Manga Ranking list, June 3-June 9

The following classification is from the Oricon's official website. It lists the best-selling volumes in Japan during the week: June 3-June 9

1 - One Piece 70 (Eiichiro ODA)

Number of volumes sold this week: 2 019 094
Number of volumes sold in total: 2 020 490

2 - Bleach 59 (Tite KUBO

Number of volumes sold this week: 2 019 094

Number of volumessold in total: 2 020 490

3 - Worst 32 (Hiroshi TAKAHASHI)

Number of volumes sold this week: 140 595

Number of volumes sold in total: 140 595

4 - Claymore 24 (Norihiro YAGI)

Number of volumes sold this week: 135 605

Number of volumes sold in total: 135 756

5 - Shokugeki no Sôma 2 (Shun SAEKI & Yûto TSUKUDA)

Number of volumes sold this week:  134 842

Number of volumes sold in total: 134 842

6 - Nisekoi 7 (Naoshi KOMI)

Number of volumes sold this week: 133 733

Number of volumes sold in total: 133 733

7 - Sket Dance 31 (Kenta SHINOHARA)

Number of volumes sold this week: 127 101

Number of volumes sold in total: 127 101

8 - Medaka Box 21 (NisiOisin & Akira AKATSUKI)

Number of volumes sold this week: 90 814

Number of volumes sold in total: 90 814

9 - Tegami Bachi / Letter Bee 16 (Hiroyuki ASADA)

Number of volumes sold this week:  84 547
Number of volumes sold in total: 84 547

10 - Shingeki no Kyojin 10  (Hajime ISAYAMA)

Number of volumes sold this week: 66 958

Number of volumes sold in total: 1 057 952

Note: For those who want to know the other 40 volumes of the ranking, the list is available here.

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Manga『L♥DK』 to get Movie Adaptation

Actor Kento Yamazaki is cast in upcoming live-action movie L♥DK, which has already cast Ayame Gouriki in the leading female role.

The initials refer to the manga 『Love Doukyo』 which means "Living Together".

In the movie L♥DK, Kento Yamazaki will play Shuusei Kugayama. His character is scripted as a popular male student at high school student. Due to a mistake,  Aoi Nishimori (Ayame Gouriki) makes the sprinkler go off in his room. Until Shusei's room is fixed, he stays with Aoi. 

The film will be directed by Kawamura Taisuke and written by Yuko Matsuda (Gokusen). The shooting is scheduled to start in July and the movie will be released during the Spring of 2014.

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Manga Ranking list, May 26-June 1

The following classification is from the Oricon's official website. It lists the best-selling volumes in Japan during the week: May 26-June 1

1 - Pandora Hearts 20 (Jun MOCHIZUKI)

Number of volumes sold this week: 87211
Number of volumes sold in total: 87720

2 - Inu × Boku SS / Secret Service  (Cocoa FUJIWARA)

Number of volumes sold this week: 79163

Number of volumessold in total: 302,427

3 - Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō Shodōbu 11 (Katsutoshi KAWAI)

Number of volumes sold this week: 69748

Number of volumes sold in total: 69748

4 - Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt 2 (Yasuo OHTAGAKI, Hajime YATATE & Yoshiyuki TOMINO)

Number of volumes sold this week: 66513

Number of volumes sold in total: 66513

5 - Deadman Wonderland 12 (Jinsei KATAOKA & Kazuma KONDOU)

Number of volumes sold this week: 65872

Number of volumes sold in total: 173,092

6 - Shingeki no Kyojin 10 (Hajime ISAYAMA)

Number of volumes sold this week: : 65 330

Number of volumes sold in total: 990 994

7 - Shingeki no Kyojin 9 (Hajime ISAYAMA)

Number of volumes sold this week: 63183

Number of volumes sold in total: 1049557

8 - Shingeki no Kyojin 8 (Hajime ISAYAMA)

Number of volumes sold this week: 62638

Number of volumes sold in total: 1085884

9 - Shingeki no Kyojin 5 (Hajime ISAYAMA)

Number of volumes sold this week: 62230
Number of volumes sold in total: 1246735

10 - Shingeki no Kyojin 4 (Hajime ISAYAMA)

Number of volumes sold this week: 61608

Number of volumes sold in total: 1290909

Note: For those who want to know the other 40 volumes of the ranking, the list is available here.

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The end of 『Sket Dance』

The announcement was in the 31th volume of Sket Dance which was released in june 4 in Japan.
The Volume 32 will be the last of the series.

So the manga of Kenta SHINOHARA will end very soon.

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Gintama the Movie:『Be Forever, Yorozuya』

Hers's the full trailer for the new Gintama film, Gekijōban Gintama Kanketsu-hen: Yorozuya yo Eien Nare (Final Gintama: The Movie: Be Forever Yorozuya).

The them song 『Genjō Destruction』 will be provided by the The band SPYAIR.

As for the visuals for “Gintama the Movie: Final Chapter 『Be Forever, Yorozuya』”:

This is the adult Shinpachi and Kagura. The boy who once has been the idol-lover, is now a perfect, brave and skilled warrior. As for Kagura, she is now a beautiful lady.

The sadist Sougo Okita, member of the Shinsengumi and the most popular one, has now a long hair

As for Isao Kondou, the captain of the Shinsengumi, it looks like he is a prisoner for some reason regarding his ragged appearance.

Toshirou Hijikata, the vice-captain of the Shinsengume. In this movie, he is wearing a completely differnet clothes compared to the Shinsengumi’s traditional coat and instead he puts on a more stylish coat. 

Kotarou Katsura, Leader of the Joishishi: the terrorist group. For some reason, In this movie Zura’s style is  similar to his old freind Shunsuke Takasugi, the Kiheitai’s leader.

The new Gintama film is scheduled to premiere in theaters on July 6.

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The end of the 『Vampire Knight』 era

The long and awaited moment has finaly arrived. Wow, i can’t belive it ended. After 8 years of reading this one manga,  Hino Matsuri has decided to make an end in her story. Check out the final chapter in the link below:

Vampire Knight 93

Personnaly, i don't know if i'm satisfied or disppointed about this ending. In the end, we see Kaname’s happy face when he sees the light for the first time, without the burden of being a vampire.

And Yuuki’s sacrifice was similar to her mother's Juuri. As she says “I want to give to you whom I love and the world that i saw when i was a human”.

I felt that this chapter was rushed and left me with a lot of questions !!? … could it have been more perfect??? 

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Let’s Look At The Summer 2013 Anime Season

Here is the Anime chart v2.1 for the upcoming Summer 2013 anime season.
This chart will be updated, so nothing is final yet and it could other series still be added later.

Click to enlarge:

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