News - August 2007
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- New York Anime Festival Brings Maid Cafe to US (20:33)
- Ichigo Ichie Anime Shorts Announced (19:52)
- Alabama Planetarium to Host Anime Program (12:13)
- Wall Street Journal Criticizes Use of Anime to Promote Japan (12:13)
- Videogame Company Hopes to Bring Anime-based Games to US (12:12)
- Pop Japan Travel Accepting Reservations (11:46)
- Life-Size Flying Nausicaä Glider Displayed at WorldCon (10:07)
- Nippon2007, Asia's First WorldCon, Opens (09:59)
- HunterXHunter To Resume Serialization (23:37)
- Those Who Hunt Elves Manga Returns (21:52)
- Seto no Hanayome 17th Episode Broadcast on AT-X Cancelled (18:22)
- Kurenai Anime Adaptation Confirmed (17:31)
- Runners up for Kodansha Manga Contest Announced (16:46)
- Air Episode on ADVFilms.com (11:00)
- Odex Plans More Legal Action Against Downloaders (10:45)
- New York Anime Festival to Host Art Contest (10:04)
- Evangelion 1.0 International Premiere Announced (10:01)
- New York Magazine Continues Manga Previews (09:58)
- Journal Examines Anime Translation Process (09:55)
- USA Today Booklist, August 20-26: All 3 New Naruto Volumes Place (09:54)
- Playwright Bases New Work on Osamu Tezuka's World War II manga (09:48)
- New York Times Interviews Pokemon USA Executive (09:41)
- Sazae-san is Last TV Anime Using Cels, Not Computers (18:17)
- Press Release: ADV and Geneon Announce Strategic Partnership (15:18)
- MAG Garden Releases Aria's 3rd Season's Title, Artwork (12:26)
- Japan's SkyPerfectTV to Air 23 Gundam Works in October (12:02)
- Comcast's Select On Demand to Offer AnimeTV Talk Show (11:32)
- 4Kids to Premiere Sega's Dinosaur King Anime on Fox (10:05)
- Seiyū Yukarin to Play at 15,000-Person Budokan Arena (11:18)
- Gundam 00 Manga to Serialize in Japan's Magazine Z (10:32)
- Speed Racer Film to Use 1967 Song, "Animation" Compositing (09:56)
- 1/1 Votoms Model, Gundam Balloon Float at Japan's C3 (09:24)
- Survey: 5,400 Live in Internet, Manga Cafes in Japan (08:50)
- Aria TV Anime's 3rd Season Greenlit for Production (08:34)
- Appleseed Gets Online Card Game in Japan This Fall (15:48)
- Kadokawa Leaks News on Junjo Romantica Boys-Love Anime (15:25)
- GeGeGe no Kitarō's Original Manga to be Animated (14:54)
- Fictional Game Within Genshiken World Gets Own Manga (14:01)
- 5 Centimeters per Second to Screen in Dallas August 30 (13:02)
- Manga Entertainment Anime Titles to Play on Heavy.com (12:33)
- Supanova Announces Guests for Sydney (12:15)
- PANIC events; Japanese Festival, Masquerade Ball and Competition (12:12)
- Korean Actor to Star in Japanese/Korean City Hunter (12:04)
- Virus Buster Serge to Run on Sci Fi Channel in October (11:30)
- I.G Interviews Maaya Sakamoto, Music Video Creators (11:25)
- Latest Magical Girl Anime, Manga Based on Pachinko Game (16:53)
- My-Otome 0~S.ifr Prequel Video Project Announced (16:14)
- Singapore Anime Distributor Denied Third Court Order (15:41)
- Oshii's Fast Food Grifters to Show at British Festival (15:07)
- Sony Brings Anime Channel to Africa (14:53)
- ADV Takes Over Geneon's Sales, Marketing, Distribution (19:15)
- Christian Manga, Bible with Japanese Artists Announced (14:35)
- 9th One Piece Movie to Open in March, Videos Posted (13:32)
- Go! Comi Runs Black Sun Silver Moon Drawing Contest (10:52)
- ADV Streams Xenosaga's First Episode on IGN for Free (10:35)
- Viz Media Surveys Fans on Online Manga Downloads (10:18)
- New Generation Pictures Opens Shanghai Studio (09:00)
- New Protoculture Addicts eBooks and Discounts (17:45)
- Air Movie Streamed for Free in Japanese (13:56)
- Illustrator Arrested for Allegedly Obscene Manga Sales (13:14)
- Videos for ef, Koharu Biyori, Stranger, Geass Posted (12:26)
- 2nd Gunslinger Girl Airs in Spring with Pinocchio Arc (11:19)
- Moyoco Anno's Hataraki Man to be Made into Live-Action (10:39)
- USA Today Booklist, August 13–19: Fruits Basket Rises to 3rd Best Ever Spot (03:57)
- Japan's Four Big Film Companies Open Official Database (23:57)
- Ring Finger artist, Miki Falls artist, CMX interviewed (23:15)
- Code-E, Devil May Cry, Evangelion Anime Videos Posted (22:58)
- Korean Film Company Invests in ImaginAsian (18:42)
- Animania Sydney announces "Animania Insight" (10:00)
- MPD Psycho Moves from Shōnen Ace Mag to Comic Charge (05:24)
- Shōnen Ace Publishes Extra Issue Devoted to Evangelion (04:26)
- Live-Action Casshern on North American DVD October 16 (21:38)
- Grave of the Fireflies to be Made as Live-Action Film (20:51)
- Aquarion, Miyori no Mori, Sketchbook Videos Posted (13:21)
- Kadokawa Launches New Manga/Toy/Game Info Mag in Japan (12:57)
- Gunslinger Girl's Second Season Officially Announced (12:23)
- Anime on Free-To-Air, GITS:SAC and Noein (10:00)
- British Art Museum Exhibits Rising Stars of Manga (05:33)
- Manga Nominated for "Great Graphic Novels for Teens" (05:19)
- Anime News Network Job Openings (23:11)
- Sequel to Higurashi PC Game Debuts at Comic Market 72 (18:18)
- 550,000 Attend Japan's Comic Market Summer 2007 (15:46)
- Manga Duo naked ape's Switch Heads to Stage, OVA (15:08)
- New York Children's Film Fest to Screen Anime Short (14:34)
- Hana Yori Dango: Final Movie to End Live-Action Drama (14:09)
- Japanese Box Office, August 18–19: Vexille Opens at #9 (12:39)
- Japan's Comic Ryū to Include Free Galactic Heroes Film (11:49)
- Madman August Newsletter - New Acquisitions (11:48)
- JAL Posts Ghibli's "Fly the Skies" Campaign Trailer (11:17)
- Media Blasters Sets Release Dates for New Acquisitions, Series Boxes (22:51)
- A Country Doctor Trailer Released (22:50)
- Yoko Kanno, Heroine's Voice Announced for New Macross (Updated) (09:31)
- Ex Machina Cast, Staff Revealed (20:25)
- Prince of Tennis Adapted as Live-Action Drama in China (10:52)
- Japan's Consulate, JETRO to Sponsor Anime Roundtable (10:01)
- Sydney Manga and Anime Show on Tomorrow! (04:00)
- Stranger Film, Ayakashi Game-Based Anime Videos Posted (00:26)
- DOLL Creator's Embalmer Manga Spawns Live-Action Show (00:22)
- Words of Devotion Yaoi Manga Inspires Live-Action Movie (00:21)
- Anime Expo's Parent Organization Names New CEO (22:39)
- Viz Pictures to Release Lovely Complex Movie (20:59)
- Protoculture Addicts 2005 eBook Compilation (17:58)
- ADV Films Launches News Website, Offers Innocent Venus Episode 1 Preview (17:24)
- Toei Video-On-Demand Poll - Reminder (17:05)
- San Francisco's Tezuka Exhibit Hosts Publishers' Forum (10:45)
- Del Rey Manga Website Relaunches (10:25)
- Death Note Films Come to Austin Film Festival (10:25)
- New On-Demand Cable Channel to Offer Anime (10:20)
- Koyuki Joins Cast of Upcoming Blood Movie (10:18)
- USA Today Booklist, August 6–12: Three Manga Listed (10:13)
- Free Yawara Preview Disc Now Available Online (23:47)
- Manga Used to Educate Japanese Men on Viagra Drug (23:28)
- Mattel Recalls One Piece Figure Due to Small Magnets (23:07)
- MapleStory Online RPG Inspires TV Anime in October (10:10)
- Australia Fines Man for Importing Pornographic Anime (02:03)
- Court Orders Singaporean ISPs to Name Illegal Anime Downloaders (02:02)
- Ghibli Italian Dubber, Manga Guide Author Interviewed (16:03)
- Japanese Box Office, August 11–12: Pokémon, Naruto (12:12)
- Al Jazeera English Reports on Otakon, Anime Fandom (11:57)
- Wai-Con opens pre-registration (11:49)
- New Manga from Sensual Phrase, Cromartie Creators (11:04)
- Viz to Offer Bleach Anime for Download on August 31 (19:01)
- SMASH News Update - Convention Info and Anime Premiere (16:22)
- Madman new acquisitions - Airgear and Highlander (15:53)
- Clannad Movie, Ghost Hound, DuelPod Videos Posted (15:18)
- Higurashi no Naku Koroni Live-Action Film in 2008 (Updated) (09:17)
- Death Note's L Film's Heroine, 4-Nation Debut Revealed (08:53)
- Comic Akibana Mag to Launch with Free Issue in Japan (07:58)
- Third Kiddy Grade Movie's Trailer Posted Online (07:57)
- Manga About Yaoi Fan Remade for Live-Action This Fall (07:55)
- Animax Names Animation Competition Regional Finalists (01:42)
- Toei Video-On-Demand Poll (00:00)
- New xxxHOLiC Series, Ah! My Goddess TV Special Revealed (18:09)
- Evangelion on Cover of Rolling Stone Mag…in Japan (15:02)
- Marmalade Boy 1-24, St. Tail's Anime Licenses Expire (14:18)
- Anime Broadcaster 4Kids Releases Quarterly Results (17:15)
- Paprika Director Discusses Work Habits in BusinessWeek (16:58)
- 73-Hour, 46-DVD Galactic Heroes Box Offered in Japan (15:32)
- Houston Art Museum to Screen Ghost in the Shell 2 (15:20)
- Tokyopop's Marmalade Boy Anime License Expires (Updated) (13:59)
- Unicorn Table to Perform at New York Anime Festival (11:58)
- Voltron Live-Action Nearing Deal, Tokyopop Shops Films (10:30)
- Toei to Launch "All You Can Watch" Anime Service in Japan (00:23)
- ImaginAsian's TMS Classics DVDs Delayed For Second Time (23:30)
- Arakawa's Hero Tales Promotional Video Posted (19:26)
- Japan's Popteen Mag Posts Free Manga Online in English (17:38)
- Moetan Episode Removed from Japanese Broadcast for DVD Release (17:14)
- Ghibli Background Artist, Vertical Director Interviewed (11:29)
- USA Today Booklist, July 30–August 5: Bleach Rises (10:30)
- New York Bookstore to Open with Viz Event, Tezuka Art (10:04)
- Japan Tour Offers Evangelion Film Showing in September (09:43)
- ADV Films Posts Trailers for Second Kanon TV Series (Updated) (15:34)
- Tokyopop Artist Wins International Manga Contest (15:03)
- Madman delays Moon Phase Vol 2 (11:23)
- Petit Eva Computer-Graphics Video Details Revealed (09:03)
- Report: Japan Bought 331% More Books on Phones in 2006 (08:36)
- Toonami Jetstream to Host One Piece, DBZ, Bobobo-bo (06:43)
- Funimation's Parent Navarre Posts First Quarter Results (20:53)
- Otakon Releases 2007 Attendance Figures (14:37)
- Del Rey's Middaugh, Tokyopop's Ross, Manga Curator Interviewed (14:22)
- Last chance to enter Madman Ultimate Transformers G1 Giveaway (10:54)
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Update - National Dance-Off and Plagarism (09:23)
- Manifest Almost Full, Event Rego Opens (09:18)
- Versus Star Directs Sakigake!! Otoko Juku Live-Action (06:52)
- Bandai Offers US$1600 Gundam T-Shirt (06:14)
- Anime at the Ottawa International Animation Festival (05:46)
- Thai Police Punished by Hello Kitty (16:59)
- Wolf and Spice Televison Anime in the Works (13:45)
- OVA ToHeart2 Sequel Production Announced (12:50)
- Petit Eva Super-Deformed Series to Be Made into Video (11:35)
- Japanese Box Office, August 4–5: Naruto Debuts at #6 (10:25)
- J-Pop Group AAA Apologizes for Graffiti Near Otakon (10:25)
- Crows Zero's Second Teaser, Full Trailer Posted (07:55)
- French Team Wins 5th World Cosplay Summit (07:36)
- ANN Interviews Full Moon o Sagashite's Arina Tanemura (05:58)
- Yoko Ishida Talks Concerts, CD Plans (14:17)
- Tales of the World Give-Away Extended (00:03)
- Anime Singer Yoko Ishida to Perform at Anime Vegas (14:18)
- Fests Show I.G's Asience, Ghost Hound, Marble Chocolate (13:48)
- Ex Machina Showings to Add Devil May Cry, Tokyo Majin (13:27)
- NPR Covers Anime Music Videos, Otakon's Iron Editor (Updated) (11:41)
- Singapore Anime Licensor Pursues Illegal Downloaders (11:34)
- Digital Manga to Publish Otaku Travel Guide (11:25)
- USA Today Booklist, July 17–29: Bleach Enters (22:57)
- Team AVCon Want's You! (20:00)
- Animania opens Pre-Reg for Sydney (20:00)
- ChocoMimi, Kurumada's Kojirō to Be Adapted as TV Dramas (16:36)
- Japanese Anime Market Grew to 242 Billion Yen in 2006 (15:39)
- Original Strait Jacket English Pilot Video Streamed (10:31)
- Full Moon's Tanemura, Slam Dunk's Inoue Interviewed (08:57)
- Legend of Kamui's 2009 Live-Action Movie to Begin Filming (08:41)
- Sony Holds Auditions for Movie Based on Pride Manga (08:31)
- Cutie Honey Remade for Live-Action Television (07:20)
- Takumi-kun Boys-Love Novels Made into Live-Action Film (06:57)
- Manifest Early Bird Pre-Reg closes this Friday (22:22)
- SMASH Pre-registration closing, announces performance by Yunyu (22:11)
- DC's Flex Comix, DramaQueen's Action Line Previewed (16:07)
- Charade Mag Ends While Avarus, Adult Manga Mags Debut (14:40)
- ANN, Protoculture Addicts Panels at Montreal Otakuthon (14:33)
- Cosplay Summit Convenes at Japan's Foreign Ministry (12:24)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, July 24–30 (11:43)
- Videos for Gonzo, Earthsea, Appleseed Sequel Posted (03:18)
- New York Magazine Previews Del Rey's Alive Manga (01:52)