Anime & Manga News for week of 16 May 2009

Anime DVD rankings in Japan for early May: Clannad After Story v6, Training with Hanako, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Guren-hen, Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna the Movie, Gundam 00 Second Season #3, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Volume 09, Macross Frontier #9, Kuroshitsuji, Hetalia - Axis Powers, and re-issues of a bunch of Studio Ghibli movies.

Anime TV show ratings in Japan: Sazae-san, Crayon Shin-chan, Doraemon, One Piece, Chibi Maruko-chan, Dragon Ball Kai, Fresh Precure!, Detective Conan, Pokemon: Daimond and Pearl, and Inazuma Eleven.

Japanese anime movie rankings: Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser, is still at #1. Now totals US$20M. Takashi Miike's Crows Zero II is now at #5, taking in a total of $22M so far. Crayon Shin-Chan: Roar! is at #6, totaling $5.9M Drop, the coming-of-age autobiography, fell off the top 10 list, having brought in $18M.

4Kids announced during a recent conference call a 1st-quarter net loss of $2 million dollars for 2009. But don't fret! That's less than the $6 million they lost in the 1st quarter of last year.

Bandai's postponing the North America release of Kurokami part 1 and the Freedom Complete Collection. They've canceled all pre-orders retailers have made, and planning a re-solicitation sometime in the future. Fortunately, Code Geass R2 and Hayate the Combat Butler are still to be released as planned.

Funimation's Anime video-on-demand service, which has been available on Comcast in certain areas, is now available on Comcast nationwide. They already offer Ouran, Aquarion, Mushi-Shi, Devil May Cry, XXXHolic, and Tsubasa, plus many others. Apparently they shuffle anime in and out every month. This summer they'll be bringing in Heroic Age, Romeo x Juliet, Murder Princess, and Honey and Clover (and others).

Want an advance look at Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete? The New York - Tokyo organization is giving away 10 free tickets for an advance screening in New York, May 18th. Go to newyork-tokyo.com and click on the Film link.


While you're waiting, you can check out an English-language trailer for FF7: AC Complete on G4tv.com. For those who don't know, this new version includes 26 minutes of new footagea new dub, a new song, and other ibts and pieces. The Blu-Ray ships in North American June 2nd.

There's going to be a Bubblegum Crisis live-action film. In 2012. Two of the girls will be Caucasian, and two Asian. It's being produced in six countries. You've got Australia's Arclight Films, Canada's Wizzfilms, the Infotainment China Media Company, and the United Kingdom's Latec International. AIC had already signed a basic agreement with Cubix International in Singapore, which will still be executive producing. The group plans to consult with Shinji Aramaki and Kenichi Sonoda to get the feel of the world right. They plan for a budget of $30M (?!?), and they've already got 70% of the money.

The second Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya light novel has a street date in the U.S.! It's...October. So, that's 6 months between releases. While you're waiting, you can head over to the hatchettebookgroup.com website for Haruhi and download a 31-page preview PDF of the upcoming novel. Novel 2 - The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya - will include the filming of "Magical Mikuru-chan."

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[TheOnlyEpisodes]

If you're good at getting this info, do you know at-all if there will be an English dubbing of any of the Tenga Toppa Gurren Lagann movies anytime soon; or, if they've already been released if created? Get back to me on this, please.

[ONVPodcast]

I've checked, and neither of the Gurren Lagann movies have been licensed in America yet, as far as I've been able to find out.

[ForerunnerLuke]

Want TTGL:G-H on Youtube with subs...

First to do that wins a Million views.

[ONVPodcast]

You could always ya know grab the torrent yourself.

:)

--Nick

[MellofeverKrazy]

Hetalia Axis Powers BABY !!! WHOOT !

[TramaTeamGirl654]

HETALIA! HETALIA! HETALIA! HETALIA!

[TramaTeamGirl654]

@MellofeverKrazy WHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!

[Shirafune1992]

Inazuma Eleven FTW!

[TheOnlyEpisodes]

Hopefully they'll do it sometime. I don't mind when, just as-long as they do it eventually/

[deathfly142]

Torrent?

Noone trusts torrents NOONE

[darkblazer111]

fuck that

[totallywinx1]

if 4kids wants money.. then they should get new animes like winx,pretty cure,mermaid melody & more