Question: It’s going on 5 years now. Do you think Windy Tales has a chance of an American release this year? I don’t know if it makes a difference to licensors, but Production I.G usually sell well when they’re released, and everything Junji Nishimura has done in the past has been very popular. It’s no [...]
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Viz Media has opened its Rumic World website with plans to begin online serialization of creator Rumiko Takahashi’s (Inuyasha, Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku) upcoming manga series Kyokai no Rinne (Boundary of Rin-ne). The first chapter of the new manga story about a schoolgirl with the ability to see ghosts will appear online in English on [...]
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Viz Media has announced that its continuing publication of Rumiko Takahashi’s Inuyasha manga series will switch publication format to the authentic original Japanese right-to-left panel lay-out beginning in volume 38, scheduled for release in July. English translated volumes 38 to 56 – the final series’ volume – will be released in America monthly. Viz will [...]
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The official web page for the Denpa Teki na Kanojo OAD series is now streaming a trailer for its second anime episode. The 40 minute long Denpa Teki na Kanojo ~Koufuku Game~ (Electro-magnetic Girlfriend ~Happiness Game~) anime will be packaged with limited edition copies of the fourth Kurenai manga, which goes on sale September 30. [...]
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Viz Media has announced plans to catch up the US release of the One Piece manga with the Japanese collected release by releasing One Piece manga volumes 24-53 from January through June 2010 – an average of five books per month. Shonen Jump USA magazine will begin concurrently publishing new chapters of Eiichiro Oda’s One [...]
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Viz Media has announced plans to release the Bleach: Diamond Dust Rebelion motion picture, the series’ second theatrical feature from 2007, on American DVD on September 9. The movie will receive limited theatrical screenings at San Francisco’s J-Pop Center on August 19-20. Source: Anime News Network
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Viz Media will release its first Naruto Shippuden DVD on September 29th. The $24.92 DVD will contain the series first four episodes uncut and bilingual. The second Naruto Shippuden DVD volume will follow on October 27th. Unlike the first Naruto TV series, which is only available uncut in multi-disc collections, Viz has not yet confirmed [...]
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The official homepage for the upcoming Playstation 3 action game Mobile Suit Gundam Senki has released a brilliant new trailer featuring gameplay and original anime footage. The two promotional videos are linked on the game’s homepage, but they’re restricted to viewers located in Japan only. The latest trailer is now accessible worldwide on YouTube. The [...]
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FUNimation has announced plans for a September 15 release of a remastered, digitally restored Dragon Ball season one DVD set that will contain the first 31 episodes of the original 1986 television anime. Later “season” sets will follow. FUNimation has previously released Dragon Ball episodes 14-153 on American DVD, and Dragon Ball theatrical movies 2-4. [...]
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Tracklist: 1. Startup 2. Magic of love 3. Morning Glory 4. Kotori no Etude 5. Kaze wo Kiite 6. Duty of love 7. Happy Monday 8. READY STEADY GO! 9. Chance Chase Classroom 10. Kanchigai Hour 11. Kitchen In The Dark 12. Psychocandy 13. Ki Me Ze Fi Fu 14. Creme Brule no Tsukurikata 15. [...]
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