Weekly Brief
~ The ‘0th Volume’ to be given to moviegoers of the One Piece Film Strong World will be animated into an “episode 0″! However, episode 0 will only be released on 3,000 limited edition DVDs. [ANN]
~ Lonely Planet’s ‘Best in Travel 2010‘ List has included Asian cities like Singapore and Kyoto as Top cities to visit! [msnbc]
~ It appears that preference in anime genres among males and females have reversed as a survey by Otakuma has placed K-on as the most popular male anime series and Gundam for the ladies! [AnimeNation]
~ It’s official! Gintama and Haruhi Suzumiya are confirmed to have their own animated films in 2010. They sure like milking the Haruhi franchise. [ANN]
~ Olympic condoms issued by the Chinese government to their athletes are getting auctioned! The package is printed with the Olympic motto: Faster, Higher, Stronger. I wonder how the auction will go… [Shanghaiist]
~ A survey on the most popular seiyuu (voice actor) in Japan has resulted in the seiyuu for Doraemon (Nobuyo Ōyama) coming in first with Kenshiro’s (Akira Kamiya) and Goku’s (Masako Nozawa) seiyuu coming in 2nd and 3rd. [AnimeVice]
~ In another survey (so many this week) on the Top 20 Freeloading Anime/Manga characters people want to live with, the results has placed Doraemon (dominating the list this week), Korosuke and Lum Invader in the top 3. [gigazine]
That’s the week in Asia! (I’ve been busy with exams lately, Weekly Briefs will be back on schedule next week.)
Picture courtesy of LeSean (THUNDERCATS: HOLY SNAPZ)