Newsroom - May 2009
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Anime Promo Videos Streamed (14:12 ) GTO: Shonan 14 Days Marks Return of Great Teacher Onizuka (10:32 ) M and N, Heart no Kuni no Alice Listed by Amazon.ca (10:13 ) One Piece's Newest Episode Leaked Before Japan's Debut (04:21 ) Friday, May 29, 2009 [15] Lolita Fashion Day at Kinokuniya (21:42 ) ZonaCon Announces Two New Guests and Two New Events (20:56 ) Anime Network Taken Off Comcast, Put on DirecTV (Update 2) (19:00 ) Read/Watch/Listen: Otaku Play (17:55 ) Funimation Entertainment, Toei Animation, Shueisha and Fuji Television Announce Online Simulcast of One Piece (17:25 ) Gokusen the Movie's Trailer Streamed Online (16:52 ) Spike Spencer to Voice the Character of Shinji in EVA 1.0 (16:25 ) Anime Expo® 2009 Provides Additional Discounts for Hotels (15:09 ) New York Times Manga Best Seller List, May 17-23 (14:47 ) Mamoru Oshii Says He Wants to Make New Film in Poland (13:43 ) Saiyuki Reload to End in Japan, New Manga to Follow (09:43 ) J Industry Figures Downplay Report of 'Rape Game' Ban (09:10 ) E3 2009: Atlus Unveils Trauma Team™ for Wii™ (06:04 ) Germany Restricts Yamane's Finder Manga as "Harmful" (00:57 ) More Than 50 Organisations to Enter Films for Third Annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards (00:00 ) Thursday, May 28, 2009 [15] Daily Briefs (23:58 ) Tezuka's Swallowing the Earth & AX Samples Posted (23:57 ) Iron Vendetta Robot Anime Episode Begins Production (21:41 ) Yumeta, Hal Film Maker to Merge to Form TYO Animations (20:15 ) Jake Hunter Detective Story: Memories of the Past Arrives Today (18:32 ) Tezuka in English Hosts Exclusive Manga Preview of DMP's Swallowing the Earth (18:18 ) Right Stuf's Nozomi Entertainment Launches Series Site for Gakuen Alice at gakuenalice.rightstuf.com (17:54 ) Voice Actor Toshiyuki Morikawa to Attend Anime Expo (17:17 ) Anime Expo® 2009 Announces Legendary Japanese Voice Actor as an Official Guest of Honor (15:03 ) Last Week's New Haruhi Episode Now Streaming on YouTube (15:02 ) Animation Studio Titmouse, Inc. Announces It Has Added Two New Execs (14:27 ) 1-Week Update on Handley Case over 'Obscene' Manga (13:29 ) Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" Screening at Loew's Jersey in Jersey City, NJ on June 5 (08:49 ) On-Demand Printer Refuses to Print Yaoi Press Book (04:25 ) Kochikame, Shōjo Manga Get Live-Action TV Dramas (02:57 ) Wednesday, May 27, 2009 [15] Japanese Comic Ranking, May 18-24 (23:57 ) Key's Angel Beats! Project Gets TV Anime Green-Lit (23:49 ) Aniplex Launches Official Kannagi Website (22:10 ) Kakkoi Con to Change Name (20:09 ) Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. Sets the “Gold” Standard with the Acclaimed Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Gold Series 2009 (17:09 ) NYICFF: Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service: Rare Miyazaki Theatrical Screenings, Presented in Glorious 35mm (16:31 ) Daily Briefs (15:28 ) Not so Daily Link of the Day: Monster OP in Lego (14:57 ) Aniplex Launches Kannagi "Nagi-sama Fanclub" in English (update 2) (14:57 ) Funimation Entertainment Introduces Fruits Basket Virtual Goods (12:27 ) Kindaichi's Fumiya Sato Runs for Japanese Legislature (06:07 ) 7-Eleven to Offer Domo Slurpees in U.S. in October (05:38 ) Eva's Misato Hosts Realtime News Show on PS3s in Japan (05:03 ) Sumomomo's Ohtaka Launches Magi in Shōnen Sunday Mag (04:04 ) Bespa Kumamero New Release "Plastic Confusion" plus Anime Boston Recap (02:52 ) Tuesday, May 26, 2009 [18] Guin Saga Author Kaoru Kurimoto Passes Away at 56 (23:34 ) Daily Briefs (22:57 ) Utada is 1st Japanese on U.S.'s Top 100 CDs Since 1986 (22:55 ) Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, May 18-24 (22:37 ) Viz Media Unleashes the Wildest, Shockingly Funny Manga for the Not So Faint of Heart, Detroit Metal City (21:28 ) Yuki Kajiura's New Project, Kalafina Making a Great Debut in the U.S. (20:22 ) Gurren Lagann's Director, Designer Go to Anime Expo (15:57 ) Anime Expo® Announces Gurren Lagann Director and Character Designer as 2009 Guests of Honor (15:18 ) Some Viz, Dark Horse Manga Titles Increase in Price (14:40 ) How To Cosplay Series (14:08 ) Mamoru Oshii's Musashi Samurai Film Posts 2nd Trailer (13:31 ) Big Tent Entertainment and GoAnimate.com Partner to Launch Domo Animate (12:23 ) Health Care for the Manga Generation (12:08 ) Battle Spirits TV Anime's Second Season Green-Lit (04:57 ) Live-Action Blood the Last Vampire's 1st 5 Minutes Posted (01:54 ) Toei Animation Studio Shuffles Top Executives (01:22 ) CBLDF's Book Expo Welcome Party (00:44 ) Otomen Shōjo Manga Gets Live-Action TV Drama in August (Update 2) (00:22 ) Monday, May 25, 2009 [6] Anime Network Posts Full Metal Panic, Ghost Stories Online (23:21 ) Two Flowers of the Dragon Fantasy Manga Ends in Japan (22:33 ) Shion no Oh's Ando Draws Bushidō Sixteen Kendō Manga (20:47 ) FanimeCon 2009 (20:13 ) Gainax Works on Abenobashi Special, Free-Diving Work (07:12 ) Lyricist Ryoji Sonoda Gets Suspended Term for Drugs (04:36 ) Sunday, May 24, 2009 [2] Daily Briefs (17:48 ) Labor Group: Animators in Their 20s Earn US$11,600 a Year (13:46 ) Saturday, May 23, 2009 [4] Anime Boston 2009 (19:42 ) Funimation Entertainment Announces Directors and Cast for Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (19:10 ) Evangelion: 1.0's English Dub Cast Announced (18:13 ) Funimation Acquires Spice and Wolf Fantasy Anime (03:07 ) Friday, May 22, 2009 [16] Spice and Wolf Anime Announces Holo Hand Puppet in Japan (20:00 ) LM.C Contest for Fans at A-Kon, Plus New Single Punky Heart and Comment Video (19:19 ) Right Stuf's Anime Today Gears Up for Anime Expo 2009 with Convention Chair Liyin Liang (19:03 ) Nitroplus, Shadow Skill's Okada Launch New Manga (18:11 ) Localized Japanese Indie Games Now Available for Digital Download on Direct2Drive (17:36 ) Anime Expo® 2009 Welcomes Cartoon Network (14:54 ) J-Rock Band Vamps USA Tour (12:28 ) New York Times Manga Best Seller List, May 10-16 (11:38 ) Bang Zoom! to Offer Dubbing Workshop at Otakon® (09:38 ) Voice Actor/Producer Tony Oliver to Appear at Otakon® (09:36 ) Futabasha Loses Appeal on Chinese Shin-chan Trademark (06:05 ) Japan Teaches about Jury Duty with School Romance Anime (05:09 ) Sunshine Creation Dōjinshi Con Returns after Info Leak (03:58 ) Morning Musume Music Video Contest Held at Anime Expo (02:15 ) Viz Adds Bokurano & I'll Give It My All...Tomorrow Manga (01:38 ) Kalafina Has Finally Arrived to Boston (00:32 ) Thursday, May 21, 2009 [17] Daily Briefs (23:57 ) Lain's Yoshitoshi ABe Confirms New Work is Despera (18:44 ) MapleStory Video Contest Winners Announced (17:32 ) Comix Like You've Never Seen: IKKI is here (17:11 ) Animania Brisbane May 2009 (16:00 ) Kurokami The Animation Now Available as Streaming Video (14:08 ) Zipang Resumes on May 28 after Kawaguchi's Accident (14:04 ) Steal Princess™ for Nintendo DS™ Now Available at Select Retailers; Every Copy Includes Bonus Mini-Poster (13:35 ) Viz Posts English Version of Ikki Mag Online (13:04 ) New Haruhi Suzumiya Anime Episode Airs (Update 4) (11:50 ) YouTube, Crunchyroll Stream Kurokami TV Anime (05:15 ) Sony's English Sky Crawlers Trailer Streamed on ANN (04:01 ) Morning 2 Mag Posted Online for Free on Shipping Date (03:32 ) Funimation Polls on Japan's New Anime Shows (02:34 ) Morning Musume's “Shouganai Yumeoibito” Hits Number One on Oricon Weekly Singles Chart (02:21 ) CBLDF Disappointed by Guilty Plea in Handley Manga Case (01:31 ) Kurokami the Animation Near-Simultaneous Streaming on Crunchyroll (00:09 ) Wednesday, May 20, 2009 [19] Daily Briefs (23:58 ) Wiz Sells Off Production Reed Anime Studio (23:57 ) Live-Action Blood: The Last Vampire's New Clips Posted (22:05 ) Christopher Handley Pleads Guilty to Possession Charges (Update 2) (18:44 ) Japanese Comic Ranking, May 11-17 (18:32 ) Anime Expo® Blasts Off with Additional Power Rangers Talents (15:47 ) 5 Centimeters per Second and Voices of a Distant Star to Be Screened at Japan Information and Culture Center (15:08 ) Atlus to Bring Groundbreaking Action Rpg Experience to North America with Demon's Souls™ for PlayStation®3 Computer Entertainment System (15:03 ) 2009 Fan Expo Canada (13:43 ) ABe Develops Desperant Anime with Lain Staffers (13:35 ) School Rumble Z Manga Ends in Japan (12:56 ) Atlus Opens Valves, Lets Out Official Box Art, First Screenshots from North American Release of Steambot Chronicles™ Battle Tournament for PSP® (Playstation®Portable) System (12:21 ) Shoujo Art Studio (10:48 ) New York Asian Film Festival (June 19 – July 5) Announces Opening Night, Closing Night and Centerpiece Presentation Films (10:29 ) World Cyber Games USA National Final to Be Held at New York Anime Festival (08:51 ) Funimation Entertainment Highlights and Events at Anime Boston -- Including Evangelion Cast Announcement (06:51 ) Gangan Joker's 1st Issue Posted Online for Free (06:14 ) Koike, Madhouse's Redline Pulled from Annecy Fest Slate (04:32 ) Iowa Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Obscene Visual Representations of the Sexual Abuse of Children (00:00 ) Tuesday, May 19, 2009 [16] Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Ultimate All Stars Coming to U.S. (23:57 ) Daily Briefs (23:57 ) Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, May 11-17 (23:51 ) Avarus Mag Picks Up Moyamu Fujino, Mari-Neko's Titles (20:41 ) BoA - Korean Pop Comes to America (17:54 ) Jun Planning USA Says It Is Still in Operation (16:42 ) Anime Expo® Breaks Out with 2009 Convention Commercial (16:40 ) Viz Confirms Shojo Beat Manga Magazine's End in June (14:56 ) Atlus Online Tinkers with Hands-On Demos of Upcoming Steam Punk MMORPG at E3 2009 (11:28 ) Evangelion: 1.11 BD & DVD Commercial Streamed in Japan (Update 2) (11:24 ) GCA Games Convention Asia Goes Cosplay (11:15 ) Crunchyroll and Namco Cybertainment Inc. Go Crane Crazy with Naruto Shippuden (11:13 ) Hayao Miyazaki to Make California Appearance in July (09:36 ) Shojo Beat Magazine No Longer Accepting Subscriptions (08:29 ) Anime Network Adds Online Subscription Tier for Videos (05:46 ) Contest - Happy Yaoi Yum Yum (04:56 ) Monday, May 18, 2009 [13] Ryō Kurashina's Teiō Manga Gets TV Drama (22:00 ) Viz Media Releases Historical Non-Fiction Book - The Century of the Black Ships (19:35 ) Produced by Mana (ex-MALICE MIEZER), Cello Vocalist Kanon Wakeshima Will Make Her U.S. Debut at Otakon (18:46 ) Miyazaki's Ponyo Film at L.A. Film Fest on June 28 (17:04 ) Fullmetal Alchemist/Gundam 00's Seiji Mizushima at AX (15:37 ) Crunchyroll Streams Brand New Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Korean Dramas: Modern Housewives and My Life's Golden Age (15:19 ) Anime Expo® Announces Famed Gundam 00 and Fullmetal Alchemist Director, Seiji Mizushima, as an Official 2009 Guest of Honor (15:08 ) Film Independent Announces Additional Film Selections & Programming for 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival: Walt Disney Pictures' Ponyo Selected as Closing Night Film – (12:34 ) Me and the Devil Blues Manga Wins Glyph Comic Award (06:28 ) Kekkaishi Adventure Manga's 'Prototype' Posted Online (06:10 ) Takashi Miike to Film Buichi Terasawa's Takeru Manga (05:30 ) December's Yamato Film Detailed by Director Nishizaki (04:26 ) TV Drama Special of Tezuka's MW to Air Before Film (00:24 ) Sunday, May 17, 2009 [4] Evangelion Films' 'Nerv Only' Phone to Be Sold in Japan (22:39 ) Fox in Talks for Live-Action Japanese Paradise Kiss Film (16:22 ) 2009 Haruhi TV Run's 8th Episode Listed as New Episode (Update 2) (14:47 ) Mamoru Oshii's Musashi Samurai Film Trailers Streamed (04:32 ) Saturday, May 16, 2009 [5] USA Today Booklist, May 4-10: No Japanese Manga (23:58 ) Afro Samurai Sequel Sold in PS Store & Air Master Streamed Online (23:57 ) Japanese Box Office, May 2-3 (19:36 ) Seikon no Qwaser Manga Has TV Anime in the Works (Update 2) (06:10 ) Viz Editor Reviews Portfolios at Georgia College (01:11 ) Friday, May 15, 2009 [14] Hikaru Utada to Sing Theme of Evangelion: 2.0 Film (23:57 ) Suehiro Maruo Adapts Edogawa Rampo Story into Manga (23:36 ) Make Sure to Catch Big Man Japan This Weekend (16:01 ) New York Times Manga Best Seller List, May 3-9 (14:33 ) Alteil.com Card Set 4: Beasts on Sacred Ground is Here (14:07 ) The Raiho Has Landed; SMT: Devil Summoner®2 In Stores Now (13:11 ) Morning Musume。 x MySpace Worldwide OPV (Original Promotion Video) Contest (13:09 ) Fresh Precure! Magical Girl Anime Film to Open in Fall (12:30 ) 2nd Haruhi Novel Slated for October in North America (08:30 ) 4 Japanese Guests Cancel Animazement Trip due to Swine Flu Concerns (07:58 ) Daily Briefs (07:13 ) Fruits Basket Events at Macy's in New York & Virginia (07:11 ) Atlanime 7th Anniversary (06:19 ) The Licensing Machine (Panini Group) Will Premiere in Europe the New Fullmetal Alchemist Series on YouTube (05:21 ) Thursday, May 14, 2009 [17] Viz Media's Release of New Manga – Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Will Bring about Questions of Justice, Society and the Best Way to Really Appreciate Life (21:32 ) Utsurun Desu. 4-Panel Gag Manga Gets Anime Green-Lit (19:18 ) Viz's Shonen Jump to Run Latest One Piece Chapters (Update 2) (17:41 ) Anime Central 2009 (17:00 ) FanimeCon 2009 Announces Voice Actors and Motion Capture Experts of Albert Wesker, Jill Valentine, & Chris Redfield as Guests of Honor (16:46 ) Gundam 00 Writer Yōsuke Kuroda to Attend Anime Expo (16:41 ) New York Comic Con Announces Happy Hour (15:40 ) Anime Expo® Announces Studio Orphee Head and Famed Writer, Yosuke Kuroda, as an Official 2009 Guest of Honor (14:58 ) 2012 Bubblegum Crisis Film Planned with Caucasian/Asian Cast (14:52 ) Vamps Live 2009 U.S.A. — Confirmed (13:45 ) One Piece Pirate Anime to Start Simulcast on May 30 (Update 3) (13:36 ) FUNimation Entertainment, Toei Animation, Shueisha and Fuji Television Announce Online Simulcast of One Piece (13:11 ) Barbican Film - Japanimation: Tetsujin 28 - 30 June (11:43 ) Arad Senki Fantasy Game/Anime Gets Manga Version (10:47 ) Young Gangan to Reveal Project with Mizushima, Gainax (09:34 ) FanimeCon 2009 Announces Halko Momoi (Musician, Songwriter, & Seiyū) as a Guest of Honor (05:23 ) American Legal History on Anime, Manga Analyzed (00:49 ) Wednesday, May 13, 2009 [15] Daily Briefs (23:57 ) Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete's English Trailer Posted (21:56 ) Dragon Age Mag Add 5 New Manga, Inherits 2 More (19:02 ) Junemanga.com is Back and Revamped...and Juné Books Are Too (19:00 ) Right Stuf's Nozomi Entertainment Announces the His and Her Circumstances DVD Collection for August 25, 2009 (18:41 ) Critical Mass Video Announces August 25 Release of HypnoLove: A Boy's Toy DVD (18:32 ) Critical Mass Video Announces August 25 Release of Anime 18's Black Widow DVD (18:30 ) Critical Mass Video Announces August 25 Release of Anime 18's Demon Warrior Koji DVD (18:29 ) Japanese Comic Ranking, May 4-10 (18:14 ) Kalafina Has Just Released Their U.S. Debut Album This Week (16:55 ) Anime Expo's Parent Organization Seeks New CEO (15:39 ) Solanin's Asano to Launch Umibe no Onna no Ko Manga (07:05 ) DNP, Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha Acquire 29% of Bookoff (06:24 ) Colossalcon Announces Final Guests (01:02 ) Butterfly, Flowers' Yoshihara to Start Venus ni Arazu (00:28 ) Tuesday, May 12, 2009 [18] Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, May 4-10 (22:05 ) Maiden Rose Boys-Love Anime's 2nd Promo Movie Streamed (19:39 ) Combat Ensues with Konami Digital Entertainment Inc.'s Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Trading Card Game Raging Battle Booster Set (19:37 ) Alteil Card Dueling Game Announces Card Set 4 and Rarity up Event (19:01 ) NY Anime Festival Presents Super Para Natural Manga Day at NYC's Kinokuniya Bookstore (18:17 ) Japanese Anime TV Ranking, April 27-May 3 (16:39 ) Crunchyroll to Launch The Beast to Die, Early Spring Story, Girl of Time, Kekkon Annai Mystery, Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, Story of the Detective and Tragedy of W Today for Kadokawa Tuesdays (14:54 ) The Chicken Returns! Anime Expo® 2009 Welcomes Robot Chicken (14:46 ) Producer Tetsuya Komuro Given Suspended Sentence (13:39 ) 33rd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced (13:23 ) eigoMANGA Announces Worldwide Subscription Distribution via EBSCO (11:31 ) Jun Planning Files for Bankruptcy in Japan (07:09 ) Daily Briefs (06:06 ) Hikaru Utada Postpones U.S. Album Promotion Tour (06:05 ) The Legend Drama to Get Korean/Japanese Animated Remake (05:57 ) Lyrical Nanoha The MOVIE 1st Promo Video Streamed (02:58 ) Fruits Basket Event Slated for Macy's NYC Store (01:21 ) Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete (00:00 ) Monday, May 11, 2009 [16] Zenkaikon Announces Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Hi5, Ikuzo! Studios (23:31 ) Cellist/Vocalist Kanon Wakeshima to Make US Debut at Otakon© (21:00 ) Vampire Knight's Kanon Wakeshima to Sing at Otakon (21:00 ) eManga.com Revamp and New Features (19:33 ) 4Kids Reports Narrower 1st Quarter Losses (16:59 ) Trigun Creator Nightow & Director Nishimura at AX 2009 (15:39 ) Yamato USA Announces Fantasy Figure Gallery: The Sacrifice, Inspired by the Work of Dorian Cleavenger (15:21 ) Crunchyroll Streams Brand New Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Korean Dramas: 90 Days Time to Love, Merry Mary, My Life's Golden Age and Yi-San (14:58 ) Love And Peace: Anime Expo® Announces Trigun Anime and Manga Creator Yasuhiro Nightow and Trigun Movie Director Satoshi Nishimura as Official 2009 Guests of Honor (14:56 ) Imagi CEO Douglas Glen Resigns (14:56 ) Funimation Anime on Demand Now on Comcast Nationwide (14:22 ) Henry VIII by William Shakespeare (11:27 ) One Piece Creator Oda to Oversee Production of 10th Film (03:54 ) Anpanman Theme Composer Takashi Miki Passes Away (02:39 ) Funimation Channel Continues Expansion: World's Best Anime Series Now Found On Comcast Cable Nationwide (00:00 ) Douglas Glen Resigns as Imagi International Holdings CEO (00:00 ) Sunday, May 10, 2009 [6] Jojo's Araki Illustrates Base Ball Bear's 'Breeeeze Girl' (23:59 ) JapanFiles.com Offers Albums from Nitroplus Studio (23:43 ) Planned Anime Museum Panned as 'National Manga Café' (22:37 ) Daily Briefs (11:07 ) Hikaru Utada to Appear in U.S. Music Stores This Week (11:06 ) Michiko, Pyu to Jaguar's Yoko Maki Has 1st Child (10:52 ) Saturday, May 9, 2009 [4] Report: Moribito to Return to Adult Swim TV in Summer (14:02 ) Yatterman Anime Movie Green-Lit for August 22 (13:18 ) Tsubasacon Announces Industry and Musical Guests for 2009 (11:50 ) Legend of Kamui Ninja Film's Full Trailer Streamed (04:31 ) Friday, May 8, 2009 [13] 38th Japan Cartoonist Awards Announced (23:57 ) Big Man Japan Opens in LA and NY Next Friday, May 15th (20:52 ) Live-Action Blood: The Last Vampire's 2nd U.S. Trailer Streamed (20:15 ) ADV, Funimation Add New Anime Titles Online (18:01 ) Right Stuf's Anime Today Talks Manga Publishing with Erica Friedman of ALC Publishing (16:20 ) Knights in the Nightmare™: Tome of Lost Souls™ (14:52 ) New York Times Manga Best Seller List, April 26-May 2 (13:12 ) Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance Trailer Streamed (12:17 ) Kotobukiya Announces San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive: Black Widow Marvel x Bishoujo (05:59 ) Daily Briefs (03:02 ) Sakura Wars V Game to Ship in North America This Fall (03:01 ) Dentsu to Export Mameshiba Characters to U.S. This Year (02:30 ) Tokyopop, Image to Co-Publish Graham's King City (01:57 ) Thursday, May 7, 2009 [13] Viz Pictures to Open San Francisco Complex in August (23:58 ) Daily Briefs (23:57 ) Sakura Wars Announced for North America at Last (23:57 ) Range Murata Posts Dōjinshi for iPhones Worldwide (19:27 ) ADV Posts Eva TV & Appleseed Film on Xbox, Kiba on iTunes (17:22 ) Pwanda! Available to Buy (14:38 ) No Sakura Anime Video Release Listed in Japan, U.S. (14:19 ) Michael Mcconnohie and Melodee M. Spevack to Appear at AnimeIowa and Nan Desu Kan (14:08 ) 2nd La Corda D'Oro ~secondo passo~ Special's Ad Posted (11:13 ) USA Today Booklist, April 27–May 3: No Japanese Manga (03:32 ) Isshoni Training Anime Planned, Written, Funded by 1 Man (03:00 ) Intermixi's 1st Annual "Yellow Fever Awards" Begins (01:58 ) Feminist Manga Creator Murasaki Yamada Passes Away (01:24 ) Wednesday, May 6, 2009 [15] Zipang's Kawaguchi Takes Break to Heal Broken Arm (23:40 ) Japanese CD Single Ranking, April 27-May 3 (21:00 ) Irasshaimase! Anime Expo® 2009 Announces Animaid Café to Debut at This Year's Convention (18:27 ) Japanese Comic Ranking, April 27-May 3 (18:27 ) Viz Pictures Presents the First Adventure of the J-Pop Center Project with the Grand Opening of New People in San Francisco This Summer (16:09 ) London MCM Expo World Record Attempt: Your Chance to Be Part of Gaming History (16:07 ) The UK's Biggest Entertainment Event is Back (16:07 ) JapanFiles and Nitroplus Begin Partnership with Soundtracks for "Phantom of Inferno" + 15 More! (12:19 ) Final Kara no Kyoukai Film Slated for August in Japan (11:27 ) Video Girl Ai's Katsura Draws Jules Verne Novel Cover (11:07 ) Neo Steam: The Shattered Continent Kicks Off Testing with “Golden Ticket” Early Access Promotion (09:36 ) Amanatsu's Two-Minute Music Video Anime Streamed (04:44 ) Daily Briefs (03:55 ) No Plan for FFXIII Blu-ray Disc Demo Except in Japan (03:53 ) Anime News Network Adds Anime from Funimation (00:03 ) Tuesday, May 5, 2009 [12] Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, April 27-May 3 (22:24 ) Amazon.ca Lists Akira, Ghost in the Shell from Kodansha (20:44 ) ADV Adds Grave of the Fireflies, Now and Then, Here and There (19:28 ) Viz Pictures to Release the Dark Romantic Comedy Happily Ever After on DVD (19:06 ) Kadokawa Tuesdays on Crunchyroll to Launch Mail, Onmyoji and Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales (16:13 ) Anime Expo® Announces Kari Wahlgren as an Official 2009 American Guest of Honor (16:11 ) Exile Song & Dance Unit's Examurai Anime Spawns Manga (13:33 ) Crunchyroll, Mushi Hold Subtitle Translation Contest (12:09 ) FUNimation Entertainment Partners with Anime News Network to Stream Select Series (12:06 ) Takashi Murakami to Illustrate AKB48's Next Single (05:18 ) SMAP's Tsuyoshi Kusanagi Will Not Be Charged after Arrest (01:24 ) Say Hello to Black Jack's Sato Discusses Manga-Making (01:03 ) Monday, May 4, 2009 [15] Daily Briefs (23:58 ) Industry Group Head Says Anime is a Bubble that Burst (Update 2) (23:57 ) Alteil.com Announces Free Cinco De Mayo Avatar Event and Adds Pay-By-Cash and Ultimate Gamercard (18:43 ) Super Robot Taisen® OG Saga: Endless Frontier™ for Nintendo DS™ Bounces into Select Retailers (17:55 ) Sentai Filmworks Releases Appleseed (17:24 ) Crunchyroll Streams Brand New Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Korean Dramas: 2 Outs in the 9th Inning, Over the Rainbow, Prince Hours and Yi-San (16:08 ) Japan to Create Fund to Boost Anime & More Overseas (15:38 ) Now Shipping from Yamato USA - Fantasy Figure Gallery: Medusa's Gaze Inspired by the Work of Luis Royo (15:28 ) Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation Announces Finalists for the 2009 SPJA Industry Awards (15:12 ) Viz Media Delights Naruto Fans with the New Shonen Jump Naruto Shippuden Collector (12:42 ) Kite Director, Saber Marionette Designer on Dante's Inferno (08:55 ) Kadokawa Posts Basquash! Anime Episodes on YouTube (02:19 ) Funimation Licenses Vandread Integral, Turbulence OVAs (01:54 ) Nasu Theme Singer Kiyoshirou Imawano Passes Away (01:11 ) Anime Exhibit Opens at Beverly Hills Home of Oscars (00:33 ) Sunday, May 3, 2009 [5] Hitohira School Comedy Manga to End This Month (22:59 ) Survey: Slam Dunk Manga is #1 Choice for Live-Action (21:51 ) Japanese Box Office, April 25-26 (14:22 ) Anime! to Pop in Academy Galleries (11:43 ) Kowarekake no Orgol's 7-Minute Promo Video Streamed (03:29 ) Saturday, May 2, 2009 [3] Sunrise Animates Tokyo Panic Cruise Ride Attraction (12:20 ) Viz Marks Free Comic Book Day with Shonen Jump Sampler (01:47 ) Gundam 00 2nd Season to Debut on Sci Fi Channel in June (00:49 ) Friday, May 1, 2009 [18] Nearly 900 Duelists Converge on the SHONEN JUMP Championship in Anaheim - Marks the Second Largest Event Ever (22:45 ) TAF 2010 Mascot Design Competition Begins (20:11 ) LM.C Cancels A-Kon Appearance over Swine Flu Concerns (19:14 ) Manga Editor/Translator Ed Chavez Moves to Vertical (18:44 ) College Lecturer Pretending to Be Eva: 2.0's Honda Resigns (16:51 ) Mobile Suit Gundam 00 to Stream on Crunchyroll (15:00 ) Hulu Adds Full Episodes of Full Metal Alchemist 2 Brotherhood to Fast Growing Anime Library (13:59 ) Daily Briefs (12:37 ) Yaoi Press Holds Auction to Cover Flood-Damaged Books (12:35 ) Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group Acquires Domestic Media Rights for Blood: The Last Vampire (12:19 ) An Nakahara Ends Kirarin Revolution Manga in Japan (11:25 ) New York Times Manga Best Seller List, April 19-25 (10:15 ) Megumi Nakajima to Voice Next Vocaloid Virtual Idol (10:04 ) Atlus.com: "I Live... Again!" (05:23 ) AIKa Zero OVA Series Confirmed to Launch on August 25 (Update 3) (04:23 ) Sony Acquires Live-Action Blood: The Last Vampire's U.S. Rights (Update 3) (03:50 ) Time of Eve's Full 1st Season in Japanese Theaters (00:49 ) Warner Brothers Acquire Live-Action Death Note Rights (Update 2) (00:14 ) 2008 [3775] 2007 [3640] 2006 [2761] 2005 [2814] 2004 [1990] 2003 [1562] 2002 [1463] 2001 [1453] 2000 [722]
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