AKB0048 anime’s first 13 episodes are available for pre-order on DVD and Blu-ray. The first volume actually was released yesterday and the next 4 volumes will be released approximately a month apart. The anime began airing on April 29th and is up to episode 10 this week. The cast from the AKB48...

~ Updated release details posted here ~ NO NAME debut single “Kibo ni Tsuite” has been officially announced and it includes the theme songs for anime AKB0048. The new unit NO NAME is formed from the AKB0048 cast of aspiring...

AKB0048 anime used a multiple round selection processes to find 9 members of the AKB48 family to voice the aspiring junior members portrayed in the anime. King Records via their official YouTube channel has exposed a summary video of the final round of the selections. Check out a previous post with...

AKB0048 new Spring anime featuring AKB48 members in character roles and a story tied to the group has exposed a long trailer video. Animation production is by studio Satelight and looks to be of very high quality - cost per episode we’d expect to be quite high with the AKB48...

AKB0048 has announced a second round of main cast members of the “Shuumei” group - Noto Mamiko has the role of Koji Haru (Kojima Haruna) , Ueda Kana has the role of Tomo-chin (Tomomi Itano) and Shiraishi Ryoko will play Taka Mina (Minami Takahashi). Details follow,The Shuumei...

AKB0048 anime has announced 3 voice actors who will play “Shuumei members” who comprise the main singing group in the anime. Yui Horie will play Yuki Rin (Kashiwagi Yuki), Kanda Akemi has the role of Mayu Yu (Mayu Watanabe), Tamura Yukari will play Yuko (Oshima Yuko). More information follows,The Shuumei members or legacy...

The AKB48 TV anime “AKB0048” has announced the casting of the 9 main characters. The “AKB0048” story revolves around 9 young idols aiming to be “legendary idols” and is set to air this Spring 2012. The 9 selected members have gone through the final casting...

The 9 girls to voice the roles in the upcoming anime AKB0048 as been announced. This is the culmination of a month long selection process that gave all 200 members from AKB48 and sister groups SKE48, NMB48, and HKT48...

After a week delay AKB48 has announced the names of the 30 members who passed the first round of judging to be one of the 9 voice actors (seiyuu) for their Spring 2012 anime “AKB0048.” It was previously stated the results would be released December 2nd but it wasn’t...

Via the official website for the anime that will star members from AKB48 the title of the anime was announced, “AKB0048.” Further it was announced that there will be manga adaptions as well as details for how the members will be selected for roles in the anime. Details follow,The...