Main Feed - December 2008
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Edo Rocket Alternate-History Anime (00:58 ) Friday, Dec 26, 2008 [8] Sex Pistols Boys-Love Manga's OVA to Be 2 Volumes Long (23:40 ) ToHeart2 adplus, Switch, Rideback, Tayutama Videos Posted (16:30 ) Kōtetsu no Vendetta Dōjin Anime's Pilot Sold Next Week (13:36 ) Hey Class President Boys-Love Manga Gets Video Anime (12:34 ) Gokujō!! Mecha Mote Iinchō Shōjo Manga Gets Anime (12:12 ) Crunchyroll to Stream The Tower of Druaga: the Sword of Uruk (11:07 ) Maria Holic Anime's 1st Episode Streamed in Japanese (01:54 ) FUNimation Licenses Gonzo's Last Exile Anime (01:00 ) Thursday, Dec 25, 2008 [4] Yurumeitsu Four-Panel Manga to be Animated (13:07 ) Live-Action Gokusen to Air Graduation Special in March (12:18 ) Sunrise Indicates Possibility of More Code Geass (11:41 ) FUNimation Licenses Nabari no Ou Ninja Anime (00:50 ) Wednesday, Dec 24, 2008 [5] Media Personality Ai Ījima Passes Away at 36 (20:59 ) Japanese Comic Ranking, December 16-22 (17:57 ) Kadokawa to Launch Newtype Spinoff Mag, Nyantype (12:39 ) Love Roma's Toyoda, Blame's Nihei to Launch New Manga (11:43 ) FUNimation Adds Vandread Science-Fiction Anime (Update 2) (08:47 ) Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008 [8] Daily Briefs (23:58 ) Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, December 16-22 (23:57 ) Sakai City Libraries to Loan Boys-Love Books to Minors Again (18:43 ) Crunchyroll Licenses TV Tokyo's Web Ghost PiPoPa Anime (16:44 ) Funimation Adds Gad Guard Robot Adventure Anime (Update 2) (11:31 ) Venus Capriccio's Nishikata to Launch Cyboy Manga (11:00 ) New Live-Action City Hunter Reportedly Heading to USA (06:01 ) Prince of Tennis OVA Another Story Release Green-Lit (01:35 ) Monday, Dec 22, 2008 [12] Bob Sapp to Fight Kinnikuman Cosplayer Next Week (23:57 ) USA Today Booklist, December 8-14 (23:41 ) CoMix Wave Films' Peeping Life CG Anime Posted Online (22:01 ) We're opening the doors for free convention advertising. (21:00 ) 4Kids Keeps Sonic X, Dinosaur King, Yu-Gi-Oh on U.S. TV (20:58 ) Bleach, Yu-Gi-Oh, Shugo Chara Singles Rank #2, 8, 9 (17:10 ) Holiday Editorial Schedule (15:57 ) Funimation Adds Ikki Tousen Anime, Beta Video Portal (11:36 ) New DB, Tegami Bachi, Romance Dawn Anime DVD Offered (11:18 ) To Love-Ru -Trouble- OVA's Promo Video Streamed (10:13 ) Kuruneko Cat Manga Blog to Get Anime (09:06 ) 428 Visual Novel's Canaan Anime Commercial Streamed (00:42 ) Sunday, Dec 21, 2008 [5] 2008's Top-Selling Manga in Japan, #26-50 (23:57 ) Japanese Anime TV Ranking, December 8-14 (22:08 ) Online Retailers List New Manga, Books in 2009 (19:38 ) Japanese Box Office, December 13-14 (12:39 ) Hatsukoi Limited, 2nd Gurren Lagann Film, Gendai Mahō Anime Dated (02:14 ) Saturday, Dec 20, 2008 [6] Daily Briefs (23:59 ) Anime & Eco Environmental Mag Launched in Japan (23:58 ) Future Diary, Blazing Transfer Student Creators Launch Manga (23:57 ) 2008's Top-Selling DVDs in Japan (Overall) - Updated (10:40 ) 428 Visual Novel's Anime to Be Titled Canaan (07:27 ) Last Album of Deceased Anime Singer Eri Kawai Released (07:10 ) Friday, Dec 19, 2008 [9] Daily Briefs (23:57 ) Mayu Shinjo to Continue Ayakashi Koi Emaki Manga (23:40 ) Virginia Man's 20-Year Sentence for Anime Child Porn Upheld (20:16 ) Del Rey Acquires Hosana Tanaka's Ninja Girls Manga (16:07 ) Final 5 Naruto (Pre-Shippūden) Episodes Streamed (12:38 ) Fist of the North Star Spinoff Manga to Feature Jagi (10:08 ) 2008's Top-Selling Manga in Japan, #1-25 (08:46 ) Denpa teki na Kanojo OVA to Be Added to Kure-nai Manga (07:34 ) MangaNovel to End Online Service for Translated Manga (02:24 ) Thursday, Dec 18, 2008 [10] Daily Briefs (23:47 ) Pop Japan Travel, H.I.S., Intermixi Offer Japan Tours (23:46 ) 'Live-Action Manga' to Spoof U.S. TV's 24 Show in Japan (23:12 ) Ponyo, Sky Crawlers Nominated for Japan Academy Prizes (21:45 ) Kowarekake no Orgol's New Anime Sample Posted Online (13:35 ) Jumpland Posts Meister Soccer Manga in English Online (11:37 ) Rideback Motorcycle Robot Anime's 2nd TV Ad Streamed (10:33 ) Tayutama Adult PC Game to Reportedly Get TV Anime (09:54 ) Kiss×sis Manga Gets Another Anime DVD Green-Lit (02:55 ) Scott Stewart to Direct Film Version of Priest Manhwa (02:05 ) Wednesday, Dec 17, 2008 [8] Daily Briefs (23:58 ) Japanese Comic Ranking, December 9-15 (23:57 ) 4Kids Entertainment Lays Off About 15% of Workforce (18:24 ) Keanu Reeves Hopes to Star in Live-Action Cowboy Bebop (15:04 ) 2009 Naruto Shippuden Film's Promo Video Streamed (10:33 ) Japan's Shueisha to Launch JC.COM Manga Book on Friday (09:41 ) 360+ Theaters to Run Sword of the Stranger in February (09:14 ) Viz to Distribute Anime through Warner, iTunes Canada (08:34 ) Tuesday, Dec 16, 2008 [9] Daily Briefs (23:48 ) Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, December 9-15 (22:49 ) Upper Deck Disputes End of Yu-Gi-Oh! Deal with Konami (21:50 ) Pokémon Voice Actress Maddie Blaustein Passes Away (19:35 ) Ishikawa, UVERworld's Gundam 00 Singles Rank #3, #11 (16:08 ) CoMix Wave to Debut Peeping Life CG TV Anime on Friday (12:30 ) Crows Zero II Film, Kowarekake no Orgol Anime's Teasers (11:53 ) Pretty Cure to Run on Canada's YTV in Early 2009 (05:57 ) Universal Signs Deal for Proposed Bakugan Film (05:27 ) Monday, Dec 15, 2008 [9] Daily Briefs (23:59 ) USA Today Booklist, December 1-7: No Manga (23:22 ) Imperial Guards Artist Ito to Draw Shutoheru Manga (22:54 ) Read or Die Director Masunari's 1st Film in the Works (16:25 ) Crunchyroll Adds Steel Angel Kurumi, 2 Spinoffs (Update 2) (13:25 ) Peach-Pit Puts 3 Manga on Hold Due to Hospitalization (13:08 ) 2 Yamato Copyright Suits Settled for 250 Million Yen (09:54 ) Girls High on Thursdays, Ramen Fighter on Tuesdays (08:22 ) Amazon Canada Lists CLAMP's Mangettes: Gate 7 in August (01:13 ) Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 [5] Japanese Anime TV Ranking, December 1-7 (23:58 ) Japanese Box Office, December 6-7 (23:58 ) Madman announces Complete Fruits Basket Manga Collection (19:46 ) Bandai Entertainment Gets Kurokami Anime (19:12 ) Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser's Teaser Streamed (02:01 ) Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 [4] Sex Pistols Boys-Love Manga to Reportedly Get OVA (12:58 ) Duel Masters Cross Film to Open in Japan in Fall 2009 (11:24 ) 2009 Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl Film's New Teaser Posted (10:56 ) Bandai Streams Tamagotchi in Seven Languages for Free (07:44 ) Friday, Dec 12, 2008 [8] New Budo Grape Release: "Five Hits and Dust!" (23:06 ) Japanese Comic Ranking, December 3-9 (21:01 ) Manga Publisher Tokyopop Lays Off Eight More Staffers (16:00 ) Phantom Visual Novel Gets Manga from Nitroplus (14:40 ) Minami-ke Original Animation DVD Reportedly Green-Lit (13:15 ) 3rd Macross Frontier Album Sells 86,450 to Rank #2 (12:48 ) Mamoru Oshii's Musashi Samurai Film Teaser Streamed (11:29 ) Kannagi Creator Takenashi Undergoes Surgery, Recovers (10:51 ) Thursday, Dec 11, 2008 [9] Daily Briefs (23:28 ) Nausicaä Screening at Midnight Friday in Los Angeles (23:01 ) Game-Based Sengoku Basara Anime's Promo Posted Online (13:50 ) Libre Prints Repeat After Me? English-Teaching Manga (13:00 ) Druaga: the Sword of Uruk Promotional Video Streamed (12:08 ) Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel Creators Hint at 'New Project' (06:53 ) Japanese Comic Ranking, November 26-December 2 (05:48 ) Kurokami The Animation Promotional Video Streamed (03:47 ) Eureka Seven Movie's Title, Release Date Announced (00:06 ) Wednesday, Dec 10, 2008 [11] Daily Briefs (23:57 ) White Knight Chronicles Prequel Manga Posted Online (18:07 ) Deux Press Adds Nase Yamato's Cigarette Kisses Manga (15:59 ) English Dragonball: Evolution Trailer Officially Posted (14:13 ) Anime News Network Announces Two More Streaming Anime (10:30 ) Tsumiki no Ie, Piano Forest, Kaiba Win Media Arts Awards (09:35 ) Sakuran Boy DT Flash Anime Created for TV Station (08:05 ) Rideback Anime's TV Ad Officially Posted Online (07:23 ) Tenchi Spinoff Seikishi's 3rd Teaser Trailer Streamed (Update 2) (07:05 ) Maria Watches Over Us 4th Season's Promo Movie Streamed (03:36 ) Ayumi Hamasaki to Sing Live-Action Dragonball's Theme Song (03:15 ) Tuesday, Dec 9, 2008 [12] Daily Briefs (23:57 ) Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, December 3-9 (23:47 ) Trailer for Miike's Live-Action Yatterman Film Streamed (15:53 ) Basquash! Promo Movie, VOTOMS Trailer Streamed (Update 2) (13:59 ) Event-Only Urusei Yatsura Anime to Debut This Month (11:57 ) 2 Live-Action Nodame Cantabile Films Green-Lit for 2010 (10:14 ) Di Gi Charat's Koge Donbo* to Launch Tama-tan Manga (09:33 ) New Animania website now online! (09:22 ) New Madman Acquisitions - November & December (09:20 ) Code Geass website is live, start date for ABC2 confirmed. (09:19 ) Russian Government Censors to Investigate GTO Anime (02:40 ) Anime News Network Streams Kite: Liberator (00:01 ) Monday, Dec 8, 2008 [8] Daily Briefs (23:55 ) Udon Entertainment Posts Manga, Comics on Crunchyroll (23:37 ) News Program to Take Over Conan, Yatterman's Timeslot (13:32 ) Kupū~!! Mamegoma! TV Anime Series to Launch on January 10 (10:53 ) Touhou Anime Project Dōjin DVD at Comiket This Month (10:28 ) Sequel to Nodame Cantabile: Paris Green-Lit for Fall 2009 (Update 2) (09:54 ) Japanese Box Office, November 29-30 (04:18 ) Oshii's Sky Crawlers Already Running in Los Angeles (02:31 ) Sunday, Dec 7, 2008 [4] Japanese Anime TV Ranking, November 24-30 (23:57 ) Japan's Killing Suspect Says He Is a Precure, Kitarō Fan (05:57 ) La Corda D'Oro ~secondo passo~ TV Special Confirmed (04:38 ) New Fullmetal Alchemist TV Anime to Premiere in April (Update 3) (03:50 ) Saturday, Dec 6, 2008 [5] Kawamori's Basquash Anime Gets Airdate, Staff, Cast (Update 2) (09:31 ) K-ON! Four-Panel School Comedy Manga to Get Anime (08:57 ) Nitroplus to Launch Visual-Novel-Based Phantom TV Anime (08:25 ) CLAMP's Kobato Manga Gets TV Anime Next Fall (07:45 ) Leapt Through Time's Hosoda to Direct Summer Wars Film (06:57 ) Friday, Dec 5, 2008 [9] India Reportedly Bans Crayon Shin-chan from TV (20:06 ) Grave of the Fireflies, Tezuka Marathon in DC Saturday (18:39 ) 17th Crayon Shin-chan Movie to Open in Japan in Aprll (12:42 ) Kannagi Manga Reportedly on Hiatus Due to Creator's Health (07:53 ) Gatchaman Voice Actor Mikio Terashima Passes Away (07:40 ) USA Today Booklist, November 24-30: Naruto Slips More (06:35 ) Queen's Blade Volume Zero DVD Commercial Streamed (06:15 ) Otaku Comic Tsuchida Declined Dragonball Film Role (01:22 ) Shinjo Blogs about Canned Sensual Phrase Film Talks (00:47 ) Thursday, Dec 4, 2008 [11] Daily Briefs (23:59 ) Yotsuba&! Creator Kiyohiko Azuma Addresses Anime Rumors (23:58 ) Editor's Note: Answerman Delay (23:05 ) Toei Plans US$55-Million Digital Revamp of Tokyo Studio (17:26 ) Free Tekkonkinkreet Screening in New York City Tonight (16:11 ) Utawarerumono OVA's Promo Video Streamed in Japan (13:50 ) New La Corda D'Oro TV Anime in March Reportedly Leaked (12:42 ) Madman 24 hour sale on now! (09:00 ) Saki Mahjong Manga to Get TV Anime from Gonzo in 2009 (Update 2) (05:25 ) Amazon.co.jp Posts 2008's Top Comics, Light Novels (04:32 ) Gakkou no Ojikan School Romantic Comedy Manga Ends (00:33 ) Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008 [9] Daily Briefs (23:59 ) AX Idol Stephanie Yanez Performs in Akihabara (23:57 ) Onnanoko Monogatari Manga to Get Live-Action Film (22:46 ) GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class Anime Reportedly Leaked (Update 2) (17:46 ) 2nd Tamagotchi Feature Film's Commercial Streamed (12:49 ) 2nd Death Note Film to Run in Canadian Theaters Tonight (12:20 ) To Love-Ru -Trouble- Manga to Ship with New OVA on April 3 (05:10 ) Amazon Japan Posts 2008's Top-10 DVDs, CDs, Toys (04:21 ) Naruto Makes Yahoo's Top-10 Search Terms List at #7 (01:00 ) Tuesday, Dec 2, 2008 [9] Daily Briefs (23:59 ) Batman: Gotham Knight Picks Up Two Annie Nominations (23:50 ) Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, November 26-December 2 (22:01 ) 2nd Live-Action 20th Century Boys Film Trailer Posted (14:13 ) Dennō Coil Wins Award from Japanese Sci-Fi Writers (13:14 ) Ghibli to Start Two Features Over Next Three Years (12:27 ) Me and the Devil Blues Wins School Library Journal's Award (04:31 ) Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu Manga Gets 2009 Film (02:11 ) Death Note, Gundam 00's Mamoru Miyano Marries, Fathers Child (01:16 ) Monday, Dec 1, 2008 [8] Daily Briefs (23:59 ) Anime Makes Up 64% of BD Sales in Japan in September (23:56 ) Hey! 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