Newsrooms - January 2009
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- Saki High School Mahjong Anime's Promo Video Streamed (23:59)
- Evangelion One-Piece Dresses Offered in Japan (04:58)
- Toonami Jetstream Video-Streaming Service Shuts Down (00:47)
- Udon Entertainment Launched Udon Kids Manga Line (00:00)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete HD Trailer Posted (19:27)
- Right Stuf's Anime Today Previews Sword of the Stranger with Bandai Entertainment's Robert Napton & Taku Otsuka (18:20)
- Japanese Anime Firms Reveal Plans for Coming Year (17:58)
- Bandai Entertainment Delays Some Titles (14:32)
- Toon Radio opens the Anime Gate (13:41)
- Live-Action Crows Zero II Film Trailer Streamed (13:01)
- Hetalia's Himaruya to Start Chibi-san Date Manga (12:26)
- Hellsing's Hirano Plans to Launch New Manga in April (Updated) (11:37)
- Daily Briefs (23:58)
- Viz Pictures Announces DVD Release of Live-Action Death Note II: The Last Name Feature Film (22:05)
- Librarians Recommend Love*Com, Spirited Away Films (Updated) (19:56)
- Critical Mass Video Announces April 28 Release of Sinners Paradise: Genesis (17:55)
- Right Stuf & Kadokawa Pictures USA Announce THE THIRD Complete DVD Collection (17:28)
- Mikako-san Manga Gets Simultaneous Print/Web Release (16:11)
- Pacific Media Expo 2009, November 6-8 at the LAX Hilton (14:52)
- Live-Action Blood: The Last Vampire Gets U.K. Date (14:11)
- Meet the Cast - Tokyo Beat Down - Part 1 (11:02)
- Toei to Animate Mari & Gali for NHK-E Channel in March (07:10)
- TV Tokyo's Iwata Discusses Anime's 'Road to Survival' (Updated) (06:26)
- The Manga Cookbook is YALSA "Quick Pick" for 2009 (05:36)
- Bridge Funding Arrives for Imagi's Astro Boy Film (02:02)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Azumi's Kitamura to Direct Baton Animation in US/Japan (21:57)
- Video to 'Transform' Arashi Boy Band into Tatsunoko Anime Heroes (20:36)
- Viz Media Announces Animated DVD Releases for April 2009 (20:14)
- Anime Matsuri Presents DJ HeavyGrinder AMV Contest (19:29)
- 07-Ghost Anime Promo Video, Theme Songs Posted Online (16:39)
- High School Debut, Chocolate Underground Artists on New Manga (16:00)
- Every Launch Copy of Legacy of Ys™: Books I & II for Nintendo DS™ to be a Premium Boxed Release with Soundtrack Included, Atlus Announces (15:47)
- Tears to Tiara RPG, Anime Made into Manga in February (15:10)
- Librarians Honor Sand Chronicles, Real, Uzumaki, Japan Ai (13:02)
- eigoMANGA Spring Releases (12:36)
- Exciting New Drawing Book for Kids (12:10)
- Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ Promo Video Streamed (11:45)
- Higepiyo 4-Panel Manga from Ebichu Creator Gets Anime (Updated) (11:20)
- JapanFiles brings the SKA with Hoi Festa and All Japan Goith (03:50)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Viz Starts Haikasoru Novel Imprint for Sci-Fi, Fantasy (17:40)
- Viz Media Launches New Imprint for Science Fiction Novels: Haikasoru (16:00)
- Aya Nakahara to Launch Lovely Complex D Manga Spinoff (15:36)
- Atlus Announces Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon for PlayStation®2 Computer Entertainment System (14:47)
- Aksys Games Announces Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus (14:36)
- Levine's Moribito Wins Best Translated Novel Award (14:30)
- Digital Manga Publishing Licenses Itazura Na Kiss (13:39)
- Digital Manga Publishing Acquires Classic Shojo title: Itazura Na Kiss (12:33)
- Basquash Robot Sports Anime Gets Manga in Shonen Ace (10:26)
- Upper Deck Responds to Counterfeit Yu-Gi-Oh Card Suit (09:58)
- New York Comic Con Announces Enormous Growth of Videogame Exhibitors at 2009 Show (08:40)
- Eagle One Media Launches On-Line Comic Book Digital Download Store (08:10)
- JoJo's Manga Part 3 Republished in Revised Edition (03:58)
- Appliya Pushes into iPhone Anime & Manga Market with Funding from Softbank (00:00)
- American Library Association Announces Literary Award Winners (23:59)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Poplar's Pianissimo Bimonthly Women's Manga Mag Ends (23:04)
- Hetalia Axis Powers Web Manga to Run in Comic Birz Mag (Updated) (20:34)
- Tezuka's Jungle Emperor to Return in Summer TV Special (19:35)
- Imagi Confirms Temporary Production Halt on Astro Boy (17:43)
- Beauty is the Beast's Matsumoto Starts Bōzu Love Manga (15:35)
- Konami Claims Upper Deck Counterfeited Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards (12:42)
- 5 Manga to Continue after Magazine Z's End (02:35)
- New Boys-Love Manga Listed from Aurora, Media Blasters (23:57)
- Anime Firms Say They Were Forced to Take Low Tenders (21:55)
- Afro Samurai: Resurrection Movie Debuts Sunday Night (07:57)
- Gatchaman, Nils Director Hisayuki Toriumi Passes Away (22:04)
- Slam Dunk 10 Days After Epilogue's Reprint Confirmed (13:16)
- Lupin III vs. Detective Conan TV Special in the Works (Updated) (02:01)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Yatterman Trailer, 2nd Kamui Gaiden Teaser Streamed (22:52)
- Viz Media Satisfies Hungry Manga Fans with the Release of Oishinbo (21:12)
- Crunchyroll Still Hosts Some Fan-Subtitled Anime (20:47)
- Afro Samurai Picks Up His Sword Again in an Original Movie Event on Spike TV (15:59)
- Magnet Presents Big Man Japan (15:35)
- Yoshihiro Tatsumi to Attend Toronto Comic Fest in May (14:02)
- Ichigo Mashimaro Encore Video Anime's Promo Streamed (12:18)
- Sora no Otoshimono Manga Has Anime in Development (05:06)
- Haruhi-chan, Churuya-san Anime to Debut on February 13 (05:00)
- Animation on Display (AOD) Announces Guest List (03:21)
- Japanese boy-band rockers Dirty Old Men to play SXSW 2009 (00:59)
- Madman Titles Receive 2009 Oscar® Nominations (00:36)
- The 2009 Toronto Comic Arts Festival (00:00)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Jojo's Araki Creates Manga for France's Louvre Museum (Updated) (22:21)
- Pacific Asia Museum Proudly Presents The Samurai Re-Imagined: From Ukiyo-e to Anime (19:45)
- Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. Set to Launch First 5D's Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game™ Duelist Pack – Yusei (16:48)
- Ponyo, Miyazaki, Hisaishi Pick Up Asian Film Award Nods (16:33)
- Art Print Raises Funds for Iowan Accused of Obscene Manga (15:32)
- Katō's 'La Maison en Petits Cubes' Nominated for Oscar (Updated) (11:15)
- Weekly Osamu Tezuka TV Show to Remake 19 Classic Manga (05:09)
- Tenchi Spinoff Seikishi's 2nd Anime Promo Streamed (00:35)
- Production I.G Finishes New 7-Minute Kill Bill Sequence (00:00)
- Animax's LaMB Ups the Fashion Quotient with Vivienne Tam (23:33)
- Anime USA Registration (23:11)
- Anime Matsuri Announces Miyavi Live in Concert for 2009 (22:31)
- Bandai Entertainment to Restructure with Staff Layoffs (21:42)
- Imagi International Holdings Limited Begins Trading on the International OTCQX (19:55)
- ICv2 Announces Graphic Novel Industry Summit at ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference at New York Comic Con (18:44)
- Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. Announces Plans for Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Crimson Crisis Retailer Sneak Peek (15:45)
- GetBackers Manga Returns in One-Shot Side Story (15:25)
- Bang Zoom! Entertainment Teams with Starz Media's Manga Entertainment to Develop "Manga Minutes" (15:15)
- Meet Vic Mignogna - Voice of Fullmetal Alchemists's Edward Elric - in Person (15:13)
- Ponyo, Sky Crawlers Win at 63rd Mainichi Film Awards (14:29)
- Street Fighter IV Game's Animated Story Trailer Posted (12:30)
- Taishō Yakyū Musume Anime's Promo Video Streamed (12:04)
- Elementhunters Sci-Fi Adventure Anime to Debut in July (Update 2) (06:20)
- Nodame's Ninomiya Says She Has Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (02:27)
- Doraemon's Fujiko F. Fujio to Be Honored with Museum (Updated) (18:01)
- Class of Heroes™ to Assemble on PSP® (Playstation®Portable) System; Prospective Students Encouraged to Buy Textbooks and Swords Early (15:08)
- Anime Supercon's Broward Anime Festival Announces Four New Guests, Including: Billy West As Guest Of Honor & Yaya Han As Cosplay Guest Of Honor (15:04)
- Takashi Miike and Sho Sakurai to Premiere Yatterman in Person at NY Comic Con (14:39)
- 54th Shogakukan Manga Award Winners Announced (14:33)
- New DVD Company to Release 8 of the Earliest Anime (12:54)
- EigoMANGA Studios Creates Graphic Novel Based on American Novel, God Drug (11:34)
- Basquash Robot Sports Anime Promo Movie Page Launched (10:52)
- Daily Briefs (23:52)
- U.S. Sci Fi Channel to Run Rave Master Fantasy Anime (19:58)
- Harlequin to Launch New Romance Manga Mag in Japan (15:32)
- The Sacred Blacksmith Light Novels Get Anime Green-Lit (12:44)
- GDH Opens Gonzo Channel within Chunghwa Telecom MOD (11:18)
- Video Games Live™ to Debut Music from Halo 3: ODST in Seattle (09:37)
- Franny & Melanie Anime to Run on Japanese TV in February (06:58)
- Kadokawa to End Publication of Comic Charge Mag (05:48)
- Karuho Shiina Puts Kimi ni Todoke on Hold to Have Baby (04:24)
- Tora-Con 2009 Announces New Guests, Todd Haberkorn and John Swasey (00:04)
- JapanFiles Partners with Disk Union for Osaka Hard Rock Group Rampant (22:45)
- 10 Titles Nominated for 2nd Manga Taisho Awards (22:39)
- Miike, Sakurai to Host Yatterman World Premiere at NYC (Update 2) (21:37)
- Daily Briefs (23:58)
- Dōjinshi Con Applicants' Personal Info Leaked Online (Updated) (15:04)
- Kanamemo Four-Panel Manga Gets Anime Green-Lit (05:46)
- Anime Matsuri Announces 2009 Guests (03:30)
- Asian Rock Band The Slants Receive Multiple Nominations for Portland Music Awards (22:38)
- Adult Swim Removes Moribito from Weekend Schedule (Updated) (22:13)
- Right Stuf's Anime Today Talks Anime Movies & More with Writer & Anime Expert Helen McCarthy (21:05)
- Exciting New Shojo Manga from Viz Media to Kick Off 2009 (19:25)
- Diamond Raises Wholesale Benchmark Minimum for Publishers (Update 2) (17:29)
- 23-Year Veteran SION (NieA_7) Debuts on JapanFiles.com (15:42)
- Yukemuri Sniper Suspense Manga Gets TV Drama Green-Lit (Updated) (14:29)
- Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō Anime's Promo Movie Streamed (10:39)
- Seitokai no Ichizon Light Novels' TV Anime Green-Lit (Updated) (10:09)
- Daily Briefs (09:28)
- Japanican to Clean Up the Streets of Akihabara (09:11)
- U.S. Dragonball Film Site Launches with Updated Trailer (21:36)
- Stranger, 20th Century Boys at Italy's Future Film Fest (18:57)
- Right Stuf's Nozomi Entertainment Announces New Street Date of March 24, 2009 for the Maria Watches Over Us – Season 3 DVD Collection (17:59)
- Kodomo no Jikan Second Term Anime's Commercial Posted (17:21)
- Atlus Pockets Steal Princess™, Unique Nintendo DS™ Puzzle Platformer, for North American Release (16:57)
- Sakuran Boy DT TV Flash Anime's 1st Episode Streamed (14:23)
- JapanFiles.com Partners with Spice Records for Orange Range and sodopp (13:15)
- Watch the Latest Episodes of Naruto Shippuden on Joost Today (11:14)
- Wanimagazine to Launch Gelatin Bishōjo Comic Mag (10:14)
- Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Proposal Officially Announced (Updated) (07:51)
- Naruto Shippuden Available Immediately for Free Viewing on Crunchyroll (03:10)
- Daily Briefs (23:58)
- Pioneer Stops Making Laserdisc Players After 27 Years (23:57)
- New Anime Convention in Maryland Officially Called CHS Otaku Fest 2009 (23:21)
- Bandai Entertainment Joins Forces with Technicolor for DVD Replication (22:09)
- Video Tour of Tokyo's Ghibli Museum Streamed (16:32)
- JapanFiles.com Releases Sweet Vacation (14:56)
- Funimation's Parent Navarre Confirms Staff Reductions (13:37)
- Report: Funimation Gets Fullmetal Alchemist Premium (13:11)
- Sanrio, Sega's Jewelpet Plush Toy/Website Get TV Anime (12:18)
- Arts Alliance America and Fabulous Films Join Forces to Release a Library of Great Classic Family Programming: Mysterious Cities of Gold (11:26)
- 20th Century Boys, Eva:1.0 at Santa Barbara Film Fest (07:45)
- Japanese Otaku Awards' 2008 Winners Announced (23:58)
- Saitama Launches Trilingual Site for Anime Tourists (Updated) (21:09)
- Right Stuf's Nozomi Entertainment Launches Series Site for Aria The Natural at aria.rightstuf.com (18:09)
- VIZ Media Announces Unprecedented Multimedia Campaign to Provide Near Simultaneous U.S.-Japan Release of New Naruto Shippuden Animated Episodes (16:18)
- Toei, Frogman Launch Keihin Kazoku Flash Anime (12:40)
- Kupū~!! Mamegoma! Anime Promo Movie Streamed (11:32)
- eigoMANGA and Visionary Comics Studio Publish "The Frog Princess" Graphic Novel (11:30)
- Korean Protests Call for Hetalia Anime's Cancellation (Update 2) (06:41)
- Kadokawa Tests kadoTV Video Service with Subtitles (Updated) (05:41)
- Animation and Gaming Ohio Announces Their Final Guest (05:06)
- Daily Briefs (23:58)
- 500-kg Robot for Oshii's Tetsujin 28 Stage Play Rises (23:57)
- Comics Publisher Studio 407 Plans to Expand into Manga (17:19)
- Half-Season Princess Resurrection, Clannad Sets Slated (Updated) (17:09)
- Bandai Entertainment Denies 5 cm per Second License (15:31)
- Bespa Kumamero to perform at Anime Boston 2009 (12:58)
- Gainax Animates New Shuriken Girls Promo Video for CES (Updated) (10:06)
- Japanese Leader Invokes Sailor Moon During Korean Visit (09:36)
- Yoichi Fujita to Stop Directing Gintama This Spring (18:08)
- New Fullmetal Alchemist Anime's Staff Confirmed (09:51)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Crunchyroll Site Simulcasts PiPoPa, Skip Beat! Anime (19:00)
- Actor Teizou Muta Passes Away (15:23)
- DLSite Offers Blade Engine - Visual Novel Construction Kit for Free (00:00)
- Daily Briefs (23:49)
- Crunchyroll Site Simulcasts Shugo Chara!! Doki— Anime (20:00)
- Pop Japan Travel Announces Its First Ever "Cosplay Across Japan Tour" (18:50)
- Anime Fans Worldwide to Celebrate Global Shinkai Day 2009 (14:35)
- Pandora Hearts Anime's Comiket Promo Video Streamed (Updated) (14:06)
- Organic Hobby USA: Little Busters! “Natume Lin” 8” PVC Figure (13:56)
- Crunchyroll Announces More Toei Animation Titles (12:34)
- Good! Afternoon Mag to Post 1st Issue Online for Free (09:51)
- Imagi Launches Tetsujin 28 Site with CG Test Teaser (07:43)
- Cross Game Baseball Manga Reportedly to Get TV Anime (06:48)
- Hatsukoi Limited Anime's Advance Promo Movie Posted (06:06)
- Denpa teki na Kanojo Anime Promo Video Streamed (05:48)
- Daily Briefs (23:58)
- Hetalia - Axis Powers Pasta Sauces Offered in Japan (23:57)
- Kyoto Animation's Munto Television Ad Streamed (16:42)
- Geneon Posts Anime Songs in iTunes in 22 Countries (Update 2) (14:39)
- Diamond to Distribute Yaoi Generation's Manga (13:51)
- Astro Boy Footage to Be Screened at New York Comic Con (13:19)
- Second Gurren Lagann Film's Teaser Trailer Streamed (12:33)
- Kurokami The Animation to Premiere Tonight on IATV (12:28)
- Multinational, Same-Day Debuts of Shippuden, Gintama, Kurokami (Updated) (08:32)
- Naruto Shippuden and Gintama Arrives on Crunchyroll Today (06:28)
- Bishie Con to Be Held in St. Louis in November 2009 (00:00)
- Daily Briefs (23:35)
- Oshii's Musashi Film Tickets Sold with Sword Guards (22:54)
- Voice Actor Osamu Ichikawa Passes Away (22:17)
- Funimation Restructures with Layoffs in Several Departments (Update 2) (14:12)
- Viz Media Announces a New Line of Fun J-Pop Inspired Graphics, Apparel and More Available at Zazzle (13:54)
- Hollywood's Lone Wolf and Cub No Longer in Development (Updated) (13:06)
- Box Set with Viz's I"s, I"s Pure Listed on Retail Site (Update 2) (09:34)
- Full Steam Ahead: Crunchyroll and Gonzo Rolls On Strong (04:24)
- Calling Australia's Next Top Cosplayer (01:07)
- Daily Briefs (23:58)
- March Comes in Like a Lion's Cover by Berserk's Miura (23:57)
- Sword of the Stranger Website, My Space, and Facebook Now Live (18:19)
- Megurine Luka Announced as Next Vocaloid 2 Character (17:46)
- Crunchyroll Offers Top Korean TV Dramas from Leading North American Distributor YA Entertainment (12:14)
- Kodomo no Jikan Second Term Anime's Promo Streamed (10:45)
- Information on a Bilingual (Japanese-English) Digital Media Summer Program (10:25)
- Dezaki's The Tale of Genji Anime Commercial Posted (10:02)
- Zoku Natsume Yūjin-chō Promo Movie Streamed (Updated) (09:12)
- Korean Live-Action Hana yori Dango Gets 14.3% Rating (23:57)
- 2.1-Meter-Tall Pine-Cone Totoro Unveiled in Japan (Updated) (23:43)
- 80% of Seiyū Take Part-Time Jobs to Make Ends Meet (23:14)
- Hugo Nomination Period Begins (23:12)
- Exile Song & Dance Unit's New Anime to Air This Week (Update 3) (17:41)
- Crunchyroll Presents Best Motoring International by GTChannel (15:29)
- Ghibli Museum's Foundation Offering Research Grants (14:44)
- Houbunsha to Launch Tsubomi Yuri Manga Anthology (12:57)
- Daily Briefs (20:47)
- Bandai Remakes Complete Dragon Ball 1988-1990 Card Set (16:36)
- SMAP's Kusanagi to Star in Yume o Kanaeru Zō TV Anime (23:57)
- Florida Supercon Adds Seven New Guests to June 5-7, 2009 Show (15:26)
- Daily Briefs (13:16)
- Kadokawa Gets Over 10 Million Yen Monthly from YouTube (Updated) (12:14)
- Auditors Concerned for IMAGI's Funds for Films after Astro Boy (11:25)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Evangelion EVA-00 Snowboard, Rei Snowboard Uniform (23:46)
- Estimated 300,000 Visit Lucky Star Shrine on New Year's (16:31)
- Kotonakare Hero Gingerman Flash Anime to Air in Japan (13:30)
- Naruto.com, Crunchyroll, Hulu Begin Shippūden Streams (08:45)
- Naruto Shippuden Arrives on Crunchyroll (06:00)
- Report: Kodansha Lets Tokyopop Germany's Licenses Expire (04:57)
- Anime/Manga Songs on New Year's Kōhaku Uta Gassen (23:57)
- Kimi ni Todoke's Manga Reportedly Gets Drama in April (14:33)
- Gegege no Kitarō's Shigeru Mizuki Wins Asahi Prize (12:31)
- Crunchyroll to Post Natsume Yūjin-Chō Anime on Monday (11:18)
- Jacon 2009 Announces Dates, Guests and Its Location for the Tenth - and Final - Year for Orlando, Florida's Japanese Animation Convention (10:58)
- Natsume Yujincho to Materialize on Crunchyroll (06:43)
- New Year's Greetings — Anime Style (Update 11) (00:00)

