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Seven Seas has announced its acquisition of translation rights to two new manga series:

He Is My Master, by Mattsu & Tsubaki Asu
Souta-Kun no Akihabara Funtouki, by Suzuki Jirou

Source: Anime News Network

TV Tokyo has opened its official homepage for the upcoming Naruto Shippuuden anime television series.

Source: Moon Phase

An advertisement published in the latest issue of Japan’s Shonen Jump Magazine announces that a new Naruto television series, titled “Naruto Shippuuden” (Naruto ~ Hurricane Legend) will premier early next year. The new series will return to directly adapting Masashi Kishimoto’s original manga. The current Naruto television series has been broadcasting original stories for over a year.

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The official homepage for the Ikkitousen ~ Dragon Destiny anime television series is now online. The series, scheduled to debut next year, will be the second Ikkitousen anime series.

Source: Moon Phase

The third episode of online anime series Ayumayu Theater, a spin-off from Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, is now available for free online viewing. The episode will be available until December 7th.

Source: Moon Phase

Animate.tv now hosts a free, streaming version of Asatte no Houkou episode 1. The episode is DRM encoded and will be available for viewing until December 28th.

Source: Rakuga Kidou

The WOWOW page for Reideen, Production IG’s remake of the 1975 mecha anime series Yuusha Raideen, now hosts a 30 second and a 120 second streaming Windows Media trailer. Reideen is scheduled to premier next March.

Source: Moon Phase

The official Japanese homepage for Gonzo’s anime adaptation of Kitou Mohiro’s mecha/horror manga series Bokurano is now online. The anime is scheduled to premier next year.

Source: Moon Phase

The official Japanese homepage for Bee Train’s upcoming OAV Murder Princess is now open. The 23 minute first episode of the five episode series will be released on April 25, 2007.

Source: Moon Phase

Midnight Eye has published an exclusive new interview with Paprika director Satoshi Kon.

Source: Twitch

The official website for the French theatrical release of anime film Paprika is now online. The site’s “BANDE ANNONCE” section hosts a new English language narrated trailer (”VO”) featuring extensive footage not contained in any previous trailers.

Source: Twitch

Big Comic Superior Magazine has announced that Yasuo Otagaki’s science fiction manga Moonlight Mile will be adapted into anime. Moon Phase reports that the anime will be a television series broadcast on the WOWOW network.

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Ga-nime, in association with Toei Animation, has announced two new anime OAVs.

Eko Eko Azarak, based on the horror manga serial by Shinichi Koga, will be released on Japanese DVD on January 30, 2007.

Tori no Uta will be written, drawn, and directed by famed illustrator Yoshitaka Amano. The OAV will be released on Japanese DVD on January 30, 2007. Tori no Uta will be Amano’s second work for Ga-nime. His Fantascope ~tylostoma~ OAV was released on Japanese DVD on August 1, 2006.

Anime News Service also reports that Ga-nime will produce an OAV titled “A Day of a Girl @TYO” for Japanese release in March. The OAV will feature character designs by Haruhiko Mikimoto.