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Devil Kings historical action game already inspired 12 episodes, manga!!
The official website for Itsuro Kawasaki and Production I.G's anime adaptation of the Sengoku Basara (Devil Kings) historical action-adventure videogame has confirmed that a second season will premiere in 2010. In both the game and the anime, Kazuya Nakai, Sōichiro Hoshi, and Norio Wakamoto play Date Masamune, Sanada Yukimura, and Oda Nobunaga, respectively — actual historical figures in Japan's bloody Warring States Period. The game already inspired a 12-episode anime season that premiered in April. A 13th episode will ship on the anime's seventh DVD next January. The first season has just ended on Wednesday night with the announcement (pictured at right) of the second season. The game also inspired more than one manga adaptations and even rice bags — official Sengoku Basara rice bags and unofficial ones drawn by Sengoku Basara manga artist Chimaki Kuori.
Source: animeanime.jp
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2nd Bakemonogatari Promo, Summers Wars TV Ad Posted
Bakemonogatari to premiere on TV in July, Summer Wars film to open in August
The official Japanese website for Aniplex's anime adaptation of NisiOisin's Bakemonogatari light novels has begun streaming a 97-second promotional video on Wednesday. The short stories in NisiOisin's two volumes of Bakemonogatari deal with a high school boy named Koyomi Araragi and strange students he encounters. ("Bakemonogatari" is a wordplay on the Japanese term bakemono for supernatural creatures and the term monogatari for stories.) Akiyuki Shinbo (ef - a tale of melodies., Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, MoonPhase, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, The SoulTaker) is directing off scripts supervised by Fuyashi Tou (Zoku Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei). Akio Watanabe
(Nurse Witch Komugi, The SoulTaker) is adapting VOfan's original character designs for the SHAFT
animators. The series will premiere in Japan on July 3.
The Kadokawa Anime Channel on the YouTube website officially began streaming the 15-second television commercial for Summer Wars, the next anime film from Mamoru Hosoda (Digimon movies, Superflat Monogram) after his award-winning The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Toki o Kakeru Shōjo or TokiKake). The light-hearted "action entertainment" story revolves around a modern-day family on a midsummer adventure. The film's 111-second trailer and the previous one-minute teaser trailer are still available. The project reunites many of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time's staffers, including scriptwriter Satoko Okudera (Angel, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Miyori no Mori) and character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Evangelion, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, FLCL). The film will open in Japan on August 1.
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Eyeshield 21 Football Manga Ends in Japan After 7 Years
Final Shonen Jump installment runs on Monday; final book volume in October
Writer Riichirou Inagaki and artist Yuusuke Murata ended their Eyeshield 21 sports manga in this year's 29th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on Monday. During its seven-year run, the popular manga exposed many young fans to the American form of football and inspired a 2005-2008 television anime series, an event-only anime short, and several games. The 37th and final compiled book volume of the manga will ship in October.Viz Media is publishing the 26th volume of the manga in North America this month. The Crunchyroll website is streaming the anime series after the defunct Toonami Jetstream website had released parts of it.
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Tales of Vesperia, Canaan, Aika Zero Promos Streamed
Vesperia film to premiere in October; Canaan, AIKa ZERO to debut on TV in July
The official website for the Tales of Vesperia ~The First Strike~ anime film has posted a 90-second special promotional video with music by Bonnie Pink (Gantz, Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor, Rurouni Kenshin). Kanta Kamei (Digimon: Diaboromon Strikes Back animation director, Kill Bill Chapter 3: The Origin of O-Ren visual supervisor) is directing Production I.G's theatrical adaptation of NAMCO's Tales of Vesperia role-playing game for the Xbox 360 console. Kousuke Toriumi (Basilisk, Di Gi Charat, Naruto, To Heart) and Mamoru Miyano (Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Death Note) play the heroes Yuri and Flynn, respectively. The original game was released in Japan and in the United States last August, and the film will open in Japan on October 3.
The official website for the CANAAN anime adaptation of Sega and Chunsoft's 428 ~Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de~ visual novel is streaming a new commercial for general audiences. The 17-second commercial includes part of the "mind as Judgment" song by Faylan that will be the opening theme. The modern-day story centers on a group of people, from all walks of life, who are brought together in the Tokyo neighborhood of Shibuya by bizarre events with worldwide implications. Sword of the Stranger director Masahiro Ando (not to be confused with the similarly named Sailor Moon animation director Masahiro Ando) is overseeing the animators at P.A. Works (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society, Darker than BLACK) on the anime version, which will premiere on July 4 in Japan.
The official website for the AIKa ZERO video anime project is streaming a 30-second promotional movie. The story of the young female agent-in-training takes place after the AIKa R-16: Virgin Mission prequel, but before the original Agent Aika video project. Noriyasu Yamauchi is designing the characters and supervising the animation in AIKa ZERO as he did for the earlier AIKa projects, but he is also directing this time. The first episode will get a special premiere on the AT-X premium television channel on July 5, before the August 25 DVD release.
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| Rank |
Title |
Author |
Estimated Copies |
Publisher |
Cover |
| 1 |
One Piece |
Eiichiro Oda |
6,208,627 |
Shueisa |
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| 2 |
Bleach |
Tite Kubo |
3,568,545 |
Shueisa |
 |
| 3 |
Naruto |
Masashi Kishimoto |
3,490,349 |
Shueisa |
 |
| 4 |
Fullmetal Alchemist |
Hiromu Arakawa |
3,044,439 |
Square Enix |
 |
| 5 |
Gintama |
Hideaki Sorachi |
2,756,631 |
Shueisha |
 |
| 6 |
Mei-chan no Shitsuji |
Riko Miyagi |
2,580,155 |
Shueisha |
 |
| 7 |
Katekyo Hitman Reborn! |
Akira Amano |
2,035,492 |
Shueisha |
 |
| 8 |
20th Century Boys |
Naoki Urasawa |
1,994,335 |
Shogakukan |
 |
| 9 |
Bloody Monday |
Ryō Ryūmon, Kōji Megumi |
1,691,366 |
Kodansha |
 |
| 10 |
Kuros***suji |
Yana Toboso |
1,603,197 |
Square Enix |
 |
Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 1st Half of 2009 (Updated)
The following chart covers sales from November 17, 2008 to May 17, 2009
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