Other Manga/Anime News #13 (2012)

You know the drill, Oricon has posted it's weekly sales figures and I've also add more of their "Best Sellers of 2012" 11-30 (1-10 were posted in the previous news post) and I'm also adding the Biglobe most anticipated anime of Summer 2012.

But first, as always, the news bits:

• Kure-nai's manga adaptation has ended and now the artist is teaming up with the author of The Legend of Legendary Heroes on a new manga that will run in Jump SQ.
• Btooom! the seinen manga running in Comic Bunch has announced an anime adaptation which will be produced by Madhouse.
• Kindaichi Case Files, the manga running in Weekly Shonen Magazine, is getting 2 OAD's bundled with limited edition volumes of the manga.
• Yama no Susume will be adapted into an anime which will air in 2013. 8-Bit will handle production.

[Source: ANN]

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Here's the Oricon best seller chart for May 28th until June 3rd:

1. Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) #14 - 248,114 (413,518)

2. Kyo, Koi o Hajimemasu #15 - 130,200 (281,648)

3. I am a Hero #9 - 93,303

4. Kimi ni Todoke #16 - 67,225 (984,608)

5. Kino Nani Tabeta #6 - 63,721 (217,826)

6. One Piece #66 - 54,208 (2,955,267)

7. Switch Girl!! #19 - 50,795 (104,605)

8. Bokutachi wa Shitteshimatta #14 - 47,279 (97,858)

9. Mei-chan no Shitsuji #18 - 45,375 (99,982)

10. Pokemon SPECIAL #40 - 44,838

11. Daily Lives of High School Boys #6 - 41,535 (160,237)

12. Billy Bat #9 - 40,195 (132,122)

13. Hozuki no Reitetsu #5 - 35,547 (135,224)

14. Namida Usagi ~Seifuku no Kataomoi~ #10 - 34,101 (85,316)

15. Nozoki Ana #11 - 33,303

16. Master Keaton #11 Full Version - 30,441

17. Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san #8 - 30,007 ( 99,217)

18. Ore no Kohai ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai #1 - 28,971 (45,011)

19. Futari Ecchi #53 - 27,626

20. Love Stage! #2 - 25,645

21. ZE Book - 25,333

22. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project #13 - 24,678 (72,874)

23. Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui #2 - 24,490 (91,466)

24. Shutoheru #6 - 24,004

25. Daiya no Ace #31 23,737 (200,026)

26. Asahinagu #6 - 22,686

27. Naruto #60 - 22,243 (1,102,222)

28. Nana to Kaoru BLACK LABEL #2 - 21,655

29. Mahou Sensei Negima! #38 - 18,764 (227,963)

30. BRAVE 10 S #2 - 18,750 (32,247)

[Source: Oricon]

Not exactly a week of big sales and quite a few new releases from Shogakukan. Some other facts to note:

-Kuroshitsuju sold over 80,000 copies more in this week than last week and has taken the number 1 spot for a second week.

-Kimi ni Todoke is now in it's 4th week on the best seller list and has yet to be kicked out of the top 5.

-One Piece has been on the best seller list for 5 weeks and has yet to be kicked out of the top 10.

And here's the rest of the Best Selling Manga of 2012 (First Half):

[Source: Manga-news Japon]

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And here's Biglobe's Poll regarding the most anticipated anime of the Summer season:

1. Kokoro Connect

2. Yuruyuri II

3. Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru!

4. Dog Days' (Season 2)

5. Sword Art Online

6. Kyoukai Senju no Horizon II

6. Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse

8. Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai

9. Hagure Yusha no Estetica

10. Rinne no Lagrange 2

11. Oda Nobuna no Yabo

12. Tari Tari

13. Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate

14. Hakuoki Reimeiroku

15. Binbo-gami ga!

16. Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita

17. Campione!

18. Joshiraku

19. Moyashimon Returns

20. Arcana Famiglia

21. Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi

22. Upotte!!

23. Ebiten

24. Natsuyuki Rendezvous

[Source: ANN]

Thoughts:

Not particularly surprising seeing as Yuruyuri's and Horizon's first seasons were popular and with Accel World re-starting the anime based in virtual world craze for this year which I thought died with the .hack franchise, Sword Art Online and Estetica are being anticipated. The noitamina slots aren't faring well this time, but considering that the 2 series running this summer are completely un-shonen it only makes sense. I'm a little bit surprised to see Kokoro Connect at the top of the list but then again I have no knowledge as to how popular the light novels are.