Checkpoint: Sket Dance, Lupin III, K-ON! Movie

The ongoing TV anime series Sket Dance has been confirmed to continue into its 2nd year of airing this April, according to Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. The tsundere girl Saaya Agata and Koma Morishita - two popular characters from Kenta Shinohara's original school comedy manga - will debut in the anime's second year.




The upcoming Lupin III TV anime series might not be so upcoming, after all. Although a "new television series premiering in April" was hinted a couple of days ago, the website carrying the announcement has just been revised, and now it only mentions a "new work" - no anime, no April, no nothing... But we'll see...




The 35th Japan Academy Prize Awarding Ceremony, a.k.a. the "Japanese Oscars", were held yesterday. And, much to the outrage of moeblob fans, the K-ON! Movie lost the "most excellent" prize for Best Animated Feature to Kokuriko-Zaka Kara (From Up On Poppy Hill) - this year's winner in the category. As for the other categories, you can find the most notable winners over on CR.