Newsroom - July 2009
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Album is 1st Anime Character CDs to Top Weekly Chart (20:47 ) The 72 Desperate Rebels, Fatal Needles vs. Fatal Fists, Dirty Kung Fu and The Bone Crushing Kid from Tai Seng Entertainment Now Streaming on Crunchyroll (13:35 ) New York Times Manga Best Seller List, July 12-18 (13:05 ) One Piece Film Strong World's English Teaser Streamed (12:31 ) Galaxy Express 999 Short Animated for Kagoshima Tourism (11:48 ) AT&T Blocking Part of 4chan, Then Restores Access (01:26 ) Sunday, Jul 26, 2009 [5] AVCon Madman Entertainment Acquisitions (22:36 ) Oshii is a Creative Director of Halo Legends, Not Episode Director (21:43 ) CMX Gets Nyankoi!, Shisso Holiday, Phantom Guesthouse (Update 2) (14:35 ) Hakuōki Adventure Game Reportedly Gets Anime Green-Lit (13:50 ) CANAAN Gets 3 Movies Starting this October (09:00 ) Saturday, Jul 25, 2009 [7] Del Rey to Release Code Breaker, Panic x Panic, Pink Innocent (21:46 ) Dark Horse, Universal Negotiating on Clover Movie (15:48 ) Cameron: Still Looking at Battle Angel 'Very Seriously' (15:23 ) Corpse Delivery Service, MPD Psycho Films in Development (14:39 ) Osamu Tezuka's Dororo Manga Wins Eisner Award (09:15 ) Viz Media Brings The Latest Naruto Shippuden Story Arc to iTunes for Digital Download – First Episode Now Available for Free (03:20 ) Miyazaki Acknowledges Missing Oscars Due to Iraq War (00:10 ) Friday, Jul 24, 2009 [13] Daily Briefs (23:57 ) NBC's Tonight Show to Run Skit on Manga Ent. & Bang Zoom (21:18 ) Marvel Confirms Blade, X-Men, Planet Hulk Anime (21:00 ) Yen Press Adds Kobato, Darker than Black, Romeo x Juliet Manga (20:49 ) Viz Adds Vampire Knight Anime (18:58 ) Viz Adds Inuyasha the Final Act, Kekkaishi Anime (18:32 ) Voice-Over Pros Write Comprehensive Book about How to Get into Voice-Over (17:37 ) AVCon is on today! (15:16 ) Viz's Shonen Jump Adds Bakuman, Toriko Manga (14:40 ) Japanese Anime Political Ad Gets 219,000+ Hits (13:57 ) Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō, Sea Story's Unaired DVD Episodes (12:55 ) Gundam MS Movie Files Get DVD/UMD Release (09:40 ) Garo~Red Requiem 3D Film Green-Lit for 2010 (Update 2) (06:36 ) Thursday, Jul 23, 2009 [15] Mamoru Oshii Confirmed to Direct 1 Part of Halo Legends (20:23 ) Madhouse, Colorful/Maka-Maka's Kishi Draw Devil Manga (19:24 ) Dark Horse Unveils the Next Wave of Comics, Graphic Novels, Manga, and More at the 2009 Comic-Con International (18:50 ) Charlize Theron, Samuel Jackson to Act in CG Astro Boy (13:57 ) Sugar Town TV Anime Revealed via Voice Actor Auditions (12:43 ) Animation Supercon 2009 Announced for Oct. 2-4, 2009 Featuring Cast Reunions from Futurama and Pinky & The Brain (12:25 ) Mazinger Z, North Star Scriptwriter Susumu Takaku Dies (12:12 ) Google's iGoogle Adds Themes Based on RIN-NE, Others (12:00 ) Daily Briefs (12:00 ) 20th Century Boys, Utsurun Desu. Promo Videos Streamed (11:03 ) Fantasia: Latest Additional Screenings on July 30th, 2009 (10:30 ) Kemono no Sou-ja Story to End in 2 Novels in August (10:29 ) TYO Transfers More Ownership of Tsuburaya to Bandai (10:03 ) Halo Legends to be Animated by 5 Japanese Studios (09:15 ) Halo Universe Breaks New Ground with Unveiling of Halo Legends Anime Project (09:02 ) Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009 [13] Japanese Comic Ranking, July 13-July 19 (18:03 ) Viz Posts Arata , Hyde & Closer, Maoh: Juvenile Remix (17:13 ) Protect Yourself with Dark Horse and GelaSkins (16:50 ) Inuyasha Anime Now Downloadable from iTunes Store (13:35 ) Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. Descends on Comic Con with an Astounding Array of Activities Scheduled for Attendees (13:33 ) Viz Media's Inuyasha Anime Episodes Now Available on the iTunes Store (12:00 ) Hokkaido's Roads Free for International Drivers: Driving Tours Include Car Rental and Unlimited Expressway Use (06:42 ) Haruhi Suzumiya: Over One Million CDs Served (06:15 ) Fumihiko Sori's To CG Project Streams Promo Video (05:47 ) Animator Yoshinori Kanada Reportedly Passes Away (03:58 ) Oshii's Live-Action Assault Girls Feature in December (02:55 ) Convergence Gets Live-Action Film Rights to Gungrave (00:46 ) San Diego Comic-Con International 2009 (00:00 ) Tuesday, Jul 21, 2009 [14] Live-Action Blood Film Adds US$40,774 in 2nd Weekend (23:57 ) AnimeUSA 2009 Announces Musical Guest Quaff (23:03 ) Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, July 13-19 (22:33 ) Critical Mass Video Announces October 27 Release of Anime 18's Sibling Secret DVD (17:56 ) Critical Mass Video Announces October 27 Release of Anime 18's Nurse Me! DVD (17:42 ) Diabolo, Ogre Slayer's Kusunoki Launches Kami-Gakari Manga (14:31 ) AVcon this weekend! (13:32 ) Viz Media Announces Inuyasha Episodes Now Available on Hulu in the US (12:31 ) Viz Pictures Licenses a Diverse Collection of Insightful New Documentaries Profiling Prominent Japanese Modern Artists with the New People Artist Series (12:12 ) One Show Only - 3pm Sun Aug 9 at Symphony Space: Special Pre-Release Screening Ponyo (12:06 ) Grand International Cosplay Ball Announces 2009 Date, Launch Party (11:13 ) Shonen Jump Posts Kagijin, Anedoki Manga in English (10:52 ) Production I.G's Oblivion Island Film Promos Posted (09:26 ) K-ON! Extra Episode Green-Lit for 7th BD/DVD Volume (08:58 ) Monday, Jul 20, 2009 [12] AnimeUSA 2009 Announces Musical Guest Kaya (20:30 ) Yellow, Steal Moon's Makoto Tateno to Attend Yaoi-Con (20:17 ) Makoto Tateno Appearing at Yaoi-Con 2009 With June' Yellow Omnibus Edition Vol. 1 Release (19:18 ) Dark Horse Goes Green with Reusable Bags for Comic-Con International 2009 (16:36 ) Japanese Box Office, July 11-12 (15:12 ) Eat-Man's Yoshitomi Launches Chikyū no Hōkago Manga (14:15 ) Kanamemo is Latest Simulcast Addition on Crunchyroll (13:50 ) Crunchyroll Continues Streaming Additional Episodes of the Demi-Gods & Semi-Devils and C.I.B. Files While Also Adding New Titles The Lost Kung Fu Secrets, Eagle's Claw and 99 Cycling Swords from Tai Seng Entertainment (13:33 ) Doraemon's 30th Anniversary Film Trailer Streamed (12:39 ) Lupin III Castle of Cagliostro to Be Screened at the Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan (08:46 ) Daily Briefs (06:24 ) Proposed Live-Action Voltron Film Gets New Producers (06:23 ) Sunday, Jul 19, 2009 [10] Viz Media Will Dazzle Readers with a Trio of New Releases Based on Celebrated New Hayao Miyazaki Film Ponyo (20:07 ) Otakon® 2009 Unofficial Attendance Numbers (17:53 ) Kotobukiya Offers Free Shunya Yamashita Poster at San Diego Comic-Con (17:04 ) Live-Action Blood: The Last Vampire in 6 More Theaters (16:32 ) Weekend Wrapup 12/7 - 18/7 (12:00 ) Funimation Announces Cast of Nabari No Ou (11:12 ) Funimation Reveals Cast of Spice and Wolf (11:06 ) North Star's Shizuno, Sekima-Ⅱ Metal Band Animate Short (02:59 ) Hoshi ni Negai o Dōjin Anime to Hit Japanese Theaters (01:49 ) Naomi Tamura to Offer Rayearth Songs on iTunes Worldwide (01:35 ) Saturday, Jul 18, 2009 [11] Otakon® 2009 Preliminary Attendance Numbers (23:38 ) Noboru Ishiguro Confirms Live-Action Yamato in Development (Update 2) (18:03 ) Cromartie High School, Hundreds of New Programs Available Now at theanimenetwork.com (12:58 ) Fresh Precure Film, Layton, Needless Promos Streamed (12:10 ) Funimation Entertainment Announces First U.S. Release of Dragon Box (11:33 ) Funimation Entertainment Acquires “Casshern Sins,” the Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Anime Series from Tatsunoko Productions (11:33 ) Funimation Entertainment Acquires the Comedy Live Action Movie “Daytime Drinking” from Stonework Film Productions (11:32 ) Funimation Adds Casshern Sins, Eden of the East (Update 2) (10:52 ) Bandai Entertainment @ Otakon Roundup of Announcements:‘Kurokami’ Coming to DVD and Blu-ray;‘Kannagi’ Updates; ‘Eureka Seven’ Movie to be in Approximately 432 Theaters; More! (09:54 ) Osaka Abandons Totoro Lawn Art Due to Copyright Issues (06:27 ) Imagi's Computer-Animated Astro Boy Film Profiled (00:14 ) Friday, Jul 17, 2009 [17] Daily Briefs (23:58 ) Nodame, Saki Manga Resume after Creators' Illnesses (23:57 ) Starting Point: 1979-1996 Traces the First Half of the Career of Famed Animation Director Hayao Miyazaki New from Viz Media (21:39 ) Nightow, Batman's Natsume to Sign at Comic-Con Int'l (21:25 ) Right Stuf's Anime Today Takes on Anime Expo 2009 (19:47 ) Otakon 2009 (16:32 ) 1st Gurren Lagann Film at San Francisco in September (16:21 ) A Closer Look at South Korean Cinema at Fantasia (14:50 ) Dark Horse Comics (Booth #2615) 2009 Signing Schedule (13:05 ) Funimation Licenses 4 More Detective Conan Movies (11:56 ) Funimation Entertainment Acquires Four Detective Conan Movies from TMS Entertainment (11:40 ) New York Times Manga Best Seller List, July 5-11 (10:49 ) Otakon Musical Guest MELL Takes Over Tainted Reality, Live From Otakon (05:37 ) Worldwide Cover Contest of Famous Japanese Rock Band “the pillows” (02:49 ) Avex's Electronic/Pop/Rock Unit m.o.v.e with New Anime Cover Album (01:52 ) 1/1-Scale Gundam Robot Statue: We Do Weddings, Too (01:09 ) Doraemon's 30th Film to Open Next March (00:30 ) Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 [21] HearJapan Exports Hatsune Miku, Vocaloid Songs Worldwide (23:53 ) Pokémon Video Game World Championships Announcement (18:25 ) Viz Media Announces New DVD Releases for September 2009 (16:19 ) "Behind the Scenes" Video of Trauma Team™, Upcoming Medical Entertainment Experience for Wii™, Now Available (15:32 ) Bandai Entertainment Adds Kannagi Anime DVDs & Streams (Update 3) (15:04 ) Crazy, But True: Kannagi (Crazy Shrine Maidens) DVD Vol.1 (ep 1-7) Goes on Sale Today and Starts Streaming at ANN (15:00 ) Shueisha's Yokuwakaru Gendai Mahou is Top New Simulcast Crunchyroll (14:27 ) J. Michael Tatum and Leah Clark Appearing at Anime USA 2009 (14:22 ) Michael Sinterniklaas Appearing at Anime USA 2009 (14:22 ) Steve Blum Appearing at Anime USA 2009 (14:22 ) Afro Samurai: Resurrection TV Film Nominated for Emmy (14:12 ) Nexon America Storming Comic-Con with Dungeon Fighter Online (13:12 ) Black Lagoon's 3rd Anime to be Video Project in 2010 (Update 2) (11:53 ) Kemono to Chat 4-Panel Manga Gets Anime Green-Lit (Update 2) (11:28 ) Micott Countersues Radix over Appleseed TV Anime (08:29 ) Viz Adds Saturn Apartments, Kingyo Used Books Manga (07:36 ) Daily Briefs (03:16 ) 2nd Battle Spirits Anime Titled, Dated with Jam Project OP (03:16 ) USA Today Booklist, July 6-12 (02:41 ) Inuyasha's Final Chapters Get TV Anime Green-Lit (01:45 ) Bokurano 1-Shot Spinoff Will Not Be Printed in Mag, Book (01:14 ) Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009 [25] Daily Briefs (23:57 ) Anpanman Gets Guinness World Record for Most Characters (19:04 ) Viz Media Highlights for 2009 Comic-Con (18:59 ) Right Stuf's Nozomi Entertainment Announces the Boogiepop Phantom / Boogiepop and Others DVD Collection for October 27, 2009 (18:38 ) U.S. TV Channel Chiller Adds Horror Anime on Mondays (18:29 ) Japanese Comic Ranking, July 6-July 12 (17:51 ) Funimation® Entertainment and Namco Cybertainment Inc. Bring Anime's Greatest Hero to Game Centers across the U.S. (17:43 ) Nation's First Dedicated Japanese Movie and Anime Theatre – Viz Cinema – Opens in August at New People in San Francisco (17:34 ) Star Wars merges with Japanese Culture: Lightsaber Chopsticks (16:08 ) Kotobukiya To Give Away over $25,000.00 in Prizes at San Diego Comic-Con (15:52 ) Yamato USA Welcomes Legendary Fantasy Artist Luis Royo to the San Diego Comic Con International (15:14 ) Viz Media Partners with Japan's Ikki Magazine to Launch Sigikki.com, an Online Manga Website to Present a Diverse Collection of Titles Acclaimed for Creative Quality (15:02 ) Coming of Age Yuri Drama Aoihana Episode Three Launches on Crunchyroll (14:26 ) Twilight Manhwa by Young Kim to Be Published by Yen Press (14:00 ) The Fans Have Spoken; Upcoming Atlus Beat 'em Up for PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) System to Be Named Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble™ (13:15 ) Japan's Animation TV Ranking, July 6-12 (13:14 ) HearJapan Brings Hatsune Miku Worldwide (13:10 ) Starz Media's Manga Entertainment Anime “Ani-Monday” Programming Block Renewed for Third Season on Syfy, Two-Hour Companion Horror Anime Block Added on Chiller (12:47 ) Funimation Entertainment Highlights and Events at Otakon 2009 (12:03 ) Read Your Favorite DMP & June' Titles on the Kindle and iPhone (09:00 ) JapanFiles Forms Partnership with Japanese Music Distributor BounDEE, Inc. (09:00 ) Ultimo's Stan Lee & Hiroyuki Takei at Comic-Con Int'l (03:43 ) Lucky Star Sketch Auctioned for 1.311 Million Yen (Update 2) (02:09 ) Studio Ghibli's Next Feature Film to Open Next Year (01:33 ) Vertical Publishes Diet Book by Gainax Founder Okada (00:22 ) Tuesday, Jul 14, 2009 [15] Viz Media Welcomes Ultimo Creators Stan Lee and Hiroyuki Takei for Rare Personal Appearances at 2009 Comic-Con International (22:32 ) Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, July 6-12 (22:10 ) Japanese Box Office, July 4-5 (20:54 ) Right Stuf & Nozomi Entertainment Announce The Art of Aria Lithographs (19:54 ) Ichi and Mushi-shi Live Action Films Screen at the Asian Film Festival of Dallas (18:18 ) Viz Pictures Licenses the Combat Action Comedy Film Battle League Horumo (14:59 ) Kyoto Seika to Launch Japan's 1st Manga Graduate Program (13:45 ) Kris Ferber from Albany, New York Outduels More Than 1200 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Trading Card Game Enthusiasts to Win Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.'s United States 2009 National Championship (13:26 ) Daily Briefs (12:57 ) Translator Schodt Receives Government Award, Speaks in L.A. (12:56 ) Photo Op at 1/1-Scale Gundam's Shoulder Auctioned (Update 3) (11:55 ) Cromartie High School's Nonaka Starts Double J Manga (11:46 ) Gundam ZZ BD-Boxes to Ship with 'Gundam Frag' CG Shorts (10:39 ) Digital Manga, Go!, Harlequin Add Books to iPhone, Kindle (09:59 ) Exile: “The Next Door ‐Indestructible ‐ featuring Flo Rida” (03:50 ) Monday, Jul 13, 2009 [11] Japan's Animation TV Ranking, June 29-July 5 (21:58 ) Juné Manga, 801 Media Lists New Boys-Love Manga, Dates (21:33 ) Battle Fantasia Arrives on PlayStation Network, Fall 2009 (18:47 ) Shizukanaru Don Manga Gets 2nd Live-Action Film (18:22 ) Production I.G's Oblivion Island Film Trailers Streamed (16:05 ) Crunchyroll Adds New Titles - The Demi-Gods & Semi-Devils, C.I.B. Files, The Hot, the Cool, and the Vicious, The Six Directions of Boxing and The Shaolin Brothers - from Tai Seng Entertainment (14:47 ) Lucky Star Manga Vol. 1 to Get Second Printing (14:02 ) Ai Ohtsuka's Love Letter Concert DVDs to Bundle Anime (13:49 ) Aniplex Launches So-Ra-No-Wo-To Project (09:31 ) Hideo Yamamoto's Homunculus Manga Returns from 1-Year Break (04:43 ) Live-Action Blood Film Opens with US$110,029 (04:09 ) Sunday, Jul 12, 2009 [9] Saki #15's Animation Credited to Picture Magic, not Gonzo (22:51 ) Shokotan: Sukashi Kashipan Man Gets U.S. Live-Action Project (22:04 ) KamikazeCon Announces 2010 Annual Event and First Round of Guests (19:30 ) Otakon® Pre-Reg Higher Than Expected (16:55 ) Comic-Con Int'l to Host Ikki Mag Editor Hideki Egami (16:45 ) Supanova Perth 2009 (16:00 ) Kuroshitsuji Manga Begins English Run in Yen Plus Mag (15:39 ) Full 20th Century Boys Trilogy at New York Anime Fest (08:05 ) Macross Concerts Planned with Singers from 3 Series (06:58 ) Saturday, Jul 11, 2009 [3] Aki Sora's 3rd Manga Volume to Bundle Anime DVD (Updated 2) (13:16 ) Madhouse Head to Offer 1st Look at Marvel Anime at CCI (04:37 ) Gundam 00 Special Edition to Ship in Japan in October (00:42 ) Friday, Jul 10, 2009 [18] Live-Action Blood: The Last Vampire Film Opens in U.S. (23:50 ) Lantis Produces Goulart Knights, Its 1st Original Anime (22:16 ) Jrock Finds Its Way into Homes via Anime Network's Exciting New TV Show, Bento Beatbox Presented by JrockRevolution.com (20:14 ) Go! Comi and Zeitgeist Games Announce “Japan Ai – The iPhone App” (19:01 ) Alteil.com Announces One Year Anniversary Saturday July 11 (18:54 ) Otakon Musical Guest MELL Interview on Tainted Reality Tonight (18:30 ) Tokyo Game Show Tour Info Now Up (17:42 ) Zetsuai 1989 Director Takuji Endo Passes Away (15:43 ) New York Times Manga Best Seller List, June 28-July 4 (13:45 ) Stan Lee & Bones' Planned Heroman Anime Gets Manga (13:18 ) Voice Actor/Dub Director Mike McFarland
to Appear at Otakon® 2009 (12:44 ) Otakon® to Host East Coast Premiere of English Dub of New Evangelion Movie (12:28 ) 1/1-Scale 'Life-Size' Gundam (Finally, Really) Completed (Update 3) (10:28 ) Sora no Otoshimono, Tatakau Shisho Promos Streamed (09:51 ) Blood: The Last Vampire (08:07 ) Kikansha Yaemon Gets Japan's 1st Full 3D Film Release (01:31 ) Acerola Drink's Acerola-chan Mascot Gets Anime Shorts (00:57 ) Sword of the Stranger's Masahiro Ando Interviewed (00:25 ) Thursday, Jul 9, 2009 [19] Daily Briefs (23:58 ) Japanese Anime TV Ranking, June 15-21 (23:57 ) Naruto Season 2 Animated Series to Debut on DVD in Brazil as Viz Media Licenses Home Entertainment Rights to Playarte Pictures (22:18 ) Naruto Season 2 to Debut in Brazil! (22:18 ) 4Kids Streams Sonic X Preview Clip with English Subs (21:20 ) Tamagotchi TV Anime to Premiere in October (Update 2) (20:37 ) Viz Media's Honey and Clover Anime Now Available on the iTunes Store (17:04 ) New York Times Manga Best Seller List, June 21-27 (15:46 ) Momocon Announces Momocon on Tour, Dance, and Photoshoot Series (15:28 ) Whack-A-Nerd for Charity at Anime Festival Orlando (15:11 ) Crunchyroll Streams 'Altered' Charger Girl Ju-den Chan (14:12 ) Hulu Anime Program Alert (12:11 ) Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game United States 2009 National Championship Scheduled for Pittsburgh's David L. Lawrence Convention Center July 10 - 12 (11:28 ) Shonen Sunday 1983 Book Honors Manga Magazine's Heyday (11:02 ) Cencoroll Film's Ad Streamed for August 22 Opening (10:41 ) Minori Chihara Goes to Malaysia's DaiCon This Weekend (09:44 ) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' Comic-Con Agenda is Full of “Firsts” (03:00 ) Spice and Wolf II's Act 0 to Also Ship with 1st J BD (02:45 ) Charger Girl, Ju-den Chan Electrifies Crunchyroll (01:21 ) Wednesday, Jul 8, 2009 [14] Viz to Launch Shonen Sunday Imprint with Rin-ne Manga (22:49 ) Kinokuniya Bookstore will Participate in Otakon 2009 Featuring Leading Japan “Gothic Lolita” Vlothing Labels “ Angelic Pretty”, ”Metamorphose”, ” Victorian Maiden” and “Visible” (22:37 ) Viz Media's Newest Imprint, Shonen Sunday, Will Release the First Manga to Ever Be Published Simultaneously in Japan and North America (21:42 ) Madman Entertainment adds new videos to Screening Room+ (21:21 ) Daily Briefs (21:01 ) Japanese Comic Ranking, June 29-July 5 (18:04 ) Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Rides into San Diego Comic-Con International with Special Panel Presentation and Screening (17:34 ) Final Kara no Kyoukai Film's Trailer, Ad Streamed (13:58 ) Kirarin's Nakahara Starts Kururun– Rieru Change! Manga (12:50 ) Japanese Box Office, June 27-28 (11:51 ) Tower of Druaga competition extended! (11:44 ) Producer Plans 3rd & Final Shana Series after S OVA (11:21 ) Nana, Honey & Clover Anime Sold on iTunes in N. America (05:49 ) Vexille's Sori to Animate 2001 Nights Manga's To Story (03:55 ) Tuesday, Jul 7, 2009 [17] Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, June 29-July 5 (22:14 ) Juné Manga Adds Makoto Tateno's Yellow 2 Boys-Love Manga (Update 2) (20:45 ) Viz Media's Nana Anime Now Available on the iTunes Store (20:19 ) Rockin' Android's Acceleration of Suguri Available for Download on Gamersgate and Direct2Drive (19:59 ) Crunchyroll Continues Streams of Tai Seng Entertainment Dramas Twin of Brothers and the New Heaven Sword and the Martial Arts Theater Collection Titles (19:40 ) Vertical Vednesday - A Sporting Chance (19:37 ) Viz Media Announces the U.S. Premiere of Bleach the Movie 2: The DiamondDust Rebellion at Viz Cinema in San Francisco for Two Nights Only (19:06 ) Viz Adds Live-Action 20th Century Boys Film Trilogy (14:51 ) Atlus to Bring Japanese Brawler Kenka Bancho 3™ for PSP®(Playstation®Portable) System to North America; Fans to Be Given Opportunity to Contribute to Naming Process (13:27 ) Yoshiyuki Tomino Reportedly on 'Ring of Gundam' Short (13:03 ) Viz Pictures Licenses Landmark 20th Century Boys Trilogy of Films (12:17 ) Hyde's (L'Arc-en-Ciel) First Best Album, “Hyde” is Out Today!! (via iTunes and Other Major Online Music Stores) (12:10 ) Broken Blade Fantasy Robot Manga Gets Anime Green-Lit (11:33 ) New Shana Anime to Be Shakugan no Shana S OVA Series (10:05 ) Kūchū Buranko Short Stories Get TV Anime Green-Lit (09:47 ) Shun Oguri's Tajomaru Film to Spawn Anime, Manga (01:45 ) Otakuthon 2009 Announces Complete Guest List (01:01 ) Monday, Jul 6, 2009 [9] Japanese Anime TV Ranking, June 8-14 (23:57 ) Nodame Cantabile's 3rd TV Anime to Be Its Finale (23:20 ) I.G Confirms License of Jin-Roh's Live-Action Rights (18:40 ) Happy Cafe, .hack//CELL, Kokaku Listed by Amazon (17:41 ) 13 Osamu Tezuka Anime Shorts Ship on U.S. DVD on July 28 (16:51 ) Japanese Art Festival Hosts Exclusive Screening of New Ghibli Title (14:50 ) Haruhi Suzumiya #8-12 Streamed with English Subs (13:03 ) Denpa teki na Kanojo, Iron Vendetta Promos Streamed (12:15 ) Daily Briefs (05:04 ) Sunday, Jul 5, 2009 [12] Toriko, Yu-Gi-Oh! 10th Special Anime Shorts Announced (23:35 ) Anime Expo® 2009 Continues to Hold the Title of Nation's Largest Anme and Manga Event with a Record Number of Over 44,000 in Attendance (21:03 ) MangaGamer.com Acquires Shuffle! Romance Visual Novel (19:27 ) Production I.G Confirms Involvement in Animated Dante's Inferno Project (16:32 ) Xseed to Import The Sky Crawlers Game for U.S. Wii (16:20 ) Viz Media Delights Fans with Announcement of Accelerated Publishing Schedule for Hit Pirate Manga Series One Piece (16:16 ) NCM Fathom Teams Again with Bandai Entertainment to Bring Exclusive One-Night Anime Event to the Big Screen This Fall (16:15 ) MangaGamer.com Acquires Higurashi: When They Cry Visual Novels (Update 2) (15:02 ) Crunchyroll Adds Kanamemo, Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō, Jūden-chan (14:28 ) JAST USA Licenses Nitroplus Games for English Release (13:58 ) Anime Expo® 2009 Continues Strong into Day 4 as the Nation's Largest Anime and Manga Convention (11:19 ) New Convention Website Connects Fans with Conventions, and Roommates (10:30 ) Saturday, Jul 4, 2009 [12] Namco Bandai Gets N. 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