Anime News Network - Newsroom Updates: “Japanese Comic Ranking, March 7-13” plus 26 more

Japanese Comic Ranking, March 7-13
Interactive, Rubbing-Activated Hug Pillows Finally Get Release Date
Girls & Panzer Film Sells Over 1 Million Tickets
Japan's Video Game Rankings, March 7-13
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Arch Angels/Warau Michael Live-Action Film
Tonari no Seki-kun Anime's English Dub Cast Announced
Wazamonogatari Novel Promoted with 2 More 8-Bit Game Videos
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Ending Theme Listed From Aimer, EGOIST's chelly
Pokémon Company Designer Eric Medalle Killed in Windstorm
KonoSuba Anime Gets 2nd Season
The Silver Guardian Anime Reveals Story, Staff, 2017 Airing
New Naruto Gaiden One-Shot Manga's Full Title, Story Teaser Revealed
Assassination Classroom Manga Gets New 4-Week Spinoff in April
Hunter x Hunter Manga's Return Slated for April 18
Haikyu!! Volleyball TV Anime Gets Season 3 in Fall
Square Enix Would Consider I Am Setsuna for Vita in the West
Live-Action Wolf Girl and Black Prince Film's Trailer Previews Song by back number
JoJo Part 4 Will Have 3 Versions of Upcoming PV in 3 Different Cities
Psychologist, Professor Layton 'Puzzle Master' Akira Tago Passes Away
Resident Evil/Biohazard Games Get Stage Musical in September
Luffy, Crocodile, Enel Fight on Real Tokyo Streets in One Piece Burning Blood Game Trailer
PlayStation VR Headset Debuts in October for US$399
March comes in like a lion Manga Inspires 2 Films Starring Ryunosuke Kamiki
Japanese Comedian Hosts Sex Toy Commercial Contest (NSFW)
Funimation's Escaflowne Dub Casts Aaron Dismuke as Van
Dance Concerts to Feature Months Anthropomorphized into Handsome Guys
Japanese College Students Weigh In on the Best Original Starter Pokémon

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 02:10 PM PDT

Haikyu!!, Assassination Classroom, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, The Ancient Magus' Bride, Bleach in top 5

Interactive, Rubbing-Activated Hug Pillows Finally Get Release Date

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 01:45 PM PDT

Last year, former Kyushu Institute of Technology researcher Koichi Uchimura launched a crowdfunding campaign for his Ita-Supo, the first talking hug pillow...

Girls & Panzer Film Sells Over 1 Million Tickets

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 01:10 PM PDT

The official blog for the Girls und Panzer anime franchise announced on Thursday that the Girls und Panzer film has sold 1,000,794 tickets for a total...

Japan's Video Game Rankings, March 7-13

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 12:59 PM PDT

Summon Night 6, Medabots Girl Mission, La Corda D'Oro 4 games ship

Sentai Filmworks Licenses Arch Angels/Warau Michael Live-Action Film

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 12:19 PM PDT

2006 film adapts 1987 shojo manga

Tonari no Seki-kun Anime's English Dub Cast Announced

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 12:15 PM PDT

DVD, Blu-ray Disc slated for April 12

Wazamonogatari Novel Promoted with 2 More 8-Bit Game Videos

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 11:45 AM PDT

NisiOisin's second light novel volume in the "Off Season" of the Monogatari Series got two more 8-bit game promotional videoes. The first video is designated...

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Ending Theme Listed From Aimer, EGOIST's chelly

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 11:10 AM PDT

Hiroyuki Sawano composes track for Attack on Titan team's April anime

Pokémon Company Designer Eric Medalle Killed in Windstorm

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 10:45 AM PDT

Medalle designed logos for Pokémon XY, Pokémon: Black and White, more

KonoSuba Anime Gets 2nd Season

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 09:53 AM PDT

Light novel illustrator Kurone Mishima posts image to celebrate

The Silver Guardian Anime Reveals Story, Staff, 2017 Airing

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 06:50 AM PDT

Chinese/Japanese production of Chinese web manga set in virtual game world

New Naruto Gaiden One-Shot Manga's Full Title, Story Teaser Revealed

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 05:45 AM PDT

This year's 16th issue of Shueisha's Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Saturday the full title of Masashi Kishimoto's new Naruto Gaiden one-shot manga....

Assassination Classroom Manga Gets New 4-Week Spinoff in April

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 05:40 AM PDT

After main manga ends, Koro-sensei's private life outside school will be revealed

Hunter x Hunter Manga's Return Slated for April 18

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 04:40 AM PDT

This year's 16th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Saturday that Yoshihiro Togashi is resuming his Hunter × Hunter manga...

Haikyu!! Volleyball TV Anime Gets Season 3 in Fall

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 02:20 AM PDT

New season's story begins with Karasuno High's next match

Square Enix Would Consider I Am Setsuna for Vita in the West

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 12:00 AM PDT

Square Enix game director Atsushi Hashimoto commented on the absence of a PlayStation Vita version for the Western localization of its I Am Setsuna role-playing...

Live-Action Wolf Girl and Black Prince Film's Trailer Previews Song by back number

Posted: 15 Mar 2016 10:55 PM PDT

Film based on Ayuko Hatta shōjo manga opens on May 28

JoJo Part 4 Will Have 3 Versions of Upcoming PV in 3 Different Cities

Posted: 15 Mar 2016 10:45 PM PDT

The upcoming television anime adaptation of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable manga will get a new promotional video on...

Psychologist, Professor Layton 'Puzzle Master' Akira Tago Passes Away

Posted: 15 Mar 2016 10:30 PM PDT

Author of best-selling Atama no Taisō book series was 90 years old

Resident Evil/Biohazard Games Get Stage Musical in September

Posted: 15 Mar 2016 10:30 PM PDT

Former Takarazuka actress Reon Yuzuki stars in musical of survival horror games

Luffy, Crocodile, Enel Fight on Real Tokyo Streets in One Piece Burning Blood Game Trailer

Posted: 15 Mar 2016 10:00 PM PDT

Sengoku revealed as playable character for April 21 game

PlayStation VR Headset Debuts in October for US$399

Posted: 15 Mar 2016 09:30 PM PDT

Sony to offer PlayStation VR Worlds game on launch; 50 games expected by year end