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33-year-old Hitomi Yoshizawa was arrested recently in Tokyo due to a suspected hit-and-run of a biker. She is a former member of the Japanese idol group, Morning Musume. According to police reports, Yoshizawa was driving under the influence of alcohol on Thursday at 7 in the morning as she hit a female biker at a crosswalk, ignoring the red light and did not stop to check on the biker.

It was confirmed in an investigative report by website Famitsu that Nintendo has sold around 5,007,367 Nintendo Switch units in Japan alone. This record was achieved in just 79 weeks (1.5 years) since this highly-demand console went on sale.

The anime film I Want to Eat Your Pancreas premiered on Saturday and Sunday in Japan conquering the box office earning around 100 million yen (US$960,000). It ranked #10 on its opening weekend with around 87, 206 tickets sold.

It was announced on the 43rd issue of the Weekly Shonen Jump that the popular manga series Hunter X Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi will return on September 22. The series went on hiatus for around 5 months as its 380th chapter was published last April 9.

While the updates of the Hunter X manga seems irregular, it will be getting a smartphone game titled Hunter X Hunter Greed Adventure. This was announced in the this year’s 40th issue of the Weekly Shonen Jump on Monday.

Madoka fans get hyped as the Madoka Magicasmartphone-game Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica is confirmed to have an anime adaptation in 2019. This was announced during the Magia Day 2018 event in celebrating the game’s first year anniversary.

The anime film The Night is Short Walk On, Girl earned US$350,979 at the U.S. box office from in 415 theaters from August 21 to 26. This was based a report by Box Office Mojo. The film won awards: the Grand Prize for Features award at the Ottawa International Film Festival last September and Animation of the Year during the 41st annual Japan Academy Prizes that happened in March.

It was revealed that the final chapter of Wataru Yoshizumi’s Marmalade Boy Little manga will be published on this year’s November issues of Cocohana magazine. The sequel series to the popular Marmalade Boy manga series was first released in 2013 which centers on the little sister and brother of the original manga’s main protagonists Miki and Yu.

The anime and manga industry has lost another icon—Momoko Sakura, the creator of the popular long-running manga series Chibi Maruko-chan has passed away at age 53 on August 15 due to breast cancer.

Synopsis Ash Lynx may seem like male beauty, but he is far from delicate. Having been a runaway turned adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash grew to be a ruthless teen with a stronghold amongst gangs.