It’s been revealed that 7-member idol group Fairies will be turned into a manga!
This was announced during Fairies’ release event for their 3rd single, “Beat Generation / No More Distance“, at Ikebukuro Sunshine City.
The manga will have the theme of “dance”, and its story will revolve around junior high school girls, who learn the importance of chasing …
Oricon has revealed their comic chart for the week of April 9th.
Check out the results below to see if any of your favorites made it into the top 5!
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1. “Bokura ga Ita”, Volume 16 – Obata Yuki: (370,166)
2. “Sukidesu Suzuki-kun”, Volume 15 – Ikeyamada Go : (155,653)
3. “3gatsu no Lion”, Volume 7 …
Actresses Shibasaki Kou, Maki Yoko, and Terajima Shinobu will be starring in the upcoming film, ‘Su-chan Mai-chan Sawako-san’. The 3 ladies will co-star together for the first time, portraying the day-to-day lives of single 30-year-old women.
‘Su-chan Mai-chan Sawako-san’ is based on Masuda Miri’s ‘Su-chan’ manga series. The series has sold over 270,000 copies, and is popular among …
Talento Nakagawa Shoko will be providing the theme song for TV Asahi’s upcoming anime series, ’Saint Seiya Ω’.
Based on a popular manga series by Kurumada Masami, ‘Saint Seiya’ was first adapted as TV anime from October 1986 to April 1989. The story of the new series will revolve around a ‘new generation character’ named ‘Kouga’, …
Oricon has revealed their comic charts for the week of April 2nd!
Check out the results below to see if any of your favorites made it into the top 5!
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1. “3gatsu no Lion”, Volume 7 – Umino Chika : (356,250)
2. “Skip Beat!”, Volume 30 – Nakamura Yoshiki : (204,333)
3. “BASTARD!! – Ankoku …
It’s been revealed that Kishimoto Masashi’s popular manga, “NARUTO“, will be getting it’s 9th anime film on July 28th.
Titled “ROAD TO NINJA －NARUTO THE MOVIE－“, the film will be Kishimoto’s first original story to celebrate the anime’s 10th anniversary.
“NARUTO” is a ninja action manga that started its serialization in “Weekly Shounen Jump” back in 1999. With 59 volumes, it’s sold a …
Now that the cast and plot of the new AKB48 anime ‘AKB0048‘ has been revealed, it was only a matter of time before the first preview was released. The preview takes us to a land where idols are banned and the reincarnated idol group AKB0048 rises up as illegal idols as they take on the light and spirit …
On April 12th, a mysterious trio called Sayonara Ponytail will take over the ending theme song to anime “Tsuritama“. The song will be a cover a Spitz’s song “Sora mo Toberuhazu“.
Since all members of the group love anime and are excited to be covering the song, the anime staff decided to make it happen. Right now the opening …
Famous animation director Ishiguro Noboru passed away on March 20th (JST) at the age of 73 at Kawasaki Hospital.
Ishiguro was famous for his direction in popular animation titles Macross, Space Battleship Yamato, Megazone 23, and Legend of the Galactic Heroes.
He had visited the U.S. several times over the past decade attending anime conventions and making many friends. He will be …
Following in the footsteps of other Japanese artists, Hip Hop Trio HOME MADE KAZOKU has announced that they will be digitally releasing their 6th original full album “AKATSUKI“. The album contains their single “FREEDOM“, which is the ending theme song to popular anime series “NARUTO Shippuden“.
HOME MADE KAZOKU made their U.S. debut in the summer of 2010 at …
It’s been revealed that Sugita Kei’s manga “Chouyaku Hyakuninisshu: Uta Koi” will be turned into a TV anime series, and will start airing this summer. It is said that this manga is his interpretation of classic Japanese poetry.
Director Kasai Kenichi will serve as the series director, and is known for other series such as “Aoi Hana” and “BAKUMAN”. …
Novelist Sakuraba Kazuki’s “Fuse – A Girl Gunslinger’s Detective Story” has been given the green light for an original animation this fall.
The animation is about a fictitious girl, Hamaji, living in a fictitious city in the mountains during the Edo period. Sakuraba’s story is based off a classic Japanese novel “Nansou Satomi Hakkenden“.
Miyaji Masayuki, assistant director on “Sen to Chihiro no …
It was announced today that rock band GALNERYUS will provide a new ending theme song for anime “HUNTER x HUNTER” called “Hunting For Your Dream”.
It’s also been revealed that vocalist Ono Masatoshi of GALNERYUS will sing a new opening theme song for the program called “departure! -second version-“.
Additionally, the band will be releasing a new live DVD & …
It’s been revealed that visual kei band ViViD’s new song, “REAL“, has been chosen as the opening theme for popular anime, ‘Mobile Suit Gundam AGE‘.
“REAL” will be released as ViViD’s 5th single on May 16th. It will come in three different versions: Limited Edition A, Limited Edition B, and a Special Bonus Track Edition.
It was also announced that a portion …
With about a month remaining, Fuji TV is slowly revealing the lineup of actors that will appear in the revival of popular drama ‘Mirai Nikki -Another:World-‘.
It was first announced in February that actor Okada Masaki would be starring in the 2007 drama. It was then revealed earlier this month that actress Gouriki Ayame will be starring with Okada …
