News - February 2012
- Daily Briefs ()
- Japanese Comic Ranking, February 20-26 ()
- 24th Anpanman Film Details Revealed ()
- Tokyo Tribes' Inoue Ends Dan Da Barbarian Manga ()
- Tales of the Heroes, Harvest Moon, Naruto Top Game Charts ()
- AnoHana Anime Gets Manga in Jump Square Magazine ()
- Kindaichi Case Files Manga to Resume as Weekly Series ()
- Seven Seas Licenses Haganai, Mayo Chiki! Manga ()
- Master Keaton Manga to Get Sequel After 18 Years ()
- Busō Chūgakusei Basket Army's 2nd Anime Short Streamed ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- New Shungiku Nakamura Anime Project Announced ()
- Twitch Site: Elizabeth Olsen Offered Role in Oldboy Remake ()
- Viz's Sublime Adds Manga by Yaya Sakuragi, Makoto Tateno ()
- North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 26-March 3 ()
- Manga UK Still Planning Tiger & Bunny Release ()
- Usamaru Furuya's Our Light Club Prequel Manga Ends ()
- JManga Adds The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer, More Harlequin Manga ()
- JManga Site Now Available Worldwide ()
- Eyeshield 21's Murata Posts '3D' Short Manga on Twitter ()
- FMA Elric Brothers Dub Actors at Birmingham Comic Con ()
- Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking: February 20-26 ()
- Yui Horie's 8th Album Sells 18,000 to Rank #3 ()
- Ayatsuji Plans 2 More Novels of Horror Franchise 'Another' ()
- Japanese Box Office, February 18-19 ()
- Japanese Animation TV Ranking, February 13-19 ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- Tales of Symphonia: United World Anime Gets New Volume ()
- Kare Kano's Masami Tsuda to Launch Hinoko Manga ()
- Fate/Zero BD Box I's Extras Trailer Streamed ()
- Upotte!! Manga to Bundle Original Anime BD in October ()
- Voice Actor Cristina Vee Attending Supanova As Special Guest ()
- Nintendo Zone Debuts in Europe at Hyper Japan ()
- Haruhi-chan's Puyo to Launch Itsuki Koizumi Spinoff Manga ()
- Japanese Box Office, February 11-12 ()
- Japanese Animation TV Ranking, February 6-12 ()
- NHK's Gakkatsu! Comedy Anime Shorts Announced ()
- Time of Eve Creator's 1st Patema Inverted Prologue Streamed ()
- Ghibli's Arrietty Earns US$14.3 Million After 2nd Weekend (UPDATED) ()
- From the New World Novel Gets TV Anime From A-1 Pictures ()
- North American Stream List: February 20-26 ()
- Detective Conan Manga Gets New Live-Action TV Special ()
- Hakuōki Games Get New OVA, 3rd TV Series, 2 Films ()
- Ouran Cast Films Crossover in Shirato Osamu no Jikenbo Show ()
- 2nd Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Film's Teaser Streamed ()
- Manga UK Mentions Fractale on Twitter ()
- Rintaro, Madhouse's 2nd Meiji Candy Anime Ad Streamed ()
- Tatsunoko Reveals New 50th Anniversary Project ()
- Howl's Moving Castle Shown Saturday Noon on BBC2 ()
- Hawaii's Kawaii Kon to Host Aquarion Singer AKINO, bless4 ()
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, February 12-18 ()
- Vertical Adds Stan Lee & Tamon Ohta's Heroman, Keiko Suenobu's Limit Manga ()
- Time of Eve Creator's Patema Inverted Promo Streamed ()
- Masashi Tanaka's Gon Dinosaur Manga to Resume in March ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- MVM Licenses Mayo Chiki! and .hack/Quantum ()
- Man Arrested for Uploading Kamen Rider Fourze to Sites ()
- "Yurumates 3D" TV Anime Slated for April ()
- Natsuiro Kiseki Anime's TV Ad Aired ()
- A-Channel + smile Video Anime's Textless Ending Posted ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses Kurenai TV Anime ()
- Manga-Inspired Liar Game: Reborn Film Gets TV Spinoff ()
- Suzuki Sensei Manga Gets Live-Action Film in 2012 ()
- Queen's Blade: Rebellion's Mirim Promo Streamed ()
- Nazo no Kanojo X Manga to Bundle Original Anime DVD ()
- Newest Fairy Tail OAD's Promo Video Streamed ()
- Manga UK Comments on Bleach Live-Action Film Annoucement ()
- Bleach TV Anime Ending on March 27 ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- Japanese Comic Ranking, February 13-19 ()
- Warner Develops Live-Action Film of Tite Kubo's Bleach Manga ()
- New LovePlus Outsells Binary Domain, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy ()
- D.C.'s Smithsonian to Host Metal Gear Solid's Hideo Kojima ()
- Detective Conan: The 11th Striker Film's Trailer Streamed ()
- MVM Licenses Broken Blade, Blu-ray Edition Planned ()
- Hyper Japan Begins Friday at Earls Court London ()
- Bleach Guests to Attend Gold Coast Film Festival, Supanova Expo ()
- Kanojo wa Uso o Ai Shisugiteru Romance Manga Gets Film ()
- Yuichi Yokoyama's Garden Vies for L.A. Times Book Prize ()
- Hiiro no Kakera Anime's 1st Promo Streamed ()
- Animate USA Adds Kanjou Spectrum 1-Shot Manga to Kindle ()
- Digital Manga Adds More Boys-Love, Adult Manga Titles ()
- No Melbourne Animania Festival in 2012 ()
- Aquarion EVOL Opening Theme Debuts at #3 ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- Viz's Sublime to Print Youka Nitta, Hinako Takanaga's Manga ()
- North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 19-25 ()
- JManga Adds Kodoku no Gourmet, Recorder and Randsell Manga ()
- Ghibli's Arrietty Rises to #8 With $8.68 Million in 4 Days ()
- Moonlight Mile Creator Featured on English NHK World TV Show ()
- Saint Young Men Manga to Resume in March ()
- Queen's Blade: Rebellion's Captain Liliana Promo Streamed ()
- Niji-Iro Hotaru Anime Film's Trailer Streamed ()
- Mardock Scramble U.K. Blu-ray/DVD to Contain Two Versions ()
- Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking: February 13-19 ()
- Toei's Live-Action Akibaranger Show Uniforms Revealed ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- Sakura-Con to Host Ninja Scroll's Kawajiri, Singer Kanon Wakeshima ()
- Medical Time-Travel Manga Jin Inspires Korean Show ()
- Sakura-Con to Host Madoka Magica's Urobuchi, Ninja Scroll's Minowa ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses K-ON!! Anime Season 2 ()
- Japanese Videogame Talks in London on Tuesday and Wednesday ()
- Space Battleship Yamato 2199's New Promo Video Streamed ()
- NTT Solmare Launches ComicFriends Social Manga Service ()
- 16th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced ()
- Twilight's New Moon: The Graphic Novel Listed by Retailer ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- Rintaro, Madhouse Animate 2nd Meiji Candy Commercial ()
- North American Stream List: Feb. 13-19 ()
- Cambridge Anime Convention May 12 ()
- Ghibli's Arrietty Opens at #9 with US$6.4 Million ()
- Love Live! School Idol Project Gets Anime Series in 2013 ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- "Great Rabbit," "663114" Shorts Win at Berlin Film Fest ()
- Kimagure Orange Road Manga to Be Released in English on Facebook ()
- Arrietty Earns US$1.7 Million to Rank #9 on Friday ()
- Madhouse Studio Animates Short Based on Schulz's Peanuts ()
- Howl's Moving Castle and Tales from Earthsea U.K. Blu-Ray June 25 ()
- Kamen Rider/Tokusatsu TV Director Atsuo Okunaka Passes Away ()
- Funimation Licenses Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings Film ()
- Funimation Licenses Level E Sci-Fi Comedy TV Anime ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- Crime and Punishment Manga Gets Live-Action Show ()
- New U.K. Anime/Manga/Games Magazine Announced ()
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, February 5-11 ()
- California's AM2 to Host Designer Toshihiro Kawamoto ()
- Arakawa Under the Bridge Manga to Resume in April ()
- Chinese Government to Directly License Japanese Anime ()
- Scryed Alteration II Quan Anime Film's Trailer Posted ()
- Independent Screenings in Exeter and Bristol ()
- Queen's Blade: Rebellion's Shigi Character Promo Streamed ()
- Voice Actor Kyle Hebert To Appear at Alcon ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- Mirai Nikki Manga Gets Live-Action Show with Masaki Okada ()
- Sentai Filmworks Adds Fate/Stay night: Unlimited Blade Works Film ()
- A-Channel + smile Video Anime's Textless Opening Posted ()
- Eureka Seven Ao Science-Fiction Anime's 1st Promo Posted (Update 3) ()
- Akira and Ghost in the Shell London Cinema Double Bill April 2 ()
- Anime Dublin Event on April 14 ()
- Scotland Loves Anime Suggests Cinema Premiere on Same Day as Japan ()
- No Auchinawa Event in 2012 ()
- Poppy Hill, Madoka Magica, Tiger & Bunny Win Tokyo Anime Fair's Awards ()
- Verizon Drops Funimation Channel from FiOS Service ()
- Unauthorized Manga Translation Site Pulls Shonen Jump, Viz Titles ()
- Ghibli's Arrietty Anime Film Opens in U.S. Tonight ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- Discotek Licenses Space Adventure Cobra Anime Film ()
- Japanese Comic Ranking, February 6-12 ()
- Japanese Crayon Shin-chan Publisher Sues 3 Chinese Firms ()
- Crackle, Hulu Also Stream Puella Magi Madoka Magica Anime ()
- Beyblade Zero-G Spinning Top Anime to Debut in April ()
- Newest Gensō Suikoden, Gravity Rush Sell 61,784 & 43,462 ()
- Queen's Blade: Rebellion's 2nd Character Promo Streamed ()
- KenIchi Video Anime Project's 1st 7 Minutes Streamed ()
- Kelly/Niimura's I Kill Giants Wins 5th Int'l Manga Award ()
- Second Phantom - Requiem for the Phantom DVD on March 12 ()
- Cowboy Bebop Back on Amazon UK Soon, Says Beez ()
- Crunchyroll to Stream Puella Magi Madoka Magica Anime ()
- Jmanga.com Lists New Releases, Requests International Feedback ()
- .hack//The Movie CG Anime's 1st 12 Minutes Streamed ()
- North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 12-18 ()
- Shiba Inuko-san 4-Panel Manga Gets TV Anime ()
- Hanayaka Nari, Waga Ichizoku Dating Game Gets Anime ()
- Kanon/sola Writer Naoki Hisaya Preparing New Work ()
- Amagami SS+ Series Also Gets Miya Tachibana Video Anime ()
- Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking: February 6-12 ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- Rock Band GReeeeN Creates Its 1st Animated Music Video ()
- Super Sentai Actor Shōei Inspires Web Anime Shorts ()
- Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Gets Manga in Newtype Ace ()
- Amazon Lists X-Men, Iron Man Anime DVD Releases ()
- New Eagle Talon Anime Series to Premiere in April ()
- Queen's Blade: Rebellion's 1st Character Promo Streamed ()
- Dragon Age CG Anime Film's 2nd TV Ad Streamed ()
- North American Stream List: February 6-12 ()
- Fafner Producer Nakanishi Reveals Anime by 'GoRA Project' ()
- Japanese Box Office, February 4-5 ()
- Maryland's Katsucon to Host Kimagure Orange Road's Izumi Matsumoto ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- Japanese Animation TV Ranking, January 30-February 5 ()
- Wandering Son Manga Joins U.S. Librarians' Rainbow List ()
- Manga-Based Afro Tanaka Comedy Film's TV Ad Streamed ()
- Poll: 35.3% of Japanese Middle School Girls Bought Animation CDs ()
- Goro Miyazaki, Hideaki Anno's Ghibli Projects Outlined ()
- J-Music/Anime Themed Party in Manchester February 17 ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- Disney Releases Arrietty Dub Session Clips ()
- Glasgow Screening of Children Who Chase Voices This Sunday ()
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, January 29-February 4 ()
- Uniqlo Launches New One Piece T-Shirt Range ()
- Catherine Puzzle/Horror Adult Game Released in U.K. Today ()
- Sentai Filmworks Confirms English Dub of Gintama: The Movie ()
- London Anime Con Begins Saturday ()
- School Days' Overflow Confirms It Is Making Its Last Title ()
- Touch Anime Co-Stars Make Cameo in Area no Kishi Series ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- La storia della Arcana Famiglia Game Gets TV Anime ()
- Digital Manga Licenses Erementar Gerad/Elemental Gelade ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses Gintama: The Movie ()
- Ultraviolet: Code 044 to Begin Airing on G4 This Month ()
- Manga Schedules Black Butler II for July ()
- Sankarea Zombie Comedy Manga to Bundle Unaired Anime ()
- Ghibli's Arrietty Previewed With U.S. Dubbed Clip, Art ()
- ANN|Au Review - Mobile Suit Gundam ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- Japanese Comic Ranking, January 30-February 5 ()
- New "Project Anime" Conference to Launch Before Anime Expo ()
- Mario Kart Wii Sells 3.5 Million Copies ()
- Female Rock Band Stereopony to Perform at Sakura-Con ()
- Black Jack Returns with Medical Manga Based on Real Life ()
- Dir en grey Band Cancels N. American Tour Due to Vocalist's Health ()
- Bunny Drop's Unita to Launch Itohen Manga Series ()
- Otome Nadeshiko Love Diary 2 Novel Gets Anime DVD ()
- Gonzo Animates Touch Detective Mushroom Garden App's Promo ()
- Monsuno to Premiere on U.S. Nicktoons on February 23 ()
- Strike Witches Film's Trailer Streamed ()
- Vagabond's Takehiko Inoue to Resume Manga Next Month ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 5-11 ()
- JManga Adds Japan Sinks, I Love You Chief Clerk! Manga ()
- Arrietty U.S Dub's "Summertime" Music Video Previewed ()
- Children Who Chase Lost Voices Licensed by Viz Media Europe ()
- Japanese Videogame Talks in London on February 21 and 22. ()
- London Anime Con This Weekend ()
- Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking: January 30-February 5 ()
- Nisemonogatari's 'Naisho no Hanashi' Song Ranks #2 ()
- Shochiku's 2012 Lineup: 1st Tiger & Bunny Film in September ()
- Shoko Conami to End Shinobi Life Manga in March ()
- ANN|Au Review - The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Blu-ray ()
- Toei Animation Sues 869 BitTorrent Users Over One Piece ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- Ghibli's Arrietty Anime Film to Open on 1,200+ U.S. Screens ()
- Kodansha USA to Publish Genshiken: Second Season Manga ()
- Rock Band LM.C to Perform at Anime Central in Illinois Before World Tour ()
- Tiger & Bunny's Keiichi Satou Directs Saint Seiya CG Film ()
- Kenji Kamiyama's 009 RE:CYBORG Teaser Streamed ()
- Saint Seiya Returns in New Omega TV Anime Series ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses Planzet CG Anime Film ()
- Great Battle Fullblast's 2nd Promo Video Streamed ()
- The Prince of Tennis II's BDs/DVDs to Include OVAs ()
- Weekly Wrapup 29/Jan - 4/Feb ()
- Free Anime in AU Update: 6/Feb to 12/Feb ()
- Sanrio's Onegai My Melody Character/Anime Gets 1st Film ()
- Jewelpet Magical Girl Anime Gets 4th TV Show, 1st Film ()
- North American Stream List: Jan. 30-Feb. 5 ()
- North Carolina's Animazement to Host Director Noboru Ishiguro ()
- Manga Sutra - Futari H Gets 3rd Live-Action Film ()
- Tekken: Blood Vengeance, Fruits Basket Collection, Gantz: Perfect Answer Released Monday ()
- Rui no Masaiban Fantasy Drama CD's Anime Promo Streamed ()
- Japanese Box Office, January 28-29 ()
- Japanese Animation TV Ranking, January 23-29 ()
- New Jersey's MangaNEXT to Host Tomo Maeda, Makoto Tateno ()
- DMI Adds Boku wa Subete o Shitteiru Boys-Love Manga ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- Beckii Cruel to Appear at Hyper Japan ()
- 1st Berserk Film's Music Video, TV Spot Posted ()
- Media Blasters Halts Releases of Bakuman., Ikki Tousen Great Guardians ()
- Manga and Anime Exhibition in Norwich Begins Saturday ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses The Book of Bantorra Anime ()
- NIS America Licenses Occult Academy TV Anime ()
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, January 22-28 ()
- Spice and Wolf Among New U.K. Titles Reported on Anime-on-Line ()
- Risqué Comedy Manga Kagaku na Yatsura to Bundle Anime ()
- AICon 2012 dates and location announced ()
- Manifest announces dates, new location for 2012 ()
- Negima! Magister Negi Magi Manga to End in 3 More Chapters ()
- Exclusive: AX 2010 Lost $1.2 Million; IDG to Boost Involvement ()
- MM! Manga to End in Comic Alive Mag This Month ()
- ANN|Au Review - Kaiba DVD Collection ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- Funimation Licenses Pretear Anime Series ()
- Call for U.K. Cosplayers for Documentary on Japanese Culture ()
- Niji-Iro Hotaru Anime Film's Promo Streamed ()
- Gyo, Minori Scramble, Naoko-san Anime's Promos Streamed ()
- Sailor Moon Returns as #1 Graphic Novel in U.S. Bookstores ()
- 1st Madoka Magica Episode Streamed in English in 6 Countries ()
- Sekiei Ayakashi Mangatan Web Manga Gets Web Anime ()
- Mystic Archives of Dantalian Manga to Bundle Anime DVD ()
- 2 More Arrietty US Dub Clips Streamed ()
- Daily Briefs ()
- Japanese Comic Ranking, January 23-29 ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses GetBackers Anime ()
- Armored Core V Sells 163,906; Resident Evil Revelations Sells 146,559 ()
- Tiger & Bunny Anime Sells 233,000 Total Blu-ray Discs ()
- Rock Band Remioromen Goes on Hiatus ()
- Tite Kubo's Bleach Manga to Enter Final Arc ()
- Arrietty Anime Film's New U.S. Dub Clip Streamed ()
- 1st Berserk Anime Film's Special Preview Streamed ()
- Natsuiro Kiseki's 1st 5-Minute Promo Streamed with Sphere ()
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Shelf Life - My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Complete Series
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James Beckett reaches the memorable conclusion of Hachiman's unexpectedly romantic adventures, while Paul Jensen breaks down all this week's new anime releases.
― As I write this introduction, it's late at night and the people in the apartment next door are blasting music loud enough to rival a karaoke bar. I'll probably end up dealing with the problem in a civilized manner, but part of me really wa...
Answerman - Are "Upscaled" Blu-Rays Worth The Upgrade?
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If a show was produced in a low resolution and has to be "upscaled" to HD, is it worth buying the HD version? Justin gets into the details.
― Patrick asked: I have a very simple question. Are blu-ray upscales of shows that have been out on dvd for years (I.E. Gungrave, Fate/stay night, etc) worth the money? Does the upscaling actually make a big enough difference to justify another purchase to see a...
Monster Hunter Stories RIDE ON Season One Part One
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This kid-friendly monster adventure may please the preschool set, but it's hard to see older fans of the franchise getting much out of it. Rebecca Silverman has the details.
― Spun off from the Monster Hunter game franchise's Stories game, Monster Hunter Stories RIDE ON is very squarely aimed at a young audience. That's not because it features a core group of twelve-year-olds as its protagonists, but...
