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Crunchyroll’s lineup list of officially licensed digital distribution programming has revealed a number of previously unannounced anime titles.

Discotek has announced plans for a May release of the 1986 Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) anime motion picture. The release will be America’s first

The Rakuten online store’s listing for Karuho Shiina’s shoujo manga series Kimi ni Todoke includes a small image caption reporting that a live action television drama adaptation of

Following Lucky Star creator Yoshimizu Kagami’s move out of his Satte City home last May, the the Satte City Commerce and Industry Association has secured permission and a

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FUNimation has wrapped up its 2008 “New Show A-Go-Go!!” acquisition announcement with word that Samurai Champloo will be re-released as a DVD boxed set in 2009. Geneon initially

Game developer Hudson Soft (Bomberman, Kita e) and animation studio Fanworks (Hanoka) have formally launched their Decodeco Town multimedia franchise with a website, online anime, online manga, a

The official homepage of the Chocolate Underground web anime series from earlier this year now hosts a streaming trailer for next year’s Chocolate Underground movie. The feature film,

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A variety of trailers for upcoming anime productions recorded at the recent 75th bi-annual Comic Market convention have turned up on YouTube, including: Asu no Yoichi Hatsukoi Limited

Crunchyroll has formally announced plans to begin online broadcast of the Eyeshield 21 anime series on January 2, 2009. The first eight episodes will be available for ad-supported

Joost now officially hosts the final episode of the first Naruto television series, subtitled and uncut. In episode 220, Gaara transforms into Shukaku the sand spirit and wins

FUNimation has formally announced its sixth Geneon “license rescue,” the 2003 Gungrave television series. Unlike this week’s previous former Geneon catalog acquisitions that have been re-licensed through their

ICv2 has revealed its rankings of the top 10 most popular anime and top 25 manga titles in America during September, October, and early November 2008. The ICv2

A new Japanese print advertisement has revealed that the recently announced anime adaptation of saxyun’s slice-of-life comedy manga Yurumeitsu will be an OVA released next spring. Source: Anime