Right Stuf has licensed Ristorante Paradiso, Hyakko, and Aoi Hana. This is just an AX announcement, but they have added that these titles will be released under a new label -- "Lucky Penny." This label will focus on "high-quality and budget-friendly editions" of anime, while the Nozomi Entertainment label will continue to release somewhat less ( Read more... )

Hi there! I've always lurked around and here's a post about Ono-san's special manga that I've came across. :)

The manga is commemorating the release of Gorotsuki ha Itsumo Shokutaku wo Osou - 50 Food Theory and Stereotyped Food (ゴロツキはいつも食卓を襲う  フード理論とステレオタイプフード50) written by Rika Fukuda with insert illustrations by Ono-san herself.

The manga is titled ( Read more... )

Danza will be released in English by Kodansha. The listed release date for the title is December 4th. So mark that one on your calendar, folks!

Unrelated: I'm afraid I simply don't have time to track down every piece of Ono Natsume news at the moment (real life and all that). So if you've got news -or any other content for that matter- please don' ( Read more... )

I'm afraid I've fallen behind on announcing Ono Natsume stuff in recent months due to, well, real life (and all that other thrilling jazz). For the first time in a while, however, there's actual Rispara news to announce so I weaseled myself some free time.

Movic announced earlier this month that it will be releasing a set of six Ristorante ( Read more... )

Sign ups are open for the Kaleidoscope Fanwork Exchange!

Kaleidoscope is a multimedia fanwork exchange (fic, art, vids, graphics) hosted by
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Hello! I'm looking for Sarai-ya Goyou drama CD, could someone upload it, please? (*-*)

Samurai Beat Radio has posted up the 1st part of their Natsume Ono interview podcast that was on May 10th.

Their website is currently down with technical difficulties.
Will let you know when part 2 is posted.

Perhaps I'm pimping a bit and at the same time I'm also looking at what other fans think of her work.

I've currently written a spotlight on Natsume Ono. It's a look at almost all of her works both as Natsume Ono and Basso with a bit of information on her future projects.

For those of you who live in Toronto or will be traveling there soon, ( Read more... )

+8 House of Five Leaves
+7 Ristorante Paradiso


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Viz have announced their acquisition of Ono Natsume's Tesoro manga. The single-volume short story collection will be released in November 2011 with a RRP of $12.99US. You can read Viz's press release here. Their description of Tesoro is as follows:

"This is an engrossing manga treasure trove containing 14 charming stories about family, friends, ( Read more... )