Month: December 2006

The official Japanese homepage for the Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni anime has formally announced plans for a second series. Source: Moon Phase

Broccoli has announced its acquisition of translation rights to four new manga series: Angel Food Cake in a Box Calendar Girls Madadane Murder Princess Source: Anime on DVD

4Kids Marketing Director Roz Nowicki has confirmed that 4Kids Entertainment will not adapt additional episodes of One Piece. 4Kids has dubbed 104 episodes of the series into English,

The official Detective Conan movie homepage has formally announced that the franchise’s eleventh motion picture, “Meitantei Conan: Konbeki no Kan” (Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure)

TOKYOPOP has announced that it has shipped two million copies of its 15 published volumes of Natsuki Takaya’s Fruits Basket manga, making it TOKYOPOP’s best selling title. Source:

Bandai Visual’s video distribution sub-division Honneamise has opened a MySpace page. The page currently hosts a clip from Gunbuster and assorted downloads. Source: Akadot

The Anime Network has announced that “Best Student Council” (Gokujo Seitokai) episode 1 will premier on Anime Network Video on Demand on December 28th. The full length first

Question: Will the Dirty Pair TV series ever be released in the US? ADV licensed and released all the movies plus the OVA series some time ago, but

The AnimeFF convention, scheduled for January 13 & 14 in Las Vegas, Nevada, will host a fan art contest with a breast cancer theme. Furthermore, all proceeds from

Media Works has announced that Ryohgo Narita’s “Baccano” series of crime, mystery period novels will be adapted into an anime television series. Source: Moon Phase

The NHK Television network has announced that a 26 episode anime television series titled “Kaze no Shoujo Emily ~ Emily of New Moon~,” based on the Emily Starr

The Kyoto International Manga Museum opened in Kyoto, Japan on November 25th. The museum presently houses 200,000 items, making it Japan’s largest archive of manga material. The museum

Question: I am very interested in becoming a writer for anime or manga without having to draw. I just want to be the person to create the storylines

Right Stuf has scheduled release dates for two new anime titles. To Heart volume 1 will retail at $19.99 beginning February 27, 2007. The adult anime title Countdown

The Prince of Tennis and MÄR anime television series will premier on Toonami beginning December 23rd at 10 p.m. Eastern time. Source: Anime News Network