Newsrooms - January 2008
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- Otakuthon 2008 Announces Dates and New Location (21:05)
- Capcom: Devil May Cry 4 Box Will Still Have Anime DVD (18:38)
- Rookies Baseball Manga Adapted into Live-Action Drama (18:11)
- Persona 3 Game-Based 4-Panel Manga Serialized Online (11:26)
- Noodle Fighter Miki, Train Man Artists Start New Manga (05:15)
- Hunter X Hunter Manga Reportedly Restarting in March (04:25)
- Lego to Create Speed Racer Toys (23:37)
- Viz Media Announces Exciting New Animated Releases for First Quarter 2008 (21:25)
- Preview Episode 1 of Emma: A Victorian Romance from Right Stuf's Nozomi Entertainment on Newtype USA's February 2008 DVD (17:44)
- Statement from Imaginasian Entertainment on the Closing of AZN Television (17:39)
- Randall Duk Kim to Play Dragonball's Grandpa Gohan (16:40)
- New Survey: Reactions to Geneon (13:00)
- Bandai Visual USA Gets Shigofumi, True Tears Anime (Updated) (12:18)
- Ai Kora Manga to End in Shonen Sunday on February 6 (03:57)
- 53rd Shogakukan Manga Award Winners Announced (03:25)
- Lego Group Secures Rights from Warner Bros. Consumer Products to Upcoming Speed Racer Film (00:00)
- Bandai Visual USA New High-Definition Title Announcement: Yukikaze (00:00)
- Bandai Visual USA Two New Title Announcements: Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed and True Tears (00:00)
- President of Otakorp Resigns (23:57)
- Uchi no 3 Shimai Manga Blog Gets TV Anime This April (16:40)
- Ikuze! Gen-san Anime, PSP Game Announced (16:04)
- Code Geass R2 Promo Movie Posted Online (Updated) (14:11)
- School Days OVA Promo Video, Commercial Streamed (13:24)
- Singapore's Pacnet Ordered to Name Anime Downloaders (Updated) (06:14)
- Eyeshield 21's Murata to Do 1-Shot Window Washer Manga (Updated) (05:15)
- Viz's Live-Action Funky Forest DVD Ships in March (05:13)
- All Nippon Air Line Manga Offered with Two Covers (20:14)
- Adult Swim to Run 52 More Episodes of Bleach (19:30)
- ADV Films Removes Titles from Website (Updated) (18:30)
- Charter Cable Carrier Adds Anime Network SVOD Serivce (17:11)
- Viz Media Announces Debut of Second Season of Bleach on Adult Swim (16:46)
- FUNimation.com Relaunch Brings the Best of Anime to the Web (16:38)
- Anime Network Inks SVOD Deal with Charter Communications (15:55)
- ANAL Flight 001 Landing at a Terminal Near You (15:11)
- 2008 Year Ahead Part I: Japanese Society and Culture (15:08)
- Kaori Yuki Creates Camelot Garden One-Shot Manga (13:09)
- 5th Precure Film Greenlit, Versailles Still in Planning (12:32)
- Cyborg 009's Shotaro Ishinomori Sets Guinness Record (11:35)
- Blue Drop, Wild Life, Sola Manga End in Japan (05:47)
- IndieReview.co.uk Announce New Features for 2008 (20:47)
- Comcast Plans AZN Television Channel's Shutdown (15:17)
- IFC to Premiere Hell Girl on On-Demand Channel in July (14:47)
- Gonzo Animates Dream Theater's "Forsaken" Music Video (14:29)
- 2nd Macross Frontier Manga, Exhibit to Launch in Japan (05:38)
- Sweatdrop Studios Turns Six Years Old (04:55)
- Castle Point Anime Convention (00:33)
- Funimation Uploads Entire Black Blood Brothers Anime (Updated) (19:21)
- Broccoli Books Announces New Titles, Sola and Honoka Level Up (18:46)
- Viz Media Teams with Amazon Unbox to Offer Naruto Uncut, Death Note and Bleach Animation for Digital Download (17:22)
- New Director Announced for Imagi's CG Astro Boy Film (16:27)
- New Anime Video for Dream Theater's "Forsaken" (16:22)
- Frogman's Eagle Talon Film to Screen in New York (Updated) (14:23)
- Appleseed Director Aramaki to Attend D.C. Screening (13:42)
- Eureka 7's NIRGILIS to Play at Houston's Anime Matsuri (12:47)
- Ashita no Joe Boxing Film Comes to North American DVD (12:21)
- Nirgilis to Perform at Anime Matsuri 2008 (09:16)
- The Naruto-Star Trek Convention Announces Additional Guests (07:34)
- Inukami, Honoka, Baccano 1931 Manga to End in Japan (04:53)
- David Bowers Directing Imagi Studios' “Astro Boy” (02:30)
- D.N.Angel Manga to Return to Asuka Mag in February (00:18)
- Viz to Print Cat Eyed Boy, Black Lagoon, Tanemura Works (23:37)
- From Japan Festival and the Kennedy Center (21:56)
- Viz Media Releases the Third Annual Shojo Beat Music Awards Issue, February 2008 (17:52)
- What Are the Ten Best Ever Anime Moment Videos Online? (17:38)
- W-Juliet's Emura Launches Kyō mo Ashita mo Manga (17:35)
- Subtitled Girl Who Leapt through Time Trailer Streamed (16:35)
- Del Rey Posts Preview of Hell Girl Manga (15:46)
- Animate Buys into Broccoli, Creates AniBro Partnership (Updated) (13:29)
- Tokyopop Germany Puts All DVD Releases on "Pause" (Updated) (11:40)
- 3 Japanese Men Arrested, Charged with Uploading Anime (05:35)
- Chi's Sweet Home Cat Manga Gets TV Anime This Spring (20:29)
- 5cm per Second Wins at Italy's Future Film Festival (19:40)
- Sakura-Con Hosts US Debut of Ali Project and Welcomes Musical Guests SCANDAL (18:18)
- Geeks In Masks: Kumoricon Announces Winter Formal Masquerade (17:05)
- Funimation Streams Tsubasa/xxxHOLiC Movies' Trailer (16:27)
- Gintama's Sorachi, 19's Kitagawa Draw 1-Shot Manga (15:40)
- Organic Hobby, Inc: Princess Resurrection “Reiri Kamura 8 ½" & Hime 7" (Special Edition)” – PVC Figures (15:19)
- X Japan Reunion Concerts Confirmed for March in Japan (Updated) (14:51)
- Montreal's McGill University Hosts Shōjo Conference (12:35)
- English Business Website Reports on Manga Trends (12:08)
- Unaired Moetan Episode 13's Promo Video Streamed (11:44)
- 12 Titles Nominated for 1st Ever Manga Taisho Awards (Updated) (05:40)
- Phoenix Comicon This Weekend (02:10)
- Amy Reeder Hadley Strikes Gold at the Phoenix Comicon (02:04)
- Ghibli, Bandai Entertainment Films Play in California (01:43)
- The Law of Ueki's Fukuchi Draws Takkoku One-Shot Manga (22:32)
- Barefoot Gen's Nakazawa, To Terra's Takemiya Interviewed (20:57)
- Imaginasian Entertainment and Bandai Entertainment Announce “Anime Movie Classics” Week (18:18)
- Kodansha Plans 300,000 Copies for New Shōnen Rival Mag (16:57)
- Viz to Pitch Monster, Hunter X Hunter at TV Conference (14:30)
- ADV Films UK Switches from US-Run Office to UK Partner (13:55)
- Dave Lister to Appear at Setsucon (13:16)
- ADV Films UK's Warehouse Blowout Sale for 1 Week Only (06:11)
- ADV Films UK Halts Sale & Distribution of Select Titles: Specified Titles on Hiatus from 16th January 2008 (06:11)
- Otomo's Live-Action Mushishi Heads to UK on DVD (04:50)
- Manga Nominated for Awards at Angouleme Festival (04:25)
- Californian Newspapers Profile Founders of Viz, Tokyopop (03:54)
- Viz Media to Showcase Variety of Unique Animated Properties from Japan at 2008 NATPE Conference (21:17)
- New Live-Action Blood the Last Vampire Photos Leaked (20:05)
- Washington's Japanese Embassy to Screen Lovely Complex (19:38)
- Fall in Love at The Magic Lover's Tower…DrMaster Publications to Release Magic Lover's Tower Vol.1 & 2 (15:08)
- Evangelion 1.0 Film Gets DVD in Japan in April (14:41)
- ICv2 Interviews Funimation Founder Gen Fukunaga (13:36)
- To Love-Ru TV Anime's Promo Video Posted Online (12:55)
- Broccoli Adds Honoka, DrMaster Adds Magic Lover's Tower (12:36)
- Indonesian Child Dies After Reportedly Imitating Anime (11:45)
- Sumire 16!!, Mitsurugi Haruka Manga Get TV Drama Shows (00:34)
- Japanese Techno Artists Bespa Kumamero - Exclusive Digital Release on JapanFiles.com (23:10)
- Marco Polo, Si, Rinkya Can Ciao Italia from Japan (23:07)
- Lovely Complex the Movie to Be Screened at the Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan (16:35)
- Takii 5 Announces Returning Guest Favs & Exclusive Performance Debuts (11:58)
- Black Lagoon 2nd Barrage Premieres on G4TechTV Canada (02:44)
- Amazon Unbox Service Offering Some Free Anime Episodes (02:06)
- Right Stuf's ANIME TODAY Looks Forward to 2008 with Zac Bertschy of Anime News Network and Protoculture Addicts (18:35)
- Global Fans Stampede YaoiMagazine.com to Order Vol. 1 Issue 1 of Yaoi Magazine (16:33)
- Maria-sama ga Miteru 4th Season Confirmed for TV (15:20)
- Ali Project to Play at Sakura-Con, Versailles at A-Kon (14:51)
- Speed Racer, Gatchaman Writer Jinzo Toriumi Passes Away (14:19)
- ADV Suspends Anime ADVocates Club Program Indefinitely (13:30)
- GTO's Tohru Fujisawa to Start Unhappy! Manga Series (05:52)
- A-Kon® Announces Headlining Act: Live in Concert: Versailles (19:39)
- Emma, Chibi Vampire, Idolmaster Manga Ending in Japan (Updated) (18:46)
- Shigofumi #3 Altered after Recent Events in Japan (17:30)
- 3 Genius Party Directors to Attend U.S. Premiere (16:24)
- The Kennedy Center Presents A Marathon of Anime Premieres (14:49)
- Medicom Cable Carrier Adds Anime Network SVOD Serivce (13:39)
- Atlus Announces Epic Fantasy Strategy RPG Rondo of Swords for Nintendo DS™ (13:11)
- Totoro Statue Erected at Bus Stop in Southern Japan (13:07)
- Anime Network to Make January 2008 Launch on Mediacom (12:27)
- Twin Angel's Theme Song Promo Video Streamed (12:11)
- Barbican Film Japanimation: Yugo the Negotiator (10:31)
- Video Games Live Announces 40 Shows for 2008 with More on the Way (08:41)
- Fushigi Yugi's Watase Draws Pandora Cube 1-Shot Manga (06:16)
- Brave Story Wins 2008 Batchelder Award by the Association for Library Service to Children (20:30)
- Right Stuf Posts Emma Anime Trailer Online (18:38)
- Right Stuf's Nozomi Entertainment Unveils Trailer for Emma: A Victorian Romance at emma.rightstuf.com (17:18)
- Manga Named to Librarians' Great Graphic Novels List (14:41)
- Atari Announces the Next Generation Chapter for Dragon Ball Z(R) Video Game Series (14:39)
- New Live-Action Dragon Ball Set Photos Leaked (13:54)
- Japan's Cultural Agency Updates Anime Film Subsidies (13:21)
- 2 Seasons of NHK's Ani-Kuri 15 Shorts Posted Online (Updated) (09:00)
- Shonen Ace Posts Cloverfield Movie Tie-In Manga Online (04:55)
- Berlin Gallery to Host Yoshitaka Amano Art Show (01:39)
- Shojo Beat, Sakuracon, and The Slants Team Up for a Series of Contests (00:50)
- Uncover the Secret…The Four Constables are Back (20:38)
- GDH Announces GONZO Rosso's Launch of Online Game Service in Vietnam (20:22)
- Gainax Co-Founder's Sinking of Japan Comes to UK DVD (19:32)
- Organic Hobby, Inc releases Kaiyodo's “FRAÜLEIN REVOLTECH,” “Soryu Asuka Langley” (17:18)
- ANN Ads on YouTube (16:24)
- Togari's Yoshinori Natsume to Draw Batman: Death Mask (16:19)
- Bandai Visual USA Gets Haruka TV Anime Series (Update 2) (12:17)
- Kamikaze Girls' Kyoko Fukada Joins Yatterman Cast (03:07)
- Bandai Visual USA Announces Release of Haruka Anime (00:00)
- Japanese Animated Batman Video Gets Novelization, Date (23:46)
- Viz's Brave Story Wins Best Translated Novel Award (15:20)
- Yaoi Magazine's Debut Issue to Ship This Month (13:47)
- Book Looks at Historical, Cultural Angles of Anime (12:22)
- Darker than Black's Antic Cafe to Perform in California (04:31)
- Yuri Manga Signing in New York City (03:05)
- Doujin Work's Hiroyuki to Start Mangaka-san Manga (02:07)
- Broccoli Books Adds Details on Recent Manga Licenses (00:14)
- 2008 Batchelder Award honors VIZ Media for “Brave Story” (00:00)
- Love*Com's Aya Nakahara to Launch Nanacorobin Manga (23:35)
- Int'l Shōjo Manga Exhibit Imported Back into Japan (14:11)
- Kite Sequel to Ship Nearly Simultaneously in Japan, U.S. (05:59)
- Iris Print Discusses State of Its Boys-Love Titles (05:29)
- Hiroyuki to End Doujin Work Manga in Japan in February (00:28)
- Appleseed: Ex Machina Gets European Premiere (Updated) (23:57)
- FanimeCon 2008 Announces Richard Waugh as Guest of Honor (13:56)
- Oshii to Take Guest Post at Tokyo Keizai University (00:49)
- Science Website Calculates Price of Building Gundam (18:06)
- English Devil May Cry Anime Trailer Streamed (16:55)
- Time Warner Invests in Gaia Online Virtual Community (15:12)
- Wild Life TV Drama Cancelled After Giraffes' Deaths (14:55)
- MediaWorks Revamps Website with Japanese Manga Previews (13:07)
- Itazura na Kiss Shōjo Manga Gets TV Anime in April (02:43)
- The Second International Manga Award (21:45)
- Right Stuf's Nozomi Entertainment Sets Date for Emma: A Victorian Romance - Season 1 on DVD (20:25)
- Del Rey to Publish Kujibiki Unbalance Manga in English (19:07)
- Blood + Debuts on DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (17:49)
- Yotsuba&! Competing for Bloggers' Literary Award (16:14)
- New Crystal Blaze Anime to Premiere in Japan in April (15:52)
- Viz Posts Senior Editor Job Listing for Shojo Beat Mag (12:38)
- ToHeart2Ad Promo Video Posted Online (12:07)
- TOMY and D3Publisher of America Bring Intense 3D Ninja Combat to Nintendo DS in Naruto: Ninja Destiny (08:25)
- MomoCon 2008 Announces Guests (08:09)
- Radio Macross Show Begins Broadcasting, Web Streaming (05:33)
- New Code Geass Series Details Revealed (04:47)
- New York Anime Festival Store Online (21:18)
- Newtype USA to Cease Publication (18:32)
- Pokémon Announces Diamond & Pearl—Great Encounters Prerelease Tournaments (18:28)
- Bandai Entertainment Inc. Announces Duplication Error on Some Titles; Units Being Recalled, Exchange Program Being Instituted (15:53)
- Organic Hobby USA: G.R.O. Skull Man (Color & Silver Version) – 10” Polyresin Statues (14:48)
- Japan's .Anime Sells Gundam 00 Set with Uniform Jacket (14:36)
- Noramimi Anime's 2-Minute Trailer Movie Streamed (13:01)
- 16 Minutes of Ryofuko-chan Episode #2 Posted Online (12:37)
- Cat Soup, Mind Game's Yuasa to Direct Kaiba Anime (06:46)
- Japanese Otaku Awards' 2007 Winners Announced (06:25)
- Pop-Punk Rockers ketchup mania to Play SXSW and Japan Nite Tour 2008 (04:22)
- Toy Vault Inks Deal with FUNimation for the Hit Anime Series (00:00)
- Genshiken Otaku Manga Creator Kio Shimoku Interviewed (22:05)
- Seven Seas Adds Inukami! Manga, Kuro Majo-san Novels (18:20)
- Terminator Anthology in Development for 2009 Release (15:11)
- 4Kids Brings Dinosaur King to European Markets (Updated) (14:41)
- Verizon Offers Tokyopop Video Channel on V Cast Phones (14:17)
- Organic Hobby USA: HL-98 Hercules 21 (TV & Movie Version) – 6” PVC Figures (13:49)
- Verizon Wireless Offers V CAST Customers Manga Video, Anime Clips and More from TOKYOPOP (10:43)
- Detroit's Auto Show to Feature Speed Racer Car (03:52)
- ComicRankings.com Ranks Comics by Averaging Reviews (03:33)
- Viz Media Launches Six New Manga Series for First Quarter 2008 (21:59)
- Active Anime Top 25 - Formerly Known as Animefringe Top 25 (19:58)
- Dark Horse Founder, Eisner Award Judge Interviewed (19:46)
- Kakkoi|con in Minneapolis, MN (19:37)
- The Mach 5 from Upcoming Live-Action Feature Speed Racer to Be Displayed at 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit (18:56)
- Aria the Origination TV Anime's Promo Movie Streamed (17:29)
- Anime Singers Rie Fu, HALCALI Attempt Overseas Debuts (15:03)
- Vicky the Viking Anime Adapted into Live-Action Film (12:52)
- Read or Die Team to Create The Uchū Show Movie in 2008 (11:24)
- Organic Hobby USA: Rocket Girls “Yukari Morita” – 7” PVC Figure (10:57)
- Gegege no Kitaro Live-Action Sequel to Open in Summer (06:08)
- Japan's Middle/High School Anime Contest Winners Posted (06:04)
- DC Anime Club and JICC to Bring Anime/Live Action Movies to Washington, DC. (19:43)
- Cosplay Presentation by DC Anime Club (18:20)
- Hirameki No Longer Publishing Interactive Visual Novels (06:05)
- Anime Network's 24/7 Linear Service Discontinued (13:15)
- Zettai Karen Children Manga Gets Spring TV Anime (04:04)
- Some Issues Reported with 4 January 8 Bandai Ent. DVDs (02:09)
- AKB48, Dizon, Shokotan Help Raise New Year's Ratings (23:55)
- Anime Kasei: Uprising Anime Community (21:19)
- Right Stuf's Anime Today Looks Back at 2007 with Chris Beveridge of AnimeOnDVD.com (19:11)
- “13” Creator Ramps Up Signing Tour with Appearances at Animé Los Angeles (16:23)
- Otaku Flock to Akiba, Lucky Star Shrine for New Year's (15:12)
- Future DVD Volumes of MÄR Anime Reportedly Delisted (Updated) (12:13)
- ADV Announces February 19 Titles (11:29)
- Beyond the Beyond Manga Ends in Japan at End of January (05:26)
- Viz Media Brings New Perspective to Manga Arena with Debut of VIZBIG Edition Imprint (20:48)
- Violinist of Hameln Manga to Restart Serialization (20:38)
- Anime Jungle: Change of Title for Third Screening (19:58)
- Twilight of the Dark Master Creator Starts New Manga (19:07)
- Kirarin Revolution TV Anime's Third Year Greenlit (17:29)
- ADV Films Streams Moonlight Mile Anime Trailer (16:51)
- Yomiuri Newspaper Discusses History's First Manga (16:29)
- America's Sci Fi Channel Adds Anime on Tuesdays (14:18)
- Taiwanese Politician Campaigns on Mazinger Z Float (12:21)
- Jim Pascoe's Undertown Gets Syndicated (11:49)
- New Survey: What News is Most Important? (09:00)
- Tokyopop Hiring in Editorial, Marketing, Management (19:56)
- Sony Pictures Sets Date for Blood+ DVD Release (19:48)
- Bang Zoom! Entertainment Announces Availability of Never-Before-Seen Episode of AnimeTV (17:13)
- Spirited Away Voted #3 Foreign Film in British Poll (15:45)
- Haruhi Hawks Japanese PS2 Game on the Streets (15:11)
- New Year's Resolution-New SPJA Board Members (14:47)
- Two Takashi Miike Retrospectives to Run in Los Angeles (Updated) (13:46)
- Nijū-Mensō no Musume Crime Manga Gets TV Anime (04:02)
- Tokyopop to Publish More Warcraft, Starcraft (Updated) (02:51)
- New Year's Greetings — Anime Style (Update 16) (06:03)
- Internet Radio Show Anime in the Limelight Resumes (04:17)


