News - June 2009
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- Daily Briefs (23:26)
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, June 22-28 (22:48)
- Futabasha Confirms Support for U.S. Old Boy Film Plans (18:32)
- 4°C's First Squad Wins Award at Moscow Int'l Fim Fest (16:32)
- Red Colored Elegy, Solanin, Witchblade Get Harvey Nods (11:28)
- Youka Nitta to Print Last Embracing Love Book in Fall (10:39)
- Animators Split on Proposed National Media Arts Center (Updated) (04:46)
- Toei Robot Girls Site Launches with 4-Panel Manga (02:08)
- Director Ishiguro, Designer Matsubara to attend Otakon (Updated) (21:05)
- Studio Ghibli Finishes Drawings for New Museum Short (15:17)
- Tsubasa Actress Yui Makino to Appear at NY Anime Fest (14:36)
- Evangelion:2.0 Opens at #1 with 512 Million Yen (12:45)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season Debuts on U.S. TV (11:15)
- Japanese Box Office, June 20-21 (08:53)
- Haruhi Suzumiya Anime Officially Posted in English on YouTube (08:18)
- Tokyo Stock Exchange to Delist Gonzo on July 30 (07:57)
- New Kanokon Anime Reportedly in Planning Stages (Update 2) (00:42)
- Natsu no Arashi! Anime Gets 2nd Season Green-Lit (Updated) (00:35)
- Sensual Phrase's Mayu Shinjo to Launch Manga in August (15:40)
- Japanese Anime TV Ranking, June 1-7 (14:54)
- New Macross Manga Launches in Japan's Macross Ace Mag (13:32)
- Japanese Box Office, June 13-14 (23:57)
- L.A. Times: Miyazaki at San Diego's Comic-Con Int'l (23:23)
- 3rd Evangelion Remake Film to be Titled Q quickening (Updated) (16:35)
- New Gundam Manga Launching in Japan's Gundam Ace Mag (12:44)
- Fairy Tail Manga Gets TV Anime Green-Lit for Fall (Updated) (23:41)
- Eden of the East, Spice & Wolf II's Promos Streamed (Updated) (21:10)
- Google Chrome Web Browser Gets Its Own Japanese Manga (18:43)
- Daily Briefs (17:26)
- Nana's Ai Yazawa Puts Manga on Hold Due to Illness (15:18)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, June 14-20 (13:00)
- Macross Frontier's Second Theatrical Film Confirmed (Updated) (10:15)
- U.S. Anime Sales Drop Only 2% in Q1 2009 vs. Q1 2008 (09:42)
- Spielberg Still Has Oldboy Plans Despite Korean Suit (03:31)
- Miku Sakamoto to End Ai no Moto ni Tsudoe Manga (23:57)
- 2 New Live-Action Blood: The Last Vampire Clips Posted (23:34)
- Group Discusses Lucky Star Uniforms to Boost Local Tourism (18:18)
- Funimation Portal Streams New Fullmetal Alchemist Again (16:42)
- Ichigo 100%'s Mizuki Kawashita to Launch Anedoki— Manga (09:09)
- Kamen Rider Double to Premiere in Japan in September (08:25)
- Bokurano Manga Ends in Japan's Ikki Magazine (07:47)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Asura Cryin' 2 TV Series Green-Lit for Fall (Updated) (21:44)
- K-On! Gets Non-4-Panel Flashback Manga Special (20:02)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, June 15-21 (Updated) (18:31)
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, June 8-14 (14:43)
- Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine to Launch in September (13:08)
- Diamond Cancels Some July Manga/Anime Related Orders (10:21)
- Macross Frontier Movie Scheduled for November 21 (09:16)
- 18-m Tetsujin 28/Gigantor Statue's Construction Video Streamed (08:31)
- 11eyes Game Gets TV Anime, Manga Adaptation Green-Lit (Updated) (07:39)
- Daily Briefs (22:02)
- Madhouse Studio Co-Founder Maruyama Returns to Otakon (16:20)
- Hatsune Miku Virtual Singer's New CD in Weekly Top 10 (13:23)
- Aoi Hana's TV Ad, Promo, Production Video Streamed (11:56)
- CLAMP's xxxHOLiC Original Anime DVD Sequel Green-Lit (11:22)
- Ponyo's U.S. Trailer Now Streaming by Apple (Updated) (02:59)
- Ontama! Manga Reportedly Gets Net Anime Adaptation (Update 2) (02:34)
- Japanese Anime TV Ranking, May 25-31 (21:17)
- Japanese Box Office, June 6-7 (20:56)
- Live-Action Blood: The Last Vampire's New Clips Posted (18:27)
- Live-action Ashita no Joe Helmer Yasuharu Hasebe Dies (15:27)
- Anime Network Expands into Online HD Videos (14:55)
- The Sacred Blacksmith Anime's Promo Video Streamed (12:29)
- New Manga from Hanaukyo, Chaosic Rune, D.C. Creators (10:08)
- Japanese Anime TV Ranking, May 18-24 (23:57)
- Shiawase Kissa 3-chōme Shōjo Manga Nears Its End (23:50)
- Japanese Box Office, May 30-31 (16:00)
- University's Open Campus Site Includes K-On! Cameos (14:50)
- Japanese Anime TV Ranking, May 11-17 (23:57)
- Baton Animation by Azumi's Kitamura Posts New Trailer (11:17)
- S.A.'s Maki Minami Launches Seiyū ka—! Shōjo Manga (11:03)
- Yumi Nakata's Chu-Bra!! Manga Gets Anime Green-Lit (Updated) (10:02)
- Hangry & Angry's Hitomi Yoshizawa Attends Anime Expo (02:35)
- Appleseed, Ubunchu, Walking' Butterfly Posted on iPhone (22:23)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, June 7-13 (17:01)
- New Moribito Episodes Start on Adult Swim on August 22 (13:43)
- Gundam's Yoshiyuki Tomino to Appear at NY Anime Fest (12:00)
- Toyama Animators Produce Shorts to Promote Tourism (02:33)
- Tonari no 801-chan Anime Short Green-Lit (Update 3) (00:36)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Voice Actress Kikuko Inoue to Appear at Otakon (23:24)
- Astro Boy, Blood, Spice and Wolf II Promos Streamed (15:36)
- Eden of the East Gets Two Theatrical Films Green-Lit (13:12)
- U.S. Appeals Court Declines to Hear Dwight Whorley's Case (11:06)
- Top-Selling Animation/Manga DVDs in Japan, 1st Half of 2009 (04:20)
- Final Fantasy VII: ACC Was #2 U.S. BD in First Week (00:44)
- Black Lagoon, Hayate's Mell to Sing at Otakon (00:14)
- Daily Briefs (23:36)
- Queen's Blade's 2nd Season Green-Lit (Update 2) (19:53)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, June 8-14 (Updated) (17:37)
- Sengoku Basara's 2nd Anime Season to Premiere in 2010 (Updated) (13:33)
- 2nd Bakemonogatari Promo, Summers Wars TV Ad Posted (12:01)
- Old Boy Publisher Sues Korean Studio Over U.S. Film Rights (11:41)
- Tales of Vesperia, Canaan, Aika Zero Promos Streamed (08:21)
- Hyde & K.A.Z.'s Vamps Band to Appear at Otakon (07:39)
- Eyeshield 21 Football Manga Ends in Japan After 7 Years (06:37)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- The World I Create, Stolen Hearts Manga Listed by Amazon.ca (23:10)
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, June 8-14 (22:37)
- Summer Wars Trailer Streamed from TokiKake Director (11:47)
- Utena Director Ikuhara Works on New Anime's Opening (08:13)
- Tomoko Ninomiya's Appendicitis Puts Nodame on Hold (07:12)
- Gokusen Manga to Return in 2 Installments Next Month (06:46)
- Junko Mizuno to Appear at Toronto Exhibit on Thursday (06:09)
- Funimation Writer Spencer Prokop Passes Away at 51 (05:54)
- Hayao Miyazaki to Appear in S. California on July 28 (Updated) (16:44)
- Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 1st Half of 2009 (Updated) (15:03)
- Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 1st Half of 2009 (Updated) (14:37)
- Bones' Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 Promo Short Streamed (Updated) (13:10)
- Umineko no Naku Koro ni Anime's Promo Video Streamed (12:36)
- Hello Kitty Theme Park Proposed in China for 2013 (06:06)
- Last Gasp Adds Strange Tale of Panorama Island Manga (04:54)
- Stereopony Girl Band's Members to Be Animated in Movie (04:11)
- Sea Story Fantasy TV Anime's Opening Sequence Streamed (Updated) (03:39)
- Kimi ni Todoke Manga to Resume in Japan in September (01:34)
- Japanese Box Office, May 23-24 (23:54)
- Ghibli's Ocean Waves DVD Dated for August 17 in U.K. (15:21)
- Life-Size Gundam Statue's Special Effects on Video (12:33)
- Tatakau Shisho Series Novels Reportedly Get Anime (Updated) (10:55)
- Kuroshitsuji Anime's Second Season Green-Lit (Updated) (10:31)
- Funimation Brings Its Web Video Player Back Online (21:17)
- 18-Meter Life-Size Gundam's Videos, Night Shots Posted (17:17)
- BokuKimi, Kaiji's Live-Action Film Teasers Streamed (16:09)
- Metrocon Posts Statement After Founder's Arrest (14:02)
- Kannagi/Lucky Star Director Yutaka Yamamoto at Otakon (12:40)
- Eva:1.0 Film on 70+ N. American Screens This Summer (Updated) (20:29)
- Sequel to Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger Being Planned (18:07)
- Afro Samurai Creator Takashi Okazaki at Anime Expo (Updated) (12:50)
- Del Rey Adds Samurai Deeper Kyo, Wild @ Heart Manga (12:34)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, May 31-June 6 (11:32)
- 5th Sgt. Frog Super Movie Confirmed in Japan for 2010 (10:51)
- Daily Briefs (10:29)
- Survey: K-ON's Mio, Reborn's Hibari are #1 Bride, Groom (09:42)
- King of Thorn Manga Gets Film Adaptation in 2010 (Updated) (06:53)
- Juné Manga to Print Boys-Love Works on Pre-Order Demand (06:32)
- Media Blasters Acquires Blade of the Immortal Anime (06:00)
- Monster's Kojima, Madhouse Reveal Tibetan Dog Anime Film (Updated) (18:29)
- Vampire Hunter D Manga on Kindle, P.S. Triple on iPhone (17:44)
- Kawamori, Arias, Pierrot CEO, Kelts to Speak in NY School (15:15)
- Oshii's Musashi to Play at Korean, Swiss Film Fests (09:40)
- Doujin Work's Hiroyuki to Oversee New Comic Gear Mag (Updated) (09:10)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Inubaka Pet Comedy Manga Gets Live-Action Film in Fall (19:02)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, June 1-7 (Updated) (18:29)
- Spice & Wolf II, FMA Premium, Air Doll Promos Posted (14:00)
- Ai Kawashima's Symphony in August Film to Open in August (Update 2) (11:51)
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, June 1-7 (11:20)
- Nodame Cantabile Backstage Manga Miniseries Planned (09:59)
- Basquash Director Shin Itagaki Reportedly Replaced (Updated) (09:03)
- Terminator to Make Cameo in Doraemon Anime (Updated) (20:40)
- Live-Action Blood Film to Play at Wizard World Philadelphia (20:25)
- Tokyopop Reschedules More Aria, Tactics Manga Volumes (Updated) (18:30)
- Suzuka's Kouji Seo Designs 'High School Girl Kimchi' (17:19)
- Digital Manga Publishing Sells Directly to Retailers (12:16)
- 18-Meter 'Life-size' Gundam Statue Nears Completion (10:47)
- Rayearth & Pokémon's Naomi Tamura to Sing at Otakon (03:41)
- Shokotan Goes to Hong Kong, Halko Goes to UK in Summer (21:24)
- Nana Mizuki is 1st Seiyū with #1 Album in Weekly Charts (Updated) (20:39)
- Central Park Media's Licenses Offered by Liquidator (18:22)
- Japanese Task Force Calls Anime Museum 'Unnecessary' (14:25)
- Reborn Staff Creates Video for Aya Ueto's 'Smile for…' (03:49)
- Twilight Actor Cam Gigandet to Co-Star in Priest Film (Updated) (01:21)
- Japanese Anime TV Ranking, May 4-10 (23:57)
- Junko Mizuno Confirmed for Marvel's Strange Tales Max (14:09)
- Japanese Box Office, May 16-17 (13:23)
- Yumeiro Pâtissière Baking Manga Gets TV Anime in October (12:02)
- Terminator 4 Director McG: I Love Sailor Moon, Akihabara (11:48)
- Ai No Kusabi Offered on Amazon Kindle E-Book Devices (23:57)
- Beyblade: Metal Fusion to Debut in U.S. in Fall 2010 (08:33)
- Sekai no Mago Manga Creator Sabe Passes Away at 41 (07:27)
- NY Int'l Children's Film Fest to Play Ponyo Excerpts (06:38)
- S. California Digital TV Station Adds Haruhi Suzumiya (18:36)
- Lain's Head Writer, Director Join ABe on Despera (Updated) (15:30)
- Sea Story Fantasy TV Anime's 2nd Promo Video Streamed (13:16)
- Akikan! Hot Spring OVA Episode's Promo Video Streamed (13:01)
- 20,000 Evangelion Mobile Phones Sell Out in 5 Hours (12:07)
- Rica Takashima at NYC's MOCCA Festival This Weekend (11:26)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, May 24-30 (10:46)
- Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō Shodōbu Manga Gets Drama Series (23:57)
- 3rd Live-Action 20th Century Boys Film Trailer Posted (23:43)
- Ponyo to Open on 800 U.S. Screens, Blood on at Least 11 (20:10)
- 1st Gurren Lagann Film's Subbed U.S. Premiere at AX (16:07)
- Pokemon's 3D Shorts Return to Theaters with New Ending (13:58)
- Martial Arts Actor David Carradine Passes Away at 72 (12:54)
- Antique's N. American Premiere in NY Asian Film Fest (Updated) (12:25)
- Phantom Episode 10 Leaked 1 Day Before Japan's Debut (21:40)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, May 25-31 (Updated) (20:28)
- Funimation.com Streams 2009 Fullmetal Alchemist Again (17:39)
- ADV Adds Former CPM Title Darkside Blues (14:08)
- Saru Lock Action Comedy Manga to Get TV Drama, Film (11:48)
- Gonzo's Earnings Rise, But So Do Losses in Annual Results (09:21)
- Hanamaru Kindergarten Anime Green-Lit with Gainax (08:19)
- Darker than Black TV Anime Sequel Green-Lit (08:10)
- Eva:1.11 Sells 49,000 in 1st Week as #1 BD So Far (23:58)
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, May 25-31 (23:57)
- Mai-Mai Miracle Film's English-Subbed Trailer Posted (17:23)
- Gundam 00 & Loveless' Yun Kouga Comes to Anime Expo (16:27)
- Sentai Filmworks Reissues Daphne, Kannazuki, Dokkoida (11:22)
- Daily Briefs (11:07)
- Lucky Star Underpants for Sale in Japan (10:06)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Anime Network Posts Detective Loki, Rune Soldier (23:56)
- Kuroshitsuji & Ultraviolet's Becca to Sing at Otakon (21:50)
- Beck Rock Manga Gets Live-Action Film with Hiro Mizushima (18:41)
- The Obama Story Manhwa Biography Published in U.S. (14:39)
- Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas' New Trailer Streamed (12:24)
- New Shakugan no Shana Anime in Development Revealed (Updated) (11:58)
- Hayao Miyazaki Considers Drawing Porco Rosso Sequel (Updated) (08:35)