News Weekly Wrapup 29/Jan - 4/Feb
posted on 2012-02-06 00:09 EST by Jon Hayward
This week we have Studio 4°C and Bones animation in interesting places, talk of a Star Driver film and Sailor Moon topping the graphic novel charts.
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica's first episode will be streamed in Australia and other English countries. Nico Nico Douga is doing the hard yards to stream the English dub.
- Sailor Moon manga returns as the number-one graphic novel in US bookstores.
- Studio 4°C has animated a short for Johnnie Walker whiskey.
- There are plans for a Star Driver film in the near future.
- Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright will contain animated sequences from Studio Bones.
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