News - May 2011
- Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2011 (First Half) (23:45)
- Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2011 (First Half) (23:15)
- 5 TV Anime Blu-ray Discs Each Sold 10,000+ in Same Week (19:00)
- Anime Expo to Host Voice Actress, Singer Miyuki Sawashiro (17:30)
- NY Festival Screens Both Gantz Films with Subtitles (17:15)
- Madoka Magica Tops Weekly BD Chart for 2nd Straight Time (15:55)
- Tezuka's Buddha, Miike's Nintama Films to Play in NYC (15:15)
- Minneapolis to Host 1st Mechademia Academic Conference (13:15)
- Australian New Releases - May 2011 (12:09)
- California's AM2 to Show Madhouse's Mai Mai Miracle (11:30)
- Isshoni Sleeping with Hinako Adds Global Android App (09:15)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, May 23-29 (Part 1) (06:30)
- Love Live, Copihan, Ace Attorney Promos Streamed (23:57)
- Rintaro, Madhouse Animate Meiji Candy Commercial (22:00)
- Hanawake no Yon-Shimai Manga to Get Live-Action TV Drama (20:00)
- Chihayafuru Women's Card Manga Gets TV Anime in October (17:00)
- Japan's Animation TV Ranking, May 16-22 (23:57)
- Viz Adds Film Comics for Ghibli's Arrietty Movie (18:36)
- L'Arc~en~Ciel to Hold World Tour in 8 Cities in 2012 (13:15)
- Weekly Wrapup 22/5 - 28/5 (12:59)
- Free Anime in AU update: 30/May - 5/June (12:45)
- Aniplex Ships Rurouni Kenshin OVA/Film BDs in Japan, U.S. on Same Day (17:15)
- Durarara!! to Run on U.S. Adult Swim Network in June (16:37)
- Gravitation EX Boys-Love Manga Returns After 2+ Years (12:00)
- MCM Expo Anime Licenses (09:37)
- Amazon Lists Yakuza Cafe Boys-Love Manga (16:00)
- DramaQueen Plans to Ship 2008 Boys-Love License Junk (14:17)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, May 15-21 (13:00)
- U.S. SyFy Channel Lists No More Anime After June 9 (12:30)
- Ai Yori Aoshi's Fumizuki Launches Itadaki! Manga (10:45)
- 4 Anime Selected for 2011 Young Animator Training Project (07:00)
- SFX Releases The Ultimate Guide to Anime (05:56)
- Kadokawa, Dwango Invest in Each Other to Expand Tie-Up (03:30)
- Deadline: Hughes Leaves Live-Action Akira Project (15:39)
- Vertical Adds GTO Prequel, Sequel Manga (15:20)
- Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, May 16-22 (14:00)
- Mysterious Cities of Gold Returns (11:47)
- Towa no Quon, Saiyuki Gaiden Promos Streamed (11:45)
- Yarisugi Companion to Atashi Monogatari Manga Gets Live-Action Film (10:00)
- Kadokawa Prints Haruhi's Chinese Comic, 1st Fanbook (09:00)
- Satoshi Kon Book Adds Message by Black Swan's Aronofsky (08:00)
- Korean City Hunter Show Licensed for U.S. Hulu Streaming (23:00)
- Jump X Magazine's Manga Creator Lineup Listed (20:00)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, May 16-22 (18:00)
- Pleiades, Black Butler, Nintama Promos Streamed (12:00)
- Siren Visual Giving Sample DVD to Facebook Friends (11:37)
- London Expo Details (11:34)
- Songs From Evangelion, Other Anime Win JASRAC Awards (11:15)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, May 16-22 (10:00)
- Nodame's Ninomiya to Launch Manga in New Jump X Mag (02:15)
- Daily Briefs (22:30)
- Red Hot Chili Samurai's Katagiri Launches New Manga (21:30)
- Japan's Animation TV Ranking, May 9-15 (17:30)
- La Corda D'Oro's Final Manga Volume to Ship in July (13:30)
- North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 22-28 (11:45)
- Manga Artist est em Starts Golondrina Bullfighting Manga (09:30)
- La Corda D'Oro ~primo passo~ Box to Add Multiple Endings (08:30)
- Delayed Hellsing Ultimate VIII Adds Petit Anime Extra (07:30)
- Sadler's Wells Sets Osamu Tezuka To Dance In September (03:09)
- Japanese Box Office, May 14-15 (23:57)
- Blue Exorcist Song by 2PM Sells 59,000 in 1st Week (23:40)
- IS - Otoko Demo Onna Demo Nai Sei Manga Gets Live-Action Show (21:15)
- Daily Briefs (20:30)
- Sydney Convention SMASH! Reveals Guests (12:10)
- Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, May 9-15 (12:00)
- Weekly Wrapup 15/5 - 21/5 (10:58)
- Free Anime in AU update: 23/May - 29/May (10:53)
- California's FanimeCon Hosts Rune Soldier's Mamoru Yokota (09:00)
- New Kadokawa Manga Magazine to Run 5+ Anime Tie-Ins (05:00)
- California's FanimeCon to Host X Japan Band's Yoshiki (04:00)
- Shonen Jump's Inumarudashi- Manga Gets Flash Anime (02:50)
- Staff Opening: Manga Reviewer (18:22)
- Shikabane Hime DVD Released Monday (16:12)
- Sentai Filmworks Adds Amagami SS, MM! TV Anime (20:35)
- Funimation Adds 2011 Fullmetal Alchemist Film, Is this a Zombie? (Updated) (19:43)
- Daily Briefs (15:45)
- Sengoku Basara Anime Film's Web Trailer Streamed (11:45)
- Pop Band 7!!'s Concert to Be Streamed Live May 26 (23:30)
- New DLE TV Flash Anime Chara Uta to Premiere in May (21:30)
- Starz Media Parent Bids on Barnes & Noble Bookstores (15:00)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, May 8-14 (13:00)
- Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!! Promo Video Streamed (12:00)
- California's AM2 to Host Designers Akihiko Yamashita, Miho Shimogasa (11:00)
- 2011 Fullmetal Alchemist Film's Full Trailer Streamed (06:01)
- Detective Conan Manga Gets Live-Action TV Series (05:18)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, May 9-15 (Part 2) (23:57)
- Kamisama Dolls TV Anime's Promotional Video Streamed (21:15)
- Digital Manga Inc. Sells Titles on Kobo E-Book Platform (20:00)
- Jun Yuzuki to End Gakuen Prince Romantic Comedy Manga (19:30)
- Madman Announces Dance in the Vampire Bund, Other Titles (12:19)
- Australian New Releases 13/5 - 19/5 (12:10)
- SaiKano's Takahashi to Launch Yuki ni Tsubasa Manga (11:15)
- Kenji Kamiyama Makes Cyborg 009/Pepsi Nex 3D Ad (10:30)
- Rainbow's Kakizaki, Yuria 100%'s Hagio Start New Manga (10:00)
- (Updated) Voice-Actors Announced At MCM Expo (08:38)
- Ouran High School Host Club Gets Live-Action Show (01:48)
- Manga/Anime/Games in Japanese Gov't Preservation Plan (23:57)
- ANNAU Convention Update 11/5 - 18/5 (23:09)
- Blood-C's Promo Streamed, Premiere Date Announced (21:00)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, May 9-15 (20:20)
- 2 Madoka Magica Side Story Manga Land in Top 5 (17:50)
- Arrietty Screening At Edinburgh Film Festival, June (14:13)
- North American Anime, Manga Releases: May 15-21 (14:00)
- Comic-Con Int'l to Host Domo-kun Creator Tsuneo Goda (12:00)
- Daily Briefs (09:00)
- Blood Lad Vampire Comedy Manga's Anime Adaptation Listed (06:25)
- Toei Animates New Precure All-Stars 3D Theater Short (22:30)
- Animator Kousuke Sugimoto Streams 'Korekuraide Utau' (21:30)
- Pirated Isshoni Training Android App Infected by Virus (18:00)
- Strike Witches BD Box Sells 5,000 to Top Weekly Chart (17:00)
- 4Kids Files to Prevent Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Licensing (15:03)
- Persona 4 the Animation's New Promotional Video Streamed (12:00)
- Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Light Novels Get TV Anime (Update 2) (11:23)
- Book Retailer Schedules Hunter x Hunter Manga #28 (10:00)
- Art Director Mitsuki Nakamura Passes Away (09:19)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, May 9-15 (Part 1) (06:30)
- Anime At Brighton In June (05:50)
- Daily Briefs (23:45)
- Japan's Animation TV Ranking, May 2-8 (23:00)
- Sket Dance Song by French Kiss Ranks #2 on Weekly Chart (18:00)
- 1st Manga to Be Restricted by Revised Tokyo Law Listed (16:30)
- California's FanimeCon to Host Gainax Artist Suezen (15:18)
- Hinako Takanaga to End The Tyrant Falls in Love Manga (13:10)
- Cromartie Creator's Double-J Moe Manga Gets TV Anime (10:28)
- Rokudenashi Blues Boxing Manga Gets Live-Action Show (10:00)
- 1st 2 +Tic Nee-san School Comedy Shorts Now Streaming (05:00)
- Gonzo Collaborating with Chinese Firms on 3 Projects (02:30)
- Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, May 2-8 (18:00)
- Manhwa-Based Priest Opens at #4 with US$14.5 Million (15:00)
- Weekly Wrapup 9/5 - 14/5 (11:24)
- Free Anime in AU update: 16/May - 22/May (11:18)
- Japan's Animation TV Ranking, April 25-May 1 (23:57)
- Daily Briefs (16:30)
- Persona 4 Anime Promo Streamed, Over Fence Manga Previewed (12:15)
- New Code Geass Manga Reimagines Lead as Convenience Store Clerk (08:00)
- Aid for Japan Event In London Tomorrow (07:50)
- Singer Azusa's Mini Event to Be Streamed Live May 18 (04:00)
- Strike Witches Staffer's Dōjinshi Manga Now Fully Bilingual (23:57)
- Manga Sutra - Futari H to Get Both Film & Net Projects (20:00)
- AGC38 Idol Character Girl Group's Promo Video Streamed (16:30)
- L'arc~en~Ciel Quake Relief Concerts Get Int'l Screenings (14:30)
- Japanese Theater Chain to Show Hōkago no Pleiades Video (13:15)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, May 1-7 (13:00)
- Hiroya Oku Draws Gantz Manga 1-Shot Spinoff (07:30)
- Manga At Bristol This Weekend (07:28)
- Beckii Cruel At London McM Expo (06:54)
- Monochrome Factor Manga to End in Japan in June (06:30)
- Japanese Box Office, May 7-8 (23:57)
- Daily Briefs (23:55)
- Hana-Kimi Manga Gets New Show with AKB48's Atsuko Maeda (23:00)
- Hatsune Miku Virtual Idol to Perform at Anime Expo (Update 2) (21:57)
- Voice Actress Aya Hirano to Film at NYC Shop Tonight (15:45)
- Funimation Adds Princess Jellyfish/Kuragehime on DVD/BD (15:09)
- No Grand Prizes Given for 2nd Kyoto Animation Award (13:30)
- March comes in like a lion, Space Bros. Win Kodansha Manga Awards (09:15)
- Go! Comi's Former Site Relaunched Under False Pretenses (06:30)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- North American Anime, Manga Releases: May 8-14 (21:00)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, May 2-8 (18:30)
- One Piece Manga #62 Sells 2.37 Million (17:15)
- Anime Central to Host Hetalia's Shirohata, Nomura (14:30)
- Otakelaide and anime.au.11 On This Weekend (12:36)
- Australian and New Zealand anime news wanted! (11:47)
- Osamu Dezaki's Black Jack Video Series Gets 11th Volume (09:30)
- Detroit Metal City's Wakasugi to Launch Kappei Manga (07:45)
- K-ON! release plans announced (07:08)
- Digital Frontier Animates 1st Tekken 3D CG Anime Film (03:30)
- Moomin Song Composer Seichiro Uno Passes Away (01:00)
- Daily Briefs (23:45)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, May 2-8 (22:45)
- California's Fanime Hosts Hiroyuki Yamaga, Halko Momoi (19:30)
- 40th Japan Cartoonist Awards Honor Moto Hagio (19:15)
- Section23 Adds Hyakka Ryōran Samurai Girls TV Anime (Update 2) (12:39)
- Yankee-kun to Megane-chan School Manga Ends on May 18 (12:30)
- Madman Entertainment releases Black Butler on iTunes (12:08)
- VitaminX Addiction Anime's Promotional Movie Streamed (11:30)
- Former Toei President Shigeru Okada Passes Away (10:30)
- Yu-Gi-Oh Film Screening Updates (08:41)
- Fullmetal Alchemist Movie-Goers to Get Manga Vol. 11.5 (03:30)
- Daily Briefs (22:30)
- Blade of the Immortal's Samura to End Halcyon Lunch (19:30)
- Kanon Wakeshima Attending Hyper Japan (15:41)
- Animate USA Adds Selfish Love Boys-Love Manga to Kindle (15:30)
- Supernatural the Anime's English Video Clip Streamed (13:30)
- Manifest call for volunteers (13:22)
- SMASH Opens New Competition, Seeking Bootleg Inspectors (13:22)
- Fate/Zero, HoshiKaka, Lupin Promo Videos Streamed (11:15)
- Akira UK cinema screenings in July (11:04)
- Free Outdoor Anime in Canary Wharf (10:15)
- Kirin Motorcycle Racing Manga Gets Live-Action Film (07:45)
- Manga-Based Space Bros./Uchū Kyōdai to Film in Florida (06:45)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Japanese Box Office, April 30-May 1 (22:30)
- Ghibli's Laputa And Yamadas Come To Blu-Ray Monday (15:08)
- Kei & Gonzo's Copihan, Nichijou's 'Zzz' Promo Videos Streamed (12:30)
- Free Anime in AU update: 9/May - 15/May (12:14)
- Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, April 25-May 1 (23:46)
- Sunrise's Horizon, Takashi Yamazaki's Friends Promos Streamed (20:30)
- Daily Briefs (09:00)
- Upcoming UK Fan Meetups (06:53)
- Independent Animator Nobuhiro Aihara Passes Away (23:57)
- Gothic Lolita Festival In Bethnal Green, May 14 (17:53)
- California's AM2 to Host Japanese Girl Band Scandal (16:30)
- Muybridge's Strings, Saiyuki, +Tic Neesan Promo Videos Streamed (15:30)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, April 24-30 (13:00)
- California's AM2 to Host Visual Kei Band Sadie (11:30)
- Square Enix Posts Free Game x Comic iOS App Worldwide (10:00)
- Full Metal Panic Spinoff Novel Project Starts This Summer (03:25)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Kalafina Trio to Perform at Anime Expo in L.A. (22:19)
- (Updated) Anime At Barbican Through June and July (20:35)
- North American Anime, Manga Releases for May 2011 (15:30)
- (Updated) Ryuichi Sakamoto At Camden, May 12 (14:11)
- Books Kinokuniya Sydney holding Free Comic Book Day events (12:56)
- Shueisha to Debut New Manga Magazine This Summer (12:30)
- Fans' Night Out In Cheltenham, May 21 (09:04)
- Kaiji Sequel TV Anime Replaces Scene After Quake (08:00)
- California's Fanime to Host Voice Actor Tohru Furuya (02:45)
- Morita-san wa Mukuchi 4-Panel Manga Gets TV Anime (02:15)
- Tezuka's Book of Human Insects Gets Live-Action Show (18:45)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, April 25-May 1 (18:15)
- Disney XD to Run Naruto: Shippuden the Movie on May 15 (16:00)
- Nyanpire The Animation's Promotional Video Streamed (14:00)
- Amazon Pulls Some Yaoi/BL Manga from U.S. Kindle Store (12:00)
- Paperman Paper-Doll 1st-Person Shooter Game Gets Anime (11:30)
- Black Rock Shooter Gets Manga in Young Ace This June (09:00)
- Gonzo, Miku Designer Kei Make Copihan Anime for 2011 (02:17)
- Daily Briefs (23:30)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, April 25-May 1 (Part 2) (22:45)
- Aid For Japan In London, May 15 (17:58)
- Ash Dub Actress Attending Nom-Con (17:09)
- Trigun Film Gets North American Theatrical Release (Update 2) (16:44)
- North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 1-7 (16:30)
- Madoka Magica 1 Sells 53,000 as #1 TV Anime BD in 1st Week (15:45)
- Voice Actress Kana Asumi Goes on Hiatus Due to Health (15:30)
- Madman's Vampire Knight fanart competition winners announced (12:38)
- Full Moon's Tanemura, 4 Others Start Manga in Margaret (11:30)
- Paper: We Were There/Bokura ga Ita Manga to End in 2012 (09:30)
- Yoshinori Natsume Ends Togari Shiro Sequel Manga (08:30)
- Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, April 25-May 1 (Part 1) (04:45)
- Discotek Media Adds D.N.Angel TV Anime (23:56)
- Daily Briefs (23:00)
- Japan's Animation TV Ranking, April 18-24 (19:30)
- Chicago's Anime Central to Host X Japan's Yoshiki (17:30)
- Anime guests to also attend Supanova Sydney and Perth (10:45)
- Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Manga to Bundle Anime Episode 12.5 (08:30)
- Manga Sutra - Futari H Gets New Live-Action Adaptation (06:30)
- Hyouge Mono's Cro-Magnon Band to Break Up (02:40)
- Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream DVDs to Bundle Unaired Shorts (02:30)
- 15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced (01:56)
- Japanese Box Office, April 23-24 (23:57)
- Daily Briefs (22:00)
- Free Anime in AU update: 2/May - 8/May (14:40)
- Sentai Filmworks Adds Clamp's Kobato TV Anime (12:00)
- Nekogami Yaoyorozu Anime's 2nd Promo Video Streamed (11:30)
- WOTA London Club Night On May 27 (03:59)
- Ghibli's Arrietty Has UK Premiere In Sheffield, May 29 (03:11)


