The New York Times newspaper listed the manga bestsellers in the United States for the week ending on April 21. Not all of the works are produced in Japan...
Friday, April 27, 2012
Yuruyuri Anime's 1st Girls-Only Event~
The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Namori's Yuruyuri manga has announced a talk event to be held in May that..
will be limited to female attendees only. The event will be held on May 26, and footage of it will be streamed live on the internet for male fans of the series. Fans who wish to attend can apply for tickets until the end of May 13.
The members of the "Nanamori-Chu Goraku Bu" (Nanamori Middle School Amusement Club), Minami Tsuda, Rumi Ookubo, Shiori Mikami, and Yuka Ōtsubo, will appear at the event, and a recording of the show's signature "\Akkariin/" line will also take place at the event. The recording will be used in the second season of Yuruyuri, which was announced last December.
In Yuruyuri, the character Akari Akaza joins the Amusement Club which is composed solely of her two childhood friends, Kyouko Toshinou and Yui Funami. Chinatsu Yoshikawa, Akaza's classmate, becomes a member after finding out about the dissolution of the Tea Club. The Amusement Club, situated at the tea room facility since the Tea Club disbanded, has no clear purpose, being free for the girls to do whatever they want.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Live-Action Ai Ore! Film Slated for August 25~~
The live-action film adaptation...
of Mayu Shinjo's Ai Ore Love Me! (Ai o Utau yori Ore ni Oborero!) manga will open in Japan on August 25.
DGNA Korean pop group member Karam stars as Akira Shiraishi, the male “princess” of an all-boys school, in the shōjo romance. Actress Ito Ōno (High School Debut) plays Mizuki Sakurazaka, the female “prince” of her all-girls school and the lead guitarist in an all-girl rock band. In the manga's story, Akira wants to join Mizuki's band Blaue Rosen when the band's lead singer moves overseas, but first he has to overcome Mizuki's suspicious misgivings.
Viz Media published the third volume of Ai Ore in North America last November. Viz also publishes the Ai-Ore! Danshikō no Hime to Joshikō no Ōji sequel and Shinjo's Sensual Phrase manga.
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the Official Japanese website for the upcoming Fairy Tail Movie, Fairy Tail: Hōō no Miko (Maiden of the Pheonix) began streaming the second teaser trailer two days ago.
The Trailer can be viewed below:
With the release of the trailer, some new details regarding the Plot of the movie have come to light:
The key question that the movie seems to be focusing on is: “Does Magic cause misfortune?”
The story revolves a young woman named Ecclair (All bets are that she’s the Maiden of the Pheonix) who appears before Fairy Tail. With no memories other than the knowledge that she must deliver two Pheonix Stones somewhere. Natsu, Lucy and the rest of Fairy Tail are quickly caught up in a struggle that may spell the collapse of the Magical World of Earth Land itself.
Fans will be quite interested to know that the movie’s story planning and visual design is being handelled by none other than Fairy Tail mangaka and creator Hiro Mashima. Masaya Fujimori (You Are Umasou) is directing, and Masashi Sogo (Fairy Tail, Bleach, Rurouni Kenshin) wrote the screenplay.
This first ever Fairy Tail Movie will open in theaters in Japan on Augst 18th 2012. US and other territories will probably see a release around 6 months later, when the Blu-ray/DVD versions come out and are localised in English.
Until then, we’ll keep you posted on any new developments. Based on the second teaser trailer though, what are your thoughts on the second movie? Yay? Nay? Let us know in the comments below!
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Bandai trying to expand their Market to American and European territory!
Developer and publisher Namco Bandai Games has reportedly combined its U.S. and European operations, with the hope of replicating the success it's experiencing in Japan.
The company claims that its game sales accounted for nearly a quarter of Japan's software market during the last fiscal year (ending March 31), thanks to big hits like Tales of Xillia and Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS.
And two months ago, it released One Piece: Pirate Warriors for PS3 in Japan, which became one of the fastest-selling and biggest-selling games for Sony's console -- the game arrives to the West later this year, with a Digital-only U.S. release.
Mark Tsuji, previously president of Bandai America, will serve as CEO for the new consolidated team. The company believes that joining the U.S. and European branches allows it to have a united front to better serve Western consumers.
"We wanted to unite our overseas organisation under one leadership," said Namco Bandai's VP Carlson Choi, according to MCV. "It is a continuation of our direction, where as a company the overseas business becomes even more critical."
Choi adds, "Over the last year we have been beginning our transformation of the overseas business, making sure that we are not only bringing East to West content but also sub-developing and bringing content from the West that can propagate to the East."
Namco Bandai's upcoming titles for the west include third-person shooter Inversion, Dragon Ball Z Kinect, Level-5 and Studio Ghibli's RPG collaboration Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, and a third-person shooter set in the Star Trek universe.
The company claims that its game sales accounted for nearly a quarter of Japan's software market during the last fiscal year (ending March 31), thanks to big hits like Tales of Xillia and Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS.
And two months ago, it released One Piece: Pirate Warriors for PS3 in Japan, which became one of the fastest-selling and biggest-selling games for Sony's console -- the game arrives to the West later this year, with a Digital-only U.S. release.
Mark Tsuji, previously president of Bandai America, will serve as CEO for the new consolidated team. The company believes that joining the U.S. and European branches allows it to have a united front to better serve Western consumers.
"We wanted to unite our overseas organisation under one leadership," said Namco Bandai's VP Carlson Choi, according to MCV. "It is a continuation of our direction, where as a company the overseas business becomes even more critical."
Choi adds, "Over the last year we have been beginning our transformation of the overseas business, making sure that we are not only bringing East to West content but also sub-developing and bringing content from the West that can propagate to the East."
Namco Bandai's upcoming titles for the west include third-person shooter Inversion, Dragon Ball Z Kinect, Level-5 and Studio Ghibli's RPG collaboration Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, and a third-person shooter set in the Star Trek universe.
Malaysia's Anime Festival Asia to Host Musical Guests Kalafina, KOTOKO!!
The first Anime Festival Asia in Malaysia has announced its guest lineup on Thursday for this year's event, which will take place on June 9-10 at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur. Five musical acts who have worked on anime will perform at the festival's concert titled "I Love Anisong."
FLOW (Code Geass, Eureka Seven,Naruto), Sea☆A (Cardfight!! Vanguard, Toriko), Kalafina (Black Butler, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Sound of the Sky), KOTOKO (Accel World,Waiting in the Summer, Shakugan no Shana), and Maon Kurosaki (Highschool of the Dead, Toaru Majutsu no Index II, Shakugan no Shana III (Final) will perform at the two-day "I Love Anisong" concert.
Special guests at the event include Production I.G president, co-founder and producer Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (Ghost in the Shell, FLCL, A Letter to Momo), producer Tomohiko Ishii (Eden of the East, The Sky Crawlers), cosplayer KANAME☆, and blogger-turned-anime producer Danny Choo. Choo will also serve as the event's host.
Anime Festival Asia was previously held in Singapore from 2008-2011. This will be the first year the convention will be held in Malaysia.
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