At this past weekend’s San Diego Comic Con, Yen Press announced its acquisition of a number of print titles: Cat Paradise manga by Yuji Iwahara Cirque du Freak
The September issues of Dengeki Daioh and Comic Alive magazines have announced that Nitroplus and 5pb.’s psychological suspense visual novel game Chaos;Head will be adapted into an anime
Reportedly the September issue of Megami Magazine reveals the development of “Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 1st,” a feature film based on the cult hit Magical Girl
A second season of the Junjo Romantica anime television series has been scheduled to premier in October. The first season concluded its Japanese television broadcast last month. Source:
Japanese television network NTV has announced that the “Death Note Rewrite 2: L wo Tsugu Mono” (Death Note: Rewrite 2: L’s Successors) TV special will air on August
The official Japanese homepage for the Queen’s Blade anime television series has opened. The Nagoya TV network has launched its official website for the upcoming Battle Spirits ~
TOKYOPOP has formally announced a partnership with Japanese manga publisher Gentosha Comics. TOKYOPOP will provide worldwide (excluding Asia, France, and Italy) sublicensing agency services for Gentosha properties. And
Young Magazine has announced that Korean director Tae-Gyun Kim (Volcano High School) will direct a live action feature adaptation of Koji Matsumoto’s Higanjima supernatural horror manga. Tetsuya Oishi,
Reportedly Sakichi Sato will write, direct, and star in a feature film adaptation of female manga creator “George Asakura’s” romantic crime comedy manga series “Heibon Punch.” The film
The Spike television network has officially announced that Afro Samurai: Resurrection will premier on the network in January 2009. Samuel L. Jackson reprises his starring role as “Afro”
At the current San Diego Comic Con, Del Rey has announced its acquisition of translation rights to: Negima!? Neo manga, by Ken Akamatsu & Takuya Fujima Orange Planet
At the current San Diego Comic Con, Bandai Entertainment announced its acquisition of translation rights to Yoshimizu Kagami’s Lucky Star manga series, the basis for the popular anime
Media Blasters has apparently revealed its acquisition of the 4 episode Dai Mahou Touge OVA series from 2006, director Mizushima Tsutomu’s violent magical girl parody follow-up to his
Japanese publisher Gentosha has announced that Himaruya Hidekazu’s bishonen comedy manga series Hetalia Axis Powers will be adapted into an anime television series. Source: Moon Phase Diary
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of creator Koge Donbo*’s mascot character Di Gi Charat, yesterday the Japanese Nico Nico Douga video hosting site launched the “Nyoko Nyoko Douga”
