- Author: Leon
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Dec 26, 2012 17:17 JST
- Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, Fate/Zero, Gundam, K-ON!, Movies, Oricon, Rankings, Statistics

The annual Oricon Blu-ray ranking for 2012 has revealed yet another year in which Japan’s Blu-ray sales have been completely dominated by anime – in this case with Gundam UC the best selling BD in Japan of the entire year, matched only by Fate/Zero (which sold fewer but made more money), with K-ON! coming a mere 4th in discs sold but still handily topping the movie BD charts.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Nov 19, 2012 23:47 JST
- Tags: Adaptations, Berserk, Censorship, Kentaro Miura, Movies, Rape, Tentacles, Video Gallery




As befits its “18+” rating, Berserk III’s latest trailer confirms all the blood, violence and rape from the “golden age” finale is present in spades – not least offering a brief glimpse of the “exceedingly strong and provocative sexual depictions” which earned it the rating and provoked so much interest from fans.
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Thanks to its “exceedingly strong and provocative sexual depictions,” the 3rd Berserk movie – Berserk Golden Age Arc III: Descent – has been handed an 18+ rating by Japan’s movie censors – confirming the hopes of fans that the fate of poor Casca will feature all too explicitly.
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Disney has bought Lucasfilm and pledged to release a new Star Wars trilogy and then “release a new Star Wars feature film every two to three years” forever after.
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Naruto’s latest movie outing “Naruto: Road To Ninja” is the top grossing Naruto movie ever, taking in nearly $19 million and being seen by some 1.25 million dutiful Narutards – apparently in no small part due to the interesting direction certain beloved characters have been taken…
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A tiny strip of film from the new OP to the Puella Magi Madoka Magica movie edition has fetched ¥1,081,001 at auction – for reasons which are not hard to fathom, as it shows the already much cherished Madoka-Homura OP nuzzle.
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Evangelion fans have been greeting the first trailer of the upcoming “Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo” (or “Evangelion: Q”) movie with no small enthusiasm, promising as it does plenty of quality cinematic action and gratuitous Asuka service.
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Aging king of kung fu kitsch Jackie Chan has waded into the debate (or non-debate, according to both China and Japan) surrounding the sovereignty of the Senkaku islands, saying they ought to be returned to China’s loving embrace.
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Highly popular holy men manga Saint Young Men (“Saint☆Onii-san”), a slice of life comedy which follows the lives of Jesus Christ and the Buddha as they pursue an impoverished bachelor lifestyle in Tokyo’s otherwise gloriously futuristic Tachikawa city, is finally to receive a full anime adaptation.
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Metal Gear Solid is the latest franchise to be given over to Hollywood’s tender mercies, with fans of the series left wondering whether the movie will follow in the glorious footsteps of Hollywood’s past video game adaptations, or the even more esteemed path of its many adaptations of popular Japanese entertainment franchises.
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Code Geass fans lucky enough to have attended the advance screening of Code Geass: Akito no Boukoku (“The Ruined Nation of Akito”) have reported not only that it was very good, but also that “she” is due to return in the second chapter…
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Deus Ex is the latest videogame franchise to fall victim to a Hollywood movie adaptation, with Square Enix and CBS Films announcing it will be adapted into a film.
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