Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi TV Anime Dated for April 2011

THIS. MADE. MY. DAY

The January issue of Kadokawa Shoten‘s Ciel magazine is announcing on Tuesday that the television anime adaptation of Shungiku Nakamura‘s Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi boys-love manga will premiere next April. The magazine had already announced this past January that an anime was in the works, and an anime DVD will ship with the fifth volume of the manga next March.

The Magic of Chocolate Shōjo Horror Manga Gets Anime

The wraparound jacket band on the third volume of Rino Mizuho‘s The Magic of Chocolate (Shokora no Mahō) shōjo horror manga series is announcing this month that an anime adaptation has been green-lit. More details will be provided in Shogakukan’s Ciao magazine.

English Version of VOCALOID Hatsune Miku Officially Announced

Crypton Future Media officially announced that they are developing English version of VOCALOID software Hatsune Miku.

Bakuman shounen ai fics~~

Finally! I will be posting my 1st (and 2nd) Bakuman shounen ai drabbles~~~. I am fond calling them shounen ai since I only included subtle BL in my stories. So don’t expect hot and steamy scenes from it. Just pure-hearted romances only (it sounded like Junjou Romantica). Usually, I do not want my fave guy to be paired with another guy if it’s not a yaoi story. But since I do not want Shuujin with Miyoshi, I’ve decided I better see him with Saiko than with that girl. Anyway, here are the stories:

“Prince of Tennis” celebrates 10 years with a festival in 2011

If you’re a fan of the anime series, “The Prince of Tennis” then you’ll love this. 2011 will mark the anime’s 10th year anniversary, and to celebrate, they will hold a “TeniPuri Festival 2011 in Budokan” (‘TeniPuri’ is short for ‘Prince of Tennis’). Fans of the series will be able to meet their favorite character and buy special goods only available at the festival!

The festival also has a theme song, “Love Festival“, sung by the characters of the show. For those fans who are unable to attend the festival, they can hear the voices of the ‘TeniPuri All-Stars’ (including ‘Echizen Ryoma’, ‘Atobe Keigo’, and ‘Yukimura Seiichi’) through the release of its single on December 15th. The single will be comprised of two tracks, the second being “Festival wa Totsuzen“, which is a duet between Takeshi Konomi (series creator) and the seiyuu for Ryoma, Junko Minagawa.

French Kiss collaborates with "Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu"

AKB48 sub-unit French Kiss has announced their second single "If." The song is a collaboration with Kanan Minami’s popular shoujo manga series "Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu," which so far has 5 million copies in print over 10 volumes.

 

Mangaka Yagami Rina has a new series, “Bloody Kiss”

Yagami Rina, creator of “Zettai Oshienai“, “Kimi wo Omou Toki“, and “Mitsukoi Honey“, has embarked on a new series that’s just been released in this month’s “ShoComi 24” called, “Bloody Kiss“. The tokubon (or ‘monthly comic magazine’) was released yesterday on November 20th.

Media Blaster to Resume Yaoi/BL line in 2011

Media Blasters has confirmed on Twitter that it will resume its stalled Yaoi and Boys Love imprint at the beginning of next year, following months of inactivity.  The media distributor’s last respective titles in each genre were postponed this summer after layoffs in March and before its logistical transition to the Allegro Media Group, which was recently completed. More information, including its forthcoming lineup of titles will be unveiled after the beginning of the new year.

[via @mediablasters on Twitter]

 

Mystery Novel of GOSICK’s Author Gets Anime Movie Adaptation

According to Taiyosha, an anime movie project of Sakuraba Kazuki‘s historical mystery novel "Fuse: Gansaku Satomi Hakkenden" was announced to get underway.
Cover of Fuse novel

 

Type-Moon Anthology Manga Take Moon To Be Animated

According to Monthly Comic REX, an anime project of Takenashi Eri‘s manga Take Moon was announced to get underway. The director isKishi Seiji.
Source: Scan of REX

 

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