The return of HUNTERxHUNTER after 2 years and 2 months; Togashi: "Sorry to keep all of you waiting. I'm about to break down but I'll manage it somehow."

1: ◆Grampus/xc ＠しばみみ ★＠＼(^o^)／：2014/06/03(火) 08:20:56.32 ID:???0.net

Yoshihiro Togashi's hit manga series HUNTERxHUNTER (total sales of 66 million copies) has resumed in Shuukan Shonen JUMP's issue no. 27 released on June 2 with chapter no. 341 "Yakusai" (Calamity). Togashi's comment at the end of the issue reads: "Sorry to keep all of you waiting. I'm about to break down but I'll manage this somehow.".

HUNTERxHUNTER made its debut in 1998, followed shortly by an anime series in 1999. The reboot of the anime came in 2011, as the "Elections arc" will begin this July.

Togashi has already gone on hiatus numerous times in the past, as the previous chapter was last published in March of 2012. 

Source: http://mantan-web.jp/2014/06/02/20140601dog00m200027000c.html

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"Anisong" singers going on hiatus one after another..."CDs sell more when seiyuus sing the theme song"

1: れいおφ ★＠＼(^o^)／：2014/04/28(月) 13:38:06.99 ID:???0.net

A certain anisong singer surprised many when she tweeted a month ago: "April 1, 2014. I am now a freelancer". This was the singer HIMEKA. She arrived in Japan back in 2008 from Canada. She participated in the 2nd Japan Anisong Grandprix which was held in the same year and took home 1st place. She then made her major debut with Sony Music Entertainment.

Right after making her debut, she sang the theme songs to Valkyria Chronicles and Tegamimachi which instantly gained her fame, but her anisong tie-ups came to a halt in 2010. She released an album in 2011 and then switched over to 5pb.  
She handled a number of theme songs for games, but her contract was not renewed come April 1 of 2014. Because of this, she has lost her eligibility to stay in Japan, and will need to leave the country on May 2 unless she finds a new label.

Right around the time of this was the news of the cancellation of this year's 8th Anisong Grandprix. This competition started back in 2007 and has been a yearly event, with preliminaries being held all over Japan until the finals take place in Tokyo. The winner of the grandprix got to debut professionally as an anisong singer. This competition was one of the biggest events that symbolized the anisong boom that took place years ago.

This event has procured a number of anisong singers such as Shuhei Kita and Sayaka Sasaki and has been a popular entry point for aspiring singers to achieve their dreams. However, controversy struck the event as a lot of viewers and industry members doubted how Natsumi Okamoto, whose singing ability was widely criticized, was able to win the event. This even prompted the competition chairperson Ichiro Mizuki to post criticisms about the judges on Twitter. There have been no further comments or explanations made regarding the cancellation of this year's event, which has led to further speculations.

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Source: http://netallica.yahoo.co.jp/news/20140428-00010001-nkcyzo?noFirstViewModule

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Mari Yaguchi photographed together with Kenzo Umeda by Shuukan Josei

1： 名無し募集中。。。 2013/11/11(月) 19:04:48.93 0 ID:

Mari Yaguchi (30) was caught by Shuukan Josei on a date with the model she had an affair with.

Yaguchi got married to actor Masaya Nakamura (27) in 2011, but was discovered to have been having an affair with model Kenzo Umeda (25) in May this year. Her divorce with Nakamura followed soon after, and she had just announced that she will be going on an indefinite hiatus on her blog last October.

The scoop by Shuukan Josei was apparently only a few days after her last blog entry, as the couple went to a karaoke together. The publication also reports that they are living together.

Yaguchi's agency has confirmed that the two are in contact but has insisted that: "There is nothing further we can comment on".

Source: http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20131112-OHT1T00039.htm 

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Maki Goto's latest picture kita━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━!!!!!!!

1： 名無し募集中。。。 2013/07/08(月) 22:32:48.67 0 ID:

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ZACC hair salon reports that Maki Goto came to get hair extensions.

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