Viz to Publish One Piece #24-53 in January-June 2010 (Update 2) (Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:23:09 -0400)
Also: Rosario + Vampire II manga, more Yun Kouga, Rinko Ueda, Tsutomu Nihei, others

AIKa Zero Cute Manga Posted for Free Online (Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:33:16 -0400)
Rion Senju's manga shares heroine with anime; 90-second promo streamed

SPJA Industry Award Winners Announced at Anime Expo (Updated) (Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:28:43 -0400)
Death Note, Gurren Lagann, Naruto, Bleach, CLAMP, Lucky Star, TokiKake, more

Eva:1.0 in N. American Theaters, Eva:1.01 on DVD in Fall (Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:22:51 -0400)
Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone version on DVD, Blu-ray Disc next spring

Bandai Entertainment Adds Eureka 7 Film, Streams TV Series (Updated) (Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:40:03 -0400)
Film in 300-400 theaters on September 24; Eureka 7 TV series to stream on ANN

Bandai Namco, iTunes to Sell Anime Songs in N. America (Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:36:03 -0400)
JAM Project, Haruhi Suzumiya, Lucky Star, Aya Hirano, Ali Project represented

Dance in the Vampire Bund Manga Gets TV Anime Green-Lit (Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:52:50 -0400)
Adaptation of Nozomu Tamaki's manga, published by Seven Seas in North America

Dhurarara!! Light Novels to be Animated (Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:13:44 -0400)
Story by Baccano! author Ryohgo Narita already has manga in G Fantasy mag

Right Stuf Adds Aria the Origination & Arietta, Antique Bakery, Junjou Romantica (Updated) (Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:21:46 -0400)
Announced at company's website & Anime Expo panel

Bleach Ends Watchmen's 11-Month Run as #1 Graphic Novel (Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:23:21 -0400)
Tite Kubo's book is 1st besides Alan Moore's book to top list since June 2008

Central Park Media Gives Final Farewell at Anime Expo (Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:14:23 -0400)
Ad from shuttered anime/manga distributor printed in programming guide

Funimation to Host Shodojo.com Social Community Site (Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:10:14 -0400)
Anime video community to offer "1000s of episodes, 1000s of friends"

Planned Live-Action Kakurenbo, Kazuo Koike Films Revealed (Updated) (Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:07:38 -0400)
Live-action Cowboy Bebop project's Joshua Long reveals plans at Anime Expo

Funimation Adds Sega's Sands of Destruction Anime (Updated) (Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:32:16 -0400)
Known as World Destruction in Japan; El Cazador De La Bruja's English cast announced

Bakemonogatari Anime Promo Video Streamed (Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:02:30 -0400)
Director Akiyuki Shinbo plans to air 12 episodes, post 3 more episodes online

Crunchyroll Adds Kunio Katō's Oscar-Winning Petits Cubes (Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:57:35 -0400)
Also: Glass Maiden, Katō's The Diary of Tortov Roddle, anime shorts

Gag Manga Biyori's 4th Comedy TV Anime Green-Lit (Updated) (Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:44:38 -0400)
Kousuke Masuda's third nonsensical gag anime series debuted in 2008

Daily Briefs (Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:06:32 -0400)
• Petite Cubes' Kato Invited into AMPAS of Oscar Fame

Japanese Comic Ranking, June 22-28 (Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:18:14 -0400)
Ookiku Furikabutte 12, xxxHOLiC 15, Kuroshitsuji 7, Minami-ke 6, Billy Bat 1

Sentai Filmworks Adds Fist of the North Star Side Story (Updated) (Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:35:51 -0400)
13-episode Hokuto no Ken Raoh Gaiden: Ten no Haoh to ship in September

Joost Reorganizes, Shifts Focus from Own Ad-Based Site (Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:45:25 -0400)
Downsized Joost will help other firms build video sites under their own brands

Negima's New Original Anime DVD Promo Video Streamed (Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:17:14 -0400)
1st ~Mō Hitotsu no Sekai~ DVD to ship with 27th manga volume in September

Crunchyroll Indicates Plans to Simulcast Aoi Hana (Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:54:13 -0400)
Website also streams Marvelous Entertainment's Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo

Vampire Knight's Kanon Wakeshima to Sing in California (Updated) (Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:52:27 -0400)
Visual-kei band Suicide Ali to perform at Virginia's Nekocon in November

3 New To Love-Ru OVA Volumes Green-Lit (Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:19:12 -0400)
3 DVDs to ship with 16th, 17th, 18th volumes of original manga

Daily Briefs (Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:26:44 -0400)
• Singer Lia Cancels Concert Due to Marriage, Pregnancy
• Fresh Precure! Film Gets Title, Release Date
• Unique "TV Ver." of Eva:1.0 to Air in Japan on Friday (Updated)

Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, June 22-28 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:48:14 -0400)
Gundam 00, Eureka 7 film, Gintama, Haruhi-chan & Churuya-san, Toradora in top 5

Futabasha Confirms Support for U.S. Old Boy Film Plans (Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:32:09 -0400)
Publisher says its suit in South Korea will not affect Spielberg, Smith's plans

4°C's First Squad Wins Award at Moscow Int'l Fim Fest (Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:32:13 -0400)
Kommersant honors Misha Sprits, Aljosha Klimov, Tweeny Witches helmer Ashino's film

Red Colored Elegy, Solanin, Witchblade Get Harvey Nods (Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:28:32 -0400)
"American Edition of Foreign Material" nominees are only manga on 2009 slate

Youka Nitta to Print Last Embracing Love Book in Fall (Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:39:30 -0400)
Boys-love creator quit her manga work last July after photo-tracing controversy

Animators Split on Proposed National Media Arts Center (Updated) (Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:46:44 -0400)
Labor group supports "anime hall of fame," but some animators criticize it

Toei Robot Girls Site Launches with 4-Panel Manga (Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:08:17 -0400)
Three female personifications of robots from Toei's Gaiking, Ga-keen, Baratack

Director Ishiguro, Designer Matsubara to attend Otakon (Updated) (Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:05:54 -0400)
Producer Yukio Kikukawa joins Macross/Galactic Heroes helmer, AMG/Sakura Wars designer

Studio Ghibli Finishes Drawings for New Museum Short (Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:17:50 -0400)
Unnamed short still needs coloring, photography, soundtrack work

Tsubasa Actress Yui Makino to Appear at NY Anime Fest (Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:36:19 -0400)
Makino also sang songs for Tsubasa, Aria, Welcome to the NHK, Aquarion

Evangelion:2.0 Opens at #1 with 512 Million Yen (Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:45:34 -0400)
Japan's largest theater has standing-room-only screenings all weekend

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season Debuts on U.S. TV (Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:15:21 -0400)
First two episodes premieres at 11:00 p.m. EDT on Sci Fi

Japanese Box Office, June 20-21 (Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:53:55 -0400)
Rookies: Graduation returns to #1, tops Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Haruhi Suzumiya Anime Officially Posted in English on YouTube (Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:18:45 -0400)
8 subbed episodes of "renewed" airing, including 1st new episode since 2006