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A new homepage has opened announcing that next year animation studio Bones will produce an anime television series adaptation of Shoutaro Ishinomori’s manga The Skull Man.

Source: Moon Phase

The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming sci-fi action television series Kissdum ENGAGE Planet is now open. The series will be animated by Satelight, the studio behind anime including Noein, Aquarion, Macross Zero, and Arjuna.

Source: Moon Phase

The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming Keitai Shoujo (”Cel Phone Girl”) anime series is now open.

Source: Moon Phase

The official homepage for the anime variety show “Short DE Anime Damashii” is now open. The 30 minute program will include animated shorts such as Neko Ramen and Kasan’in Desu ga Nani ka? The first episode is scheduled to premier on December 28th.

Source: Moon Phase

Game News Site EG reports that a “Bakuretsu Tenshi -Infinity-” (Burst Angel -Infinity-) DVD set will be released on Japan on March 23rd. The 10,290 yen double disc set will feature a new Bakuretsu Tenshi OAV titled “Jo & Meg’s Blues,” a digest summary of the television series, footage from the 2005 Anime Expo premier of the Burst Angel OAV, trailers, and a 60 page book.

Source: Rakuga Kidou

Tecmo is currently developing “Bastard!! Online” a game based on Kazushi Hagiwara’s popular sword and sorcery manga series. A 2:12 full CG promotional movie for the game will be available for viewing on the official homepage until the 31st. A higher resolution, downloadable version is available from 4Gamer.

Source: Rakuga Kidou

Question:
I have a habit of buying manga (and sometimes even anime) and never getting the chance to read it. Then I see more that I want and end up buying more while I still have some left to read! Do you think this is a problem?

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Question:
It’s been a long time since Toonami stopped showing Gundam Series like Mobile Suit Gundam, Gundam Wing, and Gundam Seed. Cartoon Network also banned the whole series of and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny before they ever came on the air. Bandai Toys have stop producing Mobile Suit Gundam toys and model kits and stopped sending Gundam merchandise to stores everywhere. I am a huge fan of the gundam series. So tell me. Why all Gundam anime series are not popular in North America anymore?

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Bandai Entertainment has formally announced its acquisition of North American distribution rights to the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime television series.

Source: Anime on DVD

The Japan Academy Prize, the Japanese equivalent of America’s Motion Picture Association, has announced that the 2006 awards will include an “Animation of the Year” category for the first time in the presentation’s 30 year history. This year’s nominations are:

Arashi no Yoru ni
Gedo Senki
Toki wo Kakeru Shojo
Brave Story
Detective Conan 10th Movie: Tantei Tachi no Requiem

Winners will be announced on February 16, 2007.

Source: Anime News Network

The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming Potemayo anime television series is now open.

Source: Moon Phase

The “obi” found on the new tenth Zero no Tsukaima novel includes an announcement that there will be a second Zero no Tsukaima anime series.

Source: Moon Phase

Japan’s Comic High Magazine has announced that Haruka Ogataya’s comedy manga serial Potemayo will be adapted into an anime next year.

Source: Moon Phase

Geneon has revealed its acquisition of translation rights to the early 2006 anime TV series Ayakashi ~Japanese Classic Horror~. The first domestic DVD will be released on March 20, 2007.

Source: Anime on DVD

Media Blasters will release an English translation of the first volume of Ai Morinaga’s shoujo comedy manga “The Gorgeous Life of Strawberry-chan” (”Strawberry-chan no Karei Seikatsu”) in June 2007. The second, concluding volume will be released in September 2007.

Source: ICv2