Daily Briefs (Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:59:00 -0400)
• Luna Sea Announces Reunion, World Tour
• DC's Jim Lee Discusses CMX's Ending, Licenses' Future

San Francisco Fest Shows Summer Wars, Oblivion Island (Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:19:08 -0400)
NY Int'l Children's Film Fest, SF Film Society launch new festival this month

Alice in the Country of Hearts, PPoi! Manga End (Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:23:57 -0400)
Quinrose showcases Alice in multiple languages; Takako Yamazaki's shōjo classic lasted 19 years

New Jersey's MangaNEXT Convention to Host Akino Kondoh (Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:12:41 -0400)
Contributor to AX alternative manga anthology in Japan & U.S.

Voice Actor Ryotaro Okiayu to Appear at Yaoi-Con (Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:18:47 -0400)
Acted in FMA, Bleach, Prince of Tennis, El Hazard, Kizuna, Gakuen Heaven, Junjou Romantica

New York Times Manga Best Seller List, August 22-28 (Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0400)
Maximum Ride, Naruto, Rosario + Vampire, Black Bird, Bakuman, new Chi's Sweet Home, Negima, D. Gray-man, Vampire Knight, Black Butler, Twilight

Anime Production Firm Group TAC Files for Bankruptcy (Updated) (Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:15:39 -0400)
Firm of Night on the Galactic Railroad/Touch's Gisaburô Sugii is 650 million yen in debt

Labor Group: Anime Firm Filed for Bankruptcy This Week (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:50:22 -0400)
Company produces popular TV anime for kids, families for NHK-E, NHK BS channels

Gatchaman Animator Sadao Miyamoto Appears in LA (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:53:22 -0400)
Miyamoto also worked on Astro Boy, Tom and Jerry, other animated projects

San Francisco Hosts Junko Mizuno, Films This Month (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:40:33 -0400)
SF, Viz Cinema show Death Note, Paprika, 5cm/s, Detroit Metal City, Howl's

Star Driver, Sora no Otoshimono: Forte Promos Streamed (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:27:12 -0400)
Star Driver Kagayaki no Takuto, 2nd Sora no Otoshimono anime debut in October

Funi Edits My Bride is a Mermaid's 2nd Ending Sequence (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:42:35 -0400)
Funimation cites technical issue with materials given for animation footage

Cencoroll 2's Production Green-Lit (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:36:54 -0400)
Story scenario, storyboards in the works for continuation of independent anime

Pretty Cure to Run on UK's Sky Satellite Service (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:26:25 -0400)
Magical girl anime to start on PopGirl, PopGirl +1 channels on Monday

Japanese Comic Ranking, August 23-29 (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:13:21 -0400)
We Were There, Mei-chan, Deadman Wonderland debut in top 5 with Conan, Fairy Tail

Funimation Adds Disgaea Anime (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:25:33 -0400)
1st episode streaming now; DVD set of former Geneon license ships in early 2011

Gundam 00 Film to Premiere at NY Anime Fest in October (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:03:18 -0400)
Sequel to Mobile Suit Gundam 00 TV anime to open in Japan on September 18

New Manga Launch on U.S. Kindle, iPhone, Nokia Ovi (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:05:09 -0400)
Also: Crunchyroll discusses online manga distribution plans

Iron Man Anime, T.P. Sakura, K-On!! Promos Streamed (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:43:45 -0400)
Iron Man in October; T.P. Sakura in November; K-On!! actresses make census radio ad

Asahi Launches AGC38 Talent Group of 38 Girl Characters (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:40:19 -0400)
Studio hopes to develop anime, manga; simulcasted voice auditions begin next week

Go Nagai's Dororon Enma-kun Gets New Anime (Updated) (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:16:27 -0400)
Based on supernatural anime about Demon Patrol that arrests demons in human world

Coppelion Science-Fiction Action Manga Gets TV Anime (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:12:55 -0400)
Tomonori Inoue's story of genetically enhanced female military unit in irradiated Tokyo

Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, August 23-29 (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:46:31 -0400)
One Piece puts 4 releases in top 10, along with Durarara, Hakuōki, Hetalia

Beelzebub Manga Gets TV Anime in January (Updated) (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:46:04 -0400)
Ryūhei Tamura's manga already adapted into Jump Super Anime Tour event anime

Golden Boy Manga Returns in New Series in September (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:18:41 -0400)
After 13 years, Golden Boy 2 takes job-hopping Kintarō to entertainment world

One Piece DVD/BDs Earn 2.16 Billion Yen in 1 Week (Updated) (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:03:43 -0400)
One Piece Film Strong World sells 226,000 DVD/BDs; limited sets top DVD & BD charts

Qwaser, Zakuro, Hana-Saku Iroha Promos Streamed (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:47:21 -0400)
Seikon no Qwaser/Joō no Shōzō, Otome Yōkai Zakuro anime to premiere in October

Deka Wanko by Gokusen's Morimoto Gets Live-Action Show (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:25:34 -0400)
Kozueko Morimoto launched manga about rookie female detective in 2008

Animator: Work Scheduled on Title Called A Channel (Updated) (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:03:37 -0400)
No anime announced yet for bb Kuroda's 4-panel manga about 4 high school girls

Hayate Manga Gets Live-Action TV Series in Taiwan (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:25:46 -0400)
Korea's Shin-Hye Park, Taiwan's George Hu to star in comedy by Kenjirou Hata

Hangry & Angry's Rika Ishikawa to Appear at NYAF (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:51:42 -0400)
Clothing inspired by music group showcased in NY's Fashion Institute of Technology

Japanese Box Office, August 14-15 (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:02:30 -0400)
Arrietty, Kamen Rider W/Goseiger, Pokémon, Naruto, Hutch stay in top 15

Junior Chihara Remakes Minami no Teiō Loan Shark Manga (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:03:57 -0400)
Live-action film/video/TV franchise revived after 3 years in September with new cast

Beck, Battle Spirits, Ponta to Ensoku Promos Streamed (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:10:13 -0400)
Live-action Beck, Battle Spirits Brave next month; "Ponta to Ensoku" next spring

Last 6 Monster Anime Episodes Premiere on Syfy Tonight (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:30:38 -0400)
2 episodes run on U.S. channel every Monday starting at 11 p.m.

4,000 Protest Takashi Murakami's Versailles Exhibit (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:40:00 -0400)
Traditionalists petition against pop artist; Murakami himself uses art to protest restrictions

Kozue Amano's Amanchu! Goes Quarterly Due to Pregnancy (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:52:36 -0400)
Next manga chapter from Aria creator to run in November; Avi Arad launches The Innocent

One Piece Manga Takes 1st Ever 4-Week Break (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:12:06 -0400)
1st long break since Eiichiro Oda launched pirate manga in 1997

The Art of Osamu Tezuka Book Wins Harvey Award (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:47:53 -0400)
Helen McCarthy's reference on "God of Manga" tops Pluto, 20th Century Boys

Gintama Movie DVD to Bundle Bonus New Animation (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:56:14 -0400)
Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-Hen to ship on December 15 with drama CD, film strip