime began airing in Japan (and also simulcasting on Hulu) yesterday, and its first home video disc is planned for release on July 25. The bundled OVA shorts are called Actual World. [...]
The studio behind the recently announced TV anime adaptation Little Busters! has been revealed to be J.C. Staff, according to a scan from the Dengeki Visual Arts magazine. Several staffers were also named there, and you can find the translated list over on MAL. No release timeframe for the anime was given at this time, either. Earlier this month, J.C. Staff was [...]
Higurashi, Nodame’s Chiaki Kon to direct anime based on romance adventure game for female players The Animate.tv website has revealed the staff for the La storia della Arcana Famiglia television anime series on Thursday. Chiaki Kon (When They Cry – Higurashi, Nodame Cantabile: Paris and Finale, Junjō Romantica) will direct the series. Masanao Akahoshi (both Toaru Majutsu no Index series, Freezing) will handle the series composition. Mai Matsuura (Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteiru) will adapt [...]
ZEXCS animates Yū Yamaguchi’s script of his own cyber science-fiction novel The official Twitter account for the anime studio ZEXCS announced on Friday that it is producing the previously revealed Aruvu Rezuru -Kikai Jikake no Yōsei-tachi- (Aruvu Rezuru: Mechanized Fairies) cyber science-fiction anime. ZEXCS also revealed the anime’s cast and staff: Jun Fukuyama will play the main character Remu Mikage, while Eri Kitamura will play his sister [...]
Follows 2007 anime, 2010 live-action show of Masayuki Ishikawa‘s manga in Noitamina Another television anime adaptation of Masayuki Ishikawa‘sMoyashimon: Tales of Agriculture manga has been green-lit under the title Moyashimon Returns. The new anime will premiere in Fuji TV‘s late-night programming block Noitamina on Thursdays this July. The Moyashimon story follows a college student who discovers that he can see and communicate with the germs all around him — [...]
Shōjo manga returns despite “ending” last year after final Macross F film Kariko Koyama resumed her Macross Frontier spinoff manga Sheryl – Kiss in the Galaxyin the May issue of Kodansha‘s shojo magazine Bessatsu Friend on Thursday — even though the manga had officially “ended” one year ago. The manga follows the early days of Macross Frontier idol Sheryl Nome; in particular, the new chapter “Pre Stage: Sora-Iro Topaz” (Pre [...]