News - October 2010
- Manga UK Adds Haruhi Film, 2nd TV Season, Haruhi-chan (15:17)
- Fuji Producer: No 2nd Aoi Hana Season Due to DVD Sales (14:44)
- London's Barbican to Show Hutch the Honeybee Film (19:48)
- DMP Adds Butterfly of the Distant Day, Rabbit Man, Tiger Man, Men of Tattoos, Moon & Blood (21:59)
- Ayano Yamane's Finder Series Boys-Love Manga Gets ANiMiX (14:57)
- Gainax's Aim for the Top! Gunbuster Anime Gets Manga (14:49)
- 2nd Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Film Listed (11:41)
- Space Adventure Cobra Voice Actor Nachi Nozawa Passes Away (06:18)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, October 17-23 (13:16)
- Shuho Sato: Site Offers to Translate Say Hello to Black Jack (11:24)
- Precure All-Stars DX3 Anime Film to Open Next March (10:04)
- Minky Momo/Pokémon Writer Takeshi Shudo Passes Away (02:07)
- Crayon Shin-Chan Spawns Shin-Men Hero Anime, Manga (00:00)
- Oscar Nominee Koji Yamamura's Anime Films Get U.S. DVD (20:00)
- Udon Ships Street Fighter Gaiden Manga on November 24 (18:00)
- Summer Wars, Redline Shown at Minneapolis Film Fest (16:00)
- Magica Anime Adds Composer Kajiura, Durarara's Kishida (18:28)
- Dream C Club, Mayo Chiki, Mardock Scramble Videos Posted (12:24)
- Frontwing Plans Anime of Le Fruit de La Grisaia Game (09:27)
- Nippon Animation President Kôichi Motohashi Passes Away (09:20)
- Isshoni Training 026 Bathing Anime to Ship in December (08:29)
- Strike Witches Gets Theatrical Film (07:33)
- New Shinbo/Shaft Anime to Be Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magica (06:37)
- Sofuteni Tennis Comedy Manga Gets TV Anime (06:27)
- Minky Momo/Pokémon's Takeshi Shudo in Surgery Due to Hemorrhage (01:29)
- Kadokawa, Nico Nico's Parents Partner on Distribution (09:07)
- Nana to Kaoru, Swing Out Sisters Manga to Bundle Anime (22:28)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, October 18-24 (17:56)
- Kimi ni Todoke Manga Ships 7th Million-Selling Book in a Row (15:53)
- Funimation Adds Kuragehime, 2nd Heaven's Lost Property (14:28)
- Kuragehime BD/DVDs to Add Unaired 'Heroes' Episodes (12:39)
- Cameron's Next Films to Be Avatar 2/3, Not Battle Angel (10:49)
- Say Hello to Black Jack Manga's Sato Seeks Translators (10:23)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 18-24 (Part 2) (23:24)
- Votoms Videos, New Shinbo/Shaft Anime Image Posted (15:03)
- Belgian Police Close to 2007 'Manga Murder' Victim ID (14:43)
- Morita-san wa Mukuchi 4-Panel Manga Gets Anime DVD (08:59)
- A Channel 4-Panel School Manga's Anime Confirmed (08:44)
- Cat Sh*t One's U.S. DVD/BD Planned for December (06:00)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 18-24 (Part 1) (04:41)
- Appleseed XIII Anime Series' Image, Details Released (Update 2) (01:46)
- North American Anime, Manga Releases October 24-30 (16:15)
- Daily Briefs (23:16)
- One Piece, SoreMachi, Oreimo, Zakuro Singles in Top 10 (15:55)
- Rythem Duo to Disband After February Live Concert (14:31)
- Angel Beats, Oh! Edo Rocket, Maria-sama Promos Streamed (11:01)
- Yui Haga's Lotte no Omocha! Manga Gets Anime (01:42)
- Yoshihiro Togashi's Level E Manga Gets Anime in 2011 (01:06)
- Summer Wars Wins Award in California's Anaheim Film Fest (23:57)
- Shohei Manabe's Smuggler Crime Manga Gets Film (22:00)
- Manga Aggregator Site Hosts Removed Scans Again (23:57)
- Japanese Box Office, October 11-17 (19:23)
- Appleseed XIII CG Anime Series Green-Lit for Next Spring (11:58)
- Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 11-17 (00:04)
- Japan's Animation TV Ranking, September 27-October 3 (14:05)
- California's PMX to Host Madhouse Designer Hiromi Kato (23:54)
- Daily Briefs II (19:47)
- Tokyo Int'l Anime Fair Sponsors 4 Anime Pilots for 2011 (16:13)
- AU's Gold Coast Fest Hosts Voice Actress Yuko Miyamura (23:04)
- Daily Briefs (13:57)
- Manga/Anime 'Opera' Goes on Tour in Europe Saturday (12:27)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, October 10-16 (10:00)
- North American Anime, Manga Releases October 17-23 (07:22)
- Bakemonogatari's Shinbo, Phantom's Urobuchi Launch New Anime (16:58)
- Section23 Films Adds Koihime†Musō, 11Eyes, Kämpfer (12:12)
- Bones Crusade Card Game Combines 5 Bones Anime Titles (12:02)
- Maria Holic TV Anime Gets 2nd Season Green-Lit (08:27)
- Kazuaki's Kai Yorihito Kaiyori Shiki Manga Pulled Due to Infringement (03:08)
- Mayo Chiki! Romantic Comedy Light Novels Get Anime (01:11)
- Golden Boy's Egawa Draws Manga for New God of War Game (12:45)
- Daily Briefs (20:26)
- Gonzo, Kitakubo Animate Satria Series for Malaysia (Update 2) (19:49)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, October 11-17 (17:52)
- Universal, Illumination Get Film Rights for Urasawa's Pluto Manga (15:16)
- Megane na Kanojo, Kara no Kyoukai Promos Streamed (10:39)
- New Shōnen Comic Mag Sakura Hearts to Launch in December (10:14)
- Honolulu Theatre to Screen Haruhi Film on October 29 (23:51)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 11-17 (Part 2) (23:50)
- Suzumiya Haruhi no Tsuisō PSP/PS3 Game to Ship in 2011 (Update 2) (21:50)
- Sket Dance Manga Gets TV Anime Next Spring (21:20)
- Daily Briefs (14:15)
- Manga UK Adds Sci-Fi Anime TO From Vexille's Sori (14:47)
- Dennō Coil Web Game's Global Rights Licensed by GameOn (10:27)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 11-17 (Part 1) (04:26)
- Blue Exorcist Manga Listed by Viz's Distributor (08:15)
- Gundam UC #2's 1st 14 Minutes Streamed with English Dub (23:38)
- Macross Frontier Singer May'n Stars in 3D Concert Film (22:13)
- Railgun OVA Opening Theme Lands at #4 on Weekly Chart (15:49)
- ComiPo! Program Makes Manga for "People Who Can't Draw" (15:11)
- My Name is Noda Manga Gets More Live-Action TV Shorts (11:41)
- King of Thorn, Mai Mai, Oblivion Island Get APSA Nods (08:53)
- Hidamari Sketch×365, Birdy, Vampire Knight 2 Streamed (00:46)
- Japanese Box Office, October 9-10 (23:03)
- Daily Briefs (11:19)
- Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 4-10 (23:57)
- Moshidora Business Novel Gets TV Anime Next March (Update 5) (19:04)
- Japan's Animation TV Ranking, September 20-26 (16:38)
- Saijō no Meii Medical Manga Gets Live-Action TV Series (00:44)
- Mardock Scramble: The First Compression's Ad Streamed (21:35)
- Mayu Shinjo's Elite!! Manga Gets Anime Promo Video (11:16)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, October 3-9 (10:12)
- Haruhi Film, K-ON!!, Miku Win Anime Kobe Awards (09:57)
- K-ON!! Gets New Side-Story Episode Green-Lit (08:51)
- Index II DVD/BD 1 Pre-Orders to Bundle Bonus Anime (00:39)
- Animate USA, Tokyopop Debut Boys-Love Manga Online (11:08)
- Daily Briefs (23:39)
- Inazuma Eleven 3D Film, Tailenders Promos Streamed (22:06)
- Vertical: No Longer Human Manga News Was Premature (20:26)
- Media Blasters Launches Anime DVD/Blu-ray Kiosks (19:07)
- Rome Film Fest to Show Arrietty in Ghibli Retrospective (15:07)
- Japanese Box Office, October 2-3 (13:28)
- Yano Research Reports on Japan's 2009-10 Otaku Market (11:10)
- Manga Creator Shintaro Miyawaki Passes Away at 67 (19:37)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, October 4-10 (18:24)
- ANN CEO Speaks on Oreimo Episode Leak (23:00)
- Kuragehime, Mayo elle, Summer Wars Promos Streamed (17:12)
- Macross Frontier Film Sells 152,699 BDs (12:10)
- Ghibli's Arrietty Film Watched 7.5 Million+ Times (07:49)
- Ottawa Animation Fest to Show 10th One Piece Film (08:48)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 4-10 (Part 2) (22:44)
- Monthly Comic Zenon to Succeed Comic Bunch Manga Mag (21:08)
- Crunchyroll Ranks Fall 2010 Simulcasts by Popularity (23:45)
- Shiawase Haitatsu Taneko Anime Green-Lit for 2011 (15:04)
- Tōfu Kozō Supernatural Novel Gets 3D Anime Film (14:31)
- Seikon no Qwaser/Joō no Shōzō OVA Promo Streamed (13:15)
- Studio AIC Producing New Original Anime Shorts (07:02)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 4-10 (Part 1) (04:48)
- Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, September 27-October 3 (23:03)
- Sophia Keyboardist Returns After Lymphoma Battle (22:26)
- North American Anime, Manga Releases October 10-16 (21:10)
- Anime Tenchou x Touhou, Railgun Promos Streamed (12:18)
- Hawaii Film Fest to Show Redline, Space Show, Beck (11:38)
- N. California Concert to Feature Anime, Game Music (21:56)
- Manga UK Adds Casshern Sins Anime (17:56)
- Manga UK Adds Highschool of the Dead Anime (15:12)
- Oreimo Episode 2 Leaked 1 Day Before Japanese Debut (Update 3) (21:34)
- Vertical Adds Manga by Osamu Tezuka, Usamaru Furuya (20:32)
- X Japan's Yoshiki, Stan Lee to Create Comic Series (19:59)
- Crunchyroll Adds Milky Holmes, Demonbane, Macademi (14:57)
- Bandai Ent. Adds Gundam 00 Film, Subbed 1st Gundam TV (Updated) (13:07)
- Yen Adds Final Posthumous With the Light Manga Volume (15:55)
- Dark Horse Adds Bloodline Battlefront, Drifters, Shinjuku Azul (18:00)
- Dark Horse's Gombos: Another Firm Re-Licensed Tenjho Tenge (21:49)
- Dark Horse Adds Bloodline Battlefront, Drifters, Shinjuku Azul (18:00)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, September 26-October 2 (12:54)
- Supernatural, Hourou Musuko, Saiyuki Promos Streamed (11:01)
- R-15 Light Novel Series Gets Anime Green-Lit (01:52)
- Woman Arrested for Uploading Anime via Perfect Dark (01:06)
- Daily Briefs (00:38)
- Yozakura Quartet Manga Gets 2nd Original Anime DVD (23:33)
- ICv2: North American Manga Market to Drop 20% in 2010 (19:20)
- Japan's Animation TV Ranking, September 13-19 (15:56)
- Manga Artists Make NYCC Dōjinshi Based on U.S. Comics (18:58)
- P.A. Works' Hana-Saku Iroha Promo Video Streamed (14:23)
- ICv2: 2010 N. American Anime Market Worth US$160-200 Million (09:44)
- New Galaxy Express 999 Shorts Promote Energy Company (07:21)
- Yosuga no Sora Anime BDs Listed with Extra Episodes (19:03)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, September 27-October 3 (18:22)
- Gundam 00, Berserk, Koe de Oshigoto! Promos Streamed (11:44)
- Crew: Subbed Redline to Open Throughout U.S. in 2011 (09:35)
- Three Kingdoms' Future Planet Studio Files for Bankruptcy (04:09)
- TV Asahi to Own 100% of Doraemon's Shin-ei Animation (03:36)
- Fate/stay night Film Sells 44,000 BDs to Rank #1 (00:27)
- Siren Visual announces acquisition of Durarara!! (07:33)
- Anime News Network to Simulcast togainu no chi Anime (08:00)
- Kiseki Magazine now available in Borders. (07:31)
- Seven Seas Adds Dive in the Vampire Bund Manga (17:06)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, September 27-October 3 (Part 2) (23:20)
- Kimi ni Todoke's 2nd Anime Season to Air Next January (22:22)
- Novelist: Split Infinity Film Plans Shift Away From Anime (20:44)
- Animatrix's Morimoto Animates Masterlink Music Video (16:14)
- Studio Kuma Animates Timing Horror Film for 2012 (14:12)
- Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai's 2nd Season Listed for April 2011 (13:29)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, September 27-October 3 (Part 1) (04:25)
- Baka Mukashi Banashi Picture Book Gets Anime DVD (03:12)
- North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 3-9 (10:07)
- Big Comic Spirits Marks 30th with Rumiko Takahashi, Others (23:57)
- Boys Be Artist Tamakoshi to Start Double Heroine Manga (23:19)
- Anime of Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi Light Novels Listed (20:08)
- Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, September 20-26 (20:44)
- Berserk, Mardock Scramble, Kuragehime Promos Streamed (14:46)
- Kodansha USA to Take Over Del Rey Manga Titles (Update 3) (13:10)
- Pokémon Best Wishes Gets Film Next Summer with Preview (06:39)
- Tegami Bachi Reverse DVD 1 to Add Original Short Anime (06:03)
- Anime News Network to Launch 1st Simulcast, Oreimo (07:00)
- Full Moon's Tanemura Returns to 1st Manga Series I.O.N. (15:03)
- Japanese Box Office, September 25-26 (03:28)
- California's Anaheim Film Fest to Show Summer Wars (17:15)
- Berserk, Oreimo Promo Videos Streamed (21:49)
- Gantz, Maria-sama, Mori no Asagao Promos Streamed (03:49)
- Mariko Hihara Self-Publishes Boys-Love Novel in U.S. (17:58)
- Anime Network to Simulcast Samurai Girls (12:44)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, September 19-25 (10:00)
- Daily Briefs (08:39)
- Berserk, Index II, KamiNomi Promos Streamed (07:58)
- Hatsune Miku 'Concert,' Creator Add Dates in SF, NY (20:47)
- Canaan, Trigun, Xam'd Streamed (19:40)
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Charlotte Blu-Ray 1
anime
Renowned visual novel writer Jun Maeda returns to anime for his first series since Angel Beats! Nick Creamer investigates the opening beats of Charlotte.
― Jun Maeda is one of the more high-profile creators in anime circles, though he didn't initially build his reputation in anime at all. Maeda is instead largely famous for his visual novels - he was a central player in building KEY's reputation, whe...
Answerman - What Is Anime Midstream?
anime
A scrappy little company called Anime Midstream picked up the series B'tx recently, so it's the perfect time for a refresher on just who Anime Midstream are.
― Drew asks: This past week I saw the article on ANN about a company called Anime Midstream releasing anime B'tX. I was excited because I liked that anime and it never was completely released here before, but it got me wondering who was this co...
Comiket 90: Cosplay and More
events
Our Tokyo correspondent Ken shares both his experience attending the massive Comic Market 90 at Big Sight and a horde of new cosplay photos!
― The biannual Comiket (Comic Market) is the largest anime and manga related event in Japan. Every August and December, thousands of hobbyists flock to the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center in Odaiba, Tokyo for the three-day festival, where they can sell and pur...
Kuroko's Basketball GN 1
manga
Even though it gets off to a slow start, this compilation of Kuroko's Basketball's first two volumes lays a strong foundation for a story that will only get stronger as it grows.
― If you pick up one new shonen sports title this year, it should probably be Haikyu, but if you're in the mood for more than one, Kuroko's Basketball is definitely worth a look. That's not an entirely fair comparison, of co...
The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Aug 12-18
just for fun
Mob Psycho 100 descends more than a few spaces while Danganonpa is on the ascent - find out how your favorite summer anime fare in our weekly user rankings!
― Our team of reviewers are following 30 anime series of the Summer 2016 season and readers are rating each episode as the reviews go up. So let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season. Keep in mind that the...
Fate/Grand Order Saber Artoria Pendragon Figure
merch
Saber Artoria Pendragon is as majestic as ever with her cloak, crown, and swords in this high quality figure from Medicom Toy, available immediately on Tokyo Otaku Mode.
― Saber Artoria Pendragon is as majestic as ever with her cloak, crown, and swords in this Real Action Heroes figure by Medicom Toy. And the best part is, you don't have to wait months for your pre-order to arrive. She is available f...
Vice & Luna - #11
just for fun
Maybell takes Luna on their first date - inside a roleplaying game!
― Editor's note: Vice & Luna is on hiatus next week so our team can take a little break, but we'll have a bonus comic and a fan art gallery so please look forward to it!
A Certain Magical Index II BD+DVD
anime
Despite a bevy of pitfalls, the wide range of subplots explored in the final season of the Index franchise will definitely give fans plenty to chew on while they wait for more. Theron Martin dives in.
― The Certain Magical Index franchise has four anime series and one movie to date, of which this was the third installment, airing in Fall of 2010. Although I consider it to be the weakest series in the...
Answerman - When Did US Anime Publishers Transition from VHS to DVD?
anime
Back when VHS fell to the mighty DVD, how did the US anime industry transition to a new format, and what did that mean for the industry as a whole?
― Jake asks: I have been wondering for a while now about when the anime industry transitioned from VHS to DVD's. I know that the DVD player was introduced on the market in the mid 90's but like a lot of people I did not get around to transitioning until ...
Shelf Life - Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
anime
Shelf Life finishes up its run of Gundam reviews with the divisive final part of the original Univeral Century timeline. Plus, all this week's new releases!
― I started playing the farming game Stardew Valley last week, and it's taught me that I should never, under any circumstances, be allowed to name a real animal. My character owns three chickens named "Drumstick," "Buffalo," and "McNugget," and ...
Corpse Party: Blood Covered GN 1
manga
Corpse Party's manga adaptation isn't quite as good as it could be due to some issues with both art and story, but it still seems like it has potential.
― Based on the updated version of the horror visual novel/adventure game, Corpse Party: Blood Covered feels like When They Cry's younger sibling. It's trying really hard to hit all the same horror highlights, with some lighter moments thrown in to ke...
The Mike Toole Show - Touched By a Galaxy Angel
anime
Mike sings the praises of Right Stuf's recently resurrected space comedy, Galaxy Angel - and ruminates on the genre as a whole.
― Last week at Otakon, I somehow ended up in the audience at the Right Stuf's panel. There were some technical challenges, but we won't get into that—my big takeaway from the event was company head Shawne Kleckner extolling the virtues of a genre he simply referred to as spa...