Check out the Oricon comic chart for October 3rd
Oricon has just unveiled their chart rankings for the best-selling comics for the week of October 3rd.
Check out the top 5 after the jump!
Anime Festival Asia announces musical guests
This year’s Anime Festival Asia is bringing out some of the top names in music this year. The three day convention will be held at the SUNTEC Convention & Exhibition Hall in Singapore from November 11th to 13th.
For three days fans will be able to watch their favorite nine Japanese artists perform popular anime songs. The “Rock Your Soul ‘Super …
Aragaki Yui to star in “Ranma 1/2″ live-action drama
It’s just been revealed that popular manga series “Ranma 1/2” will get live-action drama adaptation starring actress Aragaki Yui!
“Ranma 1/2″ was created by Takahashi Rumiko and ran from 1987 to 1996 through ‘Weekly Shonen Sunday’. It tells the story about a young boy named ‘Saotome Ranma’ who transforms into a girl when he gets splashed with cold water.
Aragaki will play …
Galileo Galilei to provide opening theme for new Gundam series
Rock band Galileo Galilei’s new single, “Asu e“, has been chosen as the opening theme song for the new Gundam series, ‘Mobile Suit Gundam AGE‘, starting October 9th.
‘Mobile Suit Gundam AGE’ will be the 14th in the Gundam series, and will be the first in two and a half years since “Mobile …
The fourth season of anime “Natsume Yuujinchou” to air in January 2012
On September 24th, it was announced through the November issue of “Monthly LaLa” that Midorikawa Yuki’s popular manga “Natsume Yuujinchou” will air the fourth season of the anime beginning on January 2012. The new title has been revealed as “Natsume Yuujinchou Shi (Natsume Yuujinchou Four)” and will broadcast through TV Tokyo.
This manga, which is serialized on manga magazine “LaLaDX”, is …
Oricon reveals comic charts for the week of September 26th
Oricon has just revealed their comic charts for the week of September 26th!
This week, popular romance mangas took many of the top 5 spots for this ranking.
Check ‘em out after the jump!
SCANDAL to provide opening theme for “BLEACH”
For the second time, SCANDAL will be singing the opening theme song for the popular anime, “BLEACH“. This will be SCANDAL’s second time to provide a song for the anime, as their third single, “Shojo S“, served as its opening theme song back in 2009.
The new song that will be used as BLEACH’s opening theme song starting October 11th is …
“Crow” from “BAKUMAN” gets his own set of products
It has been announced that the character “Crow” from Ooba Tsugumi and Obata Takeshi’s “BAKUMAN.” will get his own t-shirt and figurine set. The set will be launched through the company ‘MANGART BEAMS T‘.
The t-shirts will come in 4 sizes ranging from x-small to large. The figurine will have a limited production and will be in monochrome. The price for …
Kitadani Hiroshi’s “We go!” chosen as the theme song for new ONE PIECE anime
Kitadani Hiroshi’s new song “We go!” has been chosen as the theme song for the upcoming chapter of anime series, ONE PIECE.
The anime’s new chapter ‘Saigo no Umi ‘Shinsekai’ hen‘ will begin airing on October 2nd and will show Luffy and his friends, who were separated in the previous series, reunite after 2 years of training. The newly reunited group will …
“Kimi ni Todoke” to be released as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack!
Anime fans will be happy to know that NIS America will be releasing the popular anime, “Kimi ni Todoke” in a Blu-ray and DVD combo pack in January 2012.
The series was supposed to be originally released this October, but according to NIS America, “in order to maximize our fans’ viewing experience and offer the highest quality product for fans of …
“HUNTERxHUNTER” anime reveals details on opening & ending theme songs
It’s been announced that Ono Masatoshi, the vocalist of heavy metal band, GALNERYUS, will be singing the opening theme song for upcoming anime, “HUNTERxHUNTER“!
GALNERYUS (Ono Masatoshi: second from left)
Ono joined GALNERYUS in 2009, and they released the first album “RESURRECTION” in June 2o1o. Titled “departure“, Ono’s song for ‘HUNTER X HUNTER’ will be the …
CLAMP X GACKT collaborate for theater play, “MOON SAGA: Yoshitsune Hiden”!
Two colossal giants in the spheres of anime and music have come together for a wild collaboration!
Manga-ka CLAMP and musician GACKT have teamed up to bring an original work to life next year. In July 2012, GACKT will star in a theatre play called ‘MOON SAGA Yoshitsune Hiden’ (‘MOON SAGA: The Secret of Yoshitsune’). It’s scheduled to run …
Aoi Eir reveals debut song, “MEMORIA”!
Anime fans know her for being the singer of the ending theme song to upcoming anime “Fate/Zero“, but she’ll be introducing herself to J-Pop fans through her debut single, “MEMORIA“.
Aoi Eir gave music fans a hint of her vocal talents through the song “Avalon Blue“, found on volume 6 of ‘Lisuani!‘ (Listen Anime!) under the moniker “Eir”. ‘Lisani’ is a Sony …
Girls Dead Monster’s LiSA to release debut single, “oath sign”
Singer LiSA of “Girls Dead Monster” is making her solo debut this October. Her debut single, “oath sign” will be the opening theme song to upcoming anime, “Fate/Zero” next month.
Even though this is LiSA’s debut single, the singer isn’t new to the industry as she’s already released a solo album “Letters to U” in April of this year. She is …
School Food Punishment to provide theme song for “UN-GO”
It’s just been revealed that School Food Punishment will be singing the opening theme song for the upcoming anime, “UN-GO“!
The song is titled “How to go“, and it will air alongside the show on October 13th, which is when the series will broadcast its first episode.
The anime is based on Ango Sakaguchi’s novel “Meiji Kaika Ango Torimonochou” and is said …
