「新刊表紙ボツ絵」 by (スーバチルマ) According to the official Twitter for the anime series, a new 「IS: Infinite Stratos」 OVA, entitled IS Encore: Koi ni Kogareru Rokujuusou, will be released on November 25th. The announcement was originally made at this weekend's 「IS: One Off Festival!」 event.

According to Moonphase Diary, a TV anime adaptation of Suetsugu Yuki's slice-of-life josei manga series, 「Chihayafuru」, has been green-lit for production. Broadcast will begin this October. The 「Chihayafuru」 manga series currently has 12 volumes to date - with the first volume debuting on May 13th, 2008. It began serialization in BE ...

「ときのかなた」 by (一二戻) According to the official website of the series, an OVA will be included in the upcoming 「Kiss Dum R -ENGAGE planet-」 Blu-ray boxset. However, this collector's item will only be released if enough pre-orders are met (over 2,000). Target date is September 26th. *OVA Staff: Director: Satou Hidekazu Script: Ohnogi Hiroshi Animation ...

「宇宙で ..」 by (羽公) Yesterday a 「Vocaloid and Music Software Industry」 lecture was held at the EEIC Engineering Department at The University of Tokyo. Sasaki Wataru of Crypton Future Media (co-developer of Vocaloid) was on-hand to discuss the future of their product. Audio samples of KAITO Append "Power" and "Whisper," as ...

「ハジメテの」 by (篝＠迷走ｔｙ) According to the July issue cover of Young Ace magazine, an anime adaptation of Kodama Yuuki's manga series, 「Blood Lad」, will be green-lit for production. The announcement may have come prematurely as the magazine cover was quickly replaced from the original source (seen below). *Synopsis: (courtesy of Manga-Updates) Staz is ...

According to the wraparound jacket band found on the 6th volume of the series, Hirasaka Yomi (Author) and Buriki's (Illustrator) light novel work, 「Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai」, will be receiving a TV anime adaptation. *Synopsis courtesy of Manga-Updates: Hasegawa Kodaka has transferred schools, and he's having a hard time making friends. ...

The first Hatsune Miku live concert in the US will be held at this year's Anime Expo convention at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California. The date of the show is July 2nd. *From Anime-Expo: The Concert Will Feature The World’s First Digital Diva Performing In 3D LOS ANGELES (May 12, 2011) ...

「卒業」 by (き) According to the wrap-around jacket found on the 15th volume of 「Full Metal Panic! Sigma」, a new Full Metal Panic spin-off novel series will debut this Summer. It will take place ten-odd years after the finale of the original story. *Staff Credits: Original Author / Supervisor: Gatoh Shoji Writer: Oguro Naoto Illustrator: ...

「むくち」 by (つるこう) According to Moonphase, a TV series for Sano Tae’s 4-koma manga series, 「Morita-san wa Mukuchi」, has been green-lit for production. It will premiere in July. The series had already received an OAD special back in March of this year. Synopsis: (*courtesy of Desangel) "Morita-san wa Mukuchi" is a 4-koma manga ...

「BAND STORY」 by (狩緋) The new project Sega was teasing earlier this week turned out to be for their upcoming PSP game, 「Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- Ver.2.5」. It is slated to be released later this Fall. Fans can expect to see the same rhythm gameplay that they enjoyed with Project DIVA 2nd, ...