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The 2010 otome game Hanayaka Nari, Waga Ichizoku is getting an anime adaptation of some sort, according to the cover of the April issue of B’s LOG magazine (Enterbrain publishes said magazine for female gamers). The original PSP game, also known as Hanaichi, was developed by Otomate and released by Idea Factory, in July 2010. It’s not yet clear [...]
The upcoming Library War anime film, based on Hiro Arikawa’s light novels about soldiers defending libraries, has revealed its final title – Toshokan Sensou: Kakumei no Tsubasa, orLibrary War: The Wings of Revolution - as well as its main cast, which is actually returning unchanged from the 2008 TV anime series. The movie is created by Production I.G for [...]
The TV anime series based on the Sankarea manga hasn’t even started yet (just a couple more months…), and already Kodansha is announcing another anime adaptation: a two-episode Sankarea OVA. The two original anime DVDs will be bundled with the manga’s 6th and 7th volumes – out in Japan this year on June 8 and November 9, respectively. [...]
Manga creator Arina Tanemura is releasing eight volumes between now and February 17: January 13: Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura volume 9 Arina no Tane essay manga (pictured right) January 18: Full Moon O Sagashite bunko (smaller paperback) reissue volumes 1 & 2 February 15: Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura volume 10 Fudanjuku Monogatari February 17: Full Moon [...]
An advertisement confirmed that Inohead Gargoyle, Tohru Fujisawa‘s manga that will launch in this year’s seventh issue of Kodansha‘s Young Magazine on January 16, is a Great Teacher Onizuka spinoff manga. The story will center on the character Toshiyuki Saejima, a corrupt police officer and Onizuka’s friend, who appeared in the GTO: The Early Years prequel manga. Fujisawa revealed in December that he would create a [...]
The official website for Purple Cow Studio Japan‘s Sakasama no Patema(Patema Inverted) revealed details about the anime film’s plot and main character on Tuesday. Time of Eve creator Yasuhiro Yoshiura is writingand directing the anime film for release throughout Japan this year. The story will take place in an underground world where tunnels extend everywhere. Even though they live in dark and confined spaces, [...]
This year’s seventh issue of Shogakukan‘s Big Comic Spiritsmagazine is announcing on Monday that Motoro Mase is launching the 20th and final arc of his Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit manga in the next issue on January 23. The arc is titled “Moboroshi no Kuni” (The Long-Lost Country.). Ikigami takes place in Japan after the establishment of a policy that assigns an “Ikigami” [...]
Animate USA announced on Thursday that it is releasing Youka Nitta‘s Platinum Pasta and You Higashino‘s Theorem of Desire on web retailer Amazon’s Kindle store. The company will also release Volume 2 (Part 4) of Naduki Koujima‘s Selfish Love manga, which it began distributing for the Kindle e-reader last May. Platinum Pasta centers on a man named Mamiya who opened an Italian restaurant one year ago. He gets ingredients [...]
The Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Production Committee announced on Thursday that Akira Miyagawa (Shin Mazinger Shōgeki! Z-Hen, Emily of New Moon) will compose the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 television and filmanime project. His father Hiroshi Miyagawa composed music for the original 1974 Space Battleship Yamato anime series and its related film and television sequels. The younger Miyagawa is re-scoring his father’s work as well as composing new music. [...]
Yammie, the creator of the popular series of “Yappo Island” children’s picture books, will write & direct a stop-motion animation series titled Fushigi no Yappo Shima ~ Pukipuki to Poi (Mysterious Yappo Island ~ Pukipuki & Poi) for broadcast on the NHK Educational network from Monday through Friday from January 9 until February 10. The series of [...]