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Daily Briefs (2008-05-17 13:31:33)
• Two Soul Eater Anime Specials to Air in Japan

Japanese Studios Sell, Exhibit Anime/Manga-Based Films (2008-05-17 04:43:06)
Producers of 20th Century Boys, Yatterman, Subaru seek global distribution [ More ]

Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, May 7–13 (2008-05-16 23:57:00)
Dragon Ball GT 7, 8 take top two spots, followed by Minami-ke: Okawari 1 [ More ]

Philippines' Animax Award Finalist LaMB Gets Animated (2008-05-16 16:32:21)
Carmelo S. J. Juinio's script to be adapted for TV, Internet, mobile devices [ More ]

Funimation Confirms Shigurui: Death Frenzy License (2008-05-16 14:54:54)
DVD, digital, broadcast rights acquired; no release date announced [ More ]

English-Subbed Maria Watches Over Us Trailer Streamed (2008-05-16 13:55:17)
Right Stuf's release to include Special video extras, character bios, liner notes [ More ]

Taniguchi's Harukana Machi e Gets European Film (2008-05-16 13:16:18)
Belgium-based director's movie to change manga's setting to 1968 Paris [ More ]

English Death Note, Bleach Movie Trailers Posted (Updated) (2008-05-16 12:49:45)
Death Note runs nationwide next week; Bleach: Memories of Nobody in June [ More ]

Clannad Malware Creator Gets Two Years in Prison (2008-05-16 05:44:17)
Three-year suspended sentence also handed down [ More ]

Daily Briefs (2008-05-16 05:19:59)
• Cameron Not Planning on Battle Angel after Avatar Film
• Murakami Gets US$15M for Controversial Figure Auction
• Singapore's MediaCorp Partners For Rintaro's Yona Yona
• 4Kids Releases Results for First Quarter of 2008

Spider-Man's Stan Lee Interviewed about Ultimo Manga (2008-05-15 23:57:00)
X-Men co-creator discusses collaboration with Shaman King's Hiroyuki Takei [ More ]

Here is Greenwood Manga to be Adapted into TV Drama (2008-05-15 23:30:44)
Yukie Nasu's shōjo manga classic gets live-action treatment in July [ More ]

Funimation Teases with Shigurui Image (2008-05-15 16:14:00)
No official announcement made on Madhouse adaptation of historical manga [ More ]

Oshii Oversees Opening, Ending for NHK Documentaries (2008-05-15 13:49:27)
Production I.G animates sequences with Kenji Kawai's music [ More ]

Yamato, Macross Director Noboru Ishiguro Interviewed (2008-05-15 13:09:04)
Megazone 23, Galactic Heroes helmer discuses life's work, future plans [ More ]

Funimations Adds Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry (2008-05-15 11:21:57)
Robot anime based loosely on A Little Princess novel to ship in March 2009 [ More ]

USA Today Booklist, May 5–11 (2008-05-15 11:06:04)
Naruto still dominates with volume 29 in second week on list [ More ]

First Color Image of Live-Action Dragonball's Goku (2008-05-15 10:07:51)
On-location report in Young Jump's next feature article early this summer [ More ]

Daily Briefs (2008-05-15 09:50:46)
• Viz Hints That "Kubo is Coming"
• New York Times Interviews 1st Speed Racer Voice Actor
• Third Zero no Tsukaima Series Scheduled for July

Funimation Hints at Soukou no Strain Anime (2008-05-14 23:37:05)
No official announcement made on Studio Fantasia military robot series [ More ]

Gantz's Oku Also Designs Soul Calibur IV Character (2008-05-14 16:35:11)
Shura to appear alongside Izubuchi's Scheherazade, Yoshizaki's Angol Fear [ More ]

UK Fans Give Eagle Award to Death Note Manga (2008-05-14 14:58:24)
Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata win Favorite Manga award [ More ]

Super Techno Arts No Longer Offering Jojo Anime in USA (2008-05-14 14:13:55)
Anime distributor's website taken down [ More ]

Manga, Anime, Cards Announced for Inazuma 11 Videogame (2008-05-14 13:37:54)
Manga based on soccer RPG to start in CoroCoro Comic magazine on May 15 [ More ]

Funimation Licenses Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- (2008-05-14 12:40:54)
Confirms yesterday's "hint" [ More ]

Protoculture Addicts #95 Survey (2008-05-14 12:27:14)
With Protoculture Addicts #96 due out any day now, we're once again running a survey to see what readers thought of issue #95. Please let us know so that we can continue improving the magazine.

Crimson Hero, Chocolate Underground Manga Ending (2008-05-14 07:22:49)
Final chapters to be published in Japan's Bessatsu Margaret shōjo magazine [ More ]

Japanese Comic Ranking, May 6–12 (2008-05-14 06:59:49)
Naruto 42 stays on top; Claymore 14, Worst 20 move into next two spots [ More ]

Daily Briefs (2008-05-14 05:28:44)
• Gundam MS Igloo 2 Confirmed for OVA Release in October
• Two Macross Frontier Singles in Japan's Weekly Top 10
• Crows Zero Sequel Green-Lit for 2009 Opening in Japan (Updated)

TitleMatch Halts Production of ImaginAsian DVDs (2008-05-13 18:00:55)
ImaginAsian looks for new means to issue Cat's Eye, Orguss, Remi DVDs [ More ]

Suzuka's Seo, Samurai Deeper Kyo's Kamijyō to Launch Manga (2008-05-13 16:01:42)
Inugami's Masaya Hokazono to also start new manga in Shonen Magazine [ More ]

Funimation Hints at Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- Anime (2008-05-13 14:17:52)
No official announcement made on Gunslinger Girl sequel [ More ]

Funimation Gets Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple Anime (2008-05-13 14:04:37)
Adapted from Shun Matsuena's martial arts comedy manga [ More ]

Shibatora Police Manga Adapted into TV Drama (2008-05-13 13:21:01)
Latest adaptation of works by GetBackers, Kindaichi, Hero's Shin Kibayashi [ More ]

Ashita no Joe's Chiba Draws Akai Mushi One-Shot Manga (2008-05-13 06:42:30)
First new manga from acclaimed manga creator in four and a half years [ More ]

32nd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced (2008-05-13 06:02:02)
Shugo Chara!, Kimi ni Todoke, Moyashimon among the winners [ More ]

Tokyo's Popopure Maid Café Lets Customers Dub Anime (2008-05-12 18:17:00)
Customers can dub 3-minute "Popo no Bōken" anime in cafe's studio [ More ]

Gegege no Kitarō Anime Film's Site Opens with Teaser (2008-05-12 15:40:26)
Franchise's first feature film to premiere in Japan in December [ More ]

1st Super Robot Wars OG Divine Wars Episode Streamed (2008-05-12 14:06:33)
2nd streamed Bandai Visual USA work after Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time [ More ]

First Image of Live-Action Dragonball's Goku Published (2008-05-12 13:11:22)
This week's Shonen Jump confirms March premiere in Japan, April 3 in U.S. [ More ]