News - May 2008
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- New Vampire Knight Anime Promotional Video Streamed (12:58)
- Bandai Entertainment Clarifies Statements on DVDs (12:35)
- Verizon Internet to Add Manga Entertainment Anime (23:57)
- Bandai Entertaiment Gets Tamagotchi Feature Film (20:55)
- Zatch Bell Creator Raiku Opts to Leave Shogakukan (16:05)
- Wizard World Chicago to Host Oreskaband in June (13:31)
- Sega's World Destruction Anime Promo Movie Streamed (12:59)
- Koji Yamamura's A Country Doctor Wins at Czech Anifest (12:02)
- Shogakukan Confirms End of Young Sunday, Judy Mags (11:39)
- Bandai's Bihada Ichizoku Cosmetic Comic Gets TV Anime (03:09)
- New Survey: Gateway Titles (17:14)
- Ghibli Producer Suzuki Hints at U.S. Ponyo Screening Plans (17:11)
- Anime Expo to Host Madhouse Designer/Director Hiromi Kato (15:48)
- Read or Die's Kurata, Sola's Abeno to Start New Manga (Updated) (12:15)
- New English Emma Trailer, Website Posted (11:13)
- Daily Briefs (10:51)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, May 20–26 (05:22)
- ADV Says Yotsuba&!, Other Manga Are Still Coming (23:57)
- Kinokuniya NYC to Host HALICALI for Radio Interview (23:49)
- Tokyopop's Manga Pilot Pact Signs Away Legal Rights (19:45)
- Kadokawa, YouTube to Share Ads on User-Generated Videos (16:28)
- Ponyo, Winter Sonata's Anime Voice Casts Announced (13:03)
- Russian Anime Companies' Planned Merger Collapses (11:39)
- Japan Considers Fair-Use Clause Based on U.S. Copyright Law (10:55)
- Koji Imamura Shorts to Screen at Brazil's Anima Mundi (09:52)
- Fairy Tail's Hiro Mashima to Attend Comic-Con (23:57)
- Japanese Anime TV Ranking, May 12–18 (16:15)
- Shirokuma Oyako Manga Adapted into Flash Anime (15:43)
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, May 14–20 (14:47)
- First Official Slam Dunk Uniforms for Sale in Japan (14:28)
- Tokyo Marble Chocolate Wins at Seoul Animation Fest (04:51)
- Angel Sanctuary's Yuki Launches Guignol Kyūtei Gakudan (04:27)
- Funimation Unveils Mobile Video-on-Demand Offerings (22:12)
- Hayao Miyazaki Draws Cover Illustration for Magazine (21:59)
- Gundam Painting Auctioned for US$600,000+ in Hong Kong (21:49)
- Japanese Mall Uses Gundam Figure in Olympic Tribute (23:57)
- Shikabane Hime Confirmed as Gainax's New TV Series (Updated) (21:01)
- Gundam: MS Igloo 2 CG Promo Video Streamed (04:53)
- NY Anime Fest to Host Vampire Hunter D Author Kikuchi (00:59)
- Bandai Entertainment Confirms Gurren Lagann on Sci Fi Channel (Updated) (20:18)
- 4 Washington Middle Schoolers Disciplined over "Death Note" (18:59)
- Gainax, Hiroyuki Yamaga Working on 2 Unnamed Projects (06:57)
- Japan's Foreign Ministry: Jojo's Issue is Regrettable (06:11)
- Two Gurren Lagann Movies Confirmed (Updated) (21:05)
- Bandai Entertainment Acquires Stranger (Updated) (21:01)
- Satoshi Kon to Visit New York For Film Screenings (21:00)
- Group Plans Buyout of Australian Anime Firm's Parent (13:23)
- Bandai Visual USA to be Liquidated by September (12:27)
- Otakon To Feature Death Note, Inuyasha's Yamaguchi (11:50)
- Fanfare Signs with Book Distributor Atlas (05:13)
- Live-Action Maison Ikkoku TV Finale Announced (05:07)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, May 13–19 (23:57)
- Precure 5 GoGo! Movie Teaser Trailer Posted (18:20)
- USA Today Booklist, May 12–18 (17:54)
- Crunchyroll to Stream ADV's Welcome to the NHK (16:04)
- Japan's Roadshow Mag Shows 5 Dragonball Actors on Set (Update 2) (13:56)
- Anime Expo to Host Anime Theme Song Singer Yoko Ishida (13:40)
- Jojo's Anime, Manga Sales Halted Due to Islamic Images (Updated) (06:35)
- Daily Briefs (04:31)
- BEI's Yoshida: Gurren Lagann TV Plans Not Finalized (18:01)
- Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Arcade Game in the Works (17:31)
- Bandai Ordered to Pay for Child's Choking on Toy Capsule (15:47)
- Anime Expo to Host Voice Actor Toshihiko Seki (14:36)
- Little Magic Films to Rep Wind Named Amnesia's Kikuchi (12:26)
- Munko's Ganbare! Memeko-chan Manga Gets Flash Anime (12:09)
- Comic-Con Int'l to Host Bleach's Kubo in San Diego (04:50)
- Daily Briefs (03:03)
- Japanese Box Office: May 17–18 (23:52)
- Toei, Disney's RoboDz Promo Movie Posted Online (15:33)
- Protoculture Addicts #96 Now Available (13:58)
- HALCALI to Appear at Japan Day in New York on June 1 (13:16)
- ANN Ad Sale (12:42)
- School Rumble: Third Term Anime Promo Video Streamed (12:37)
- My Dearest Devil Princess artist Maika Netsu at Fanime (12:21)
- Shogakukan Considers Ending Weekly Young Sunday Mag (05:46)
- Daily Briefs (05:12)
- Haruhi Lookalike Appears on Belarusian Waffle Packaging (Updated) (16:46)
- Hello Kitty Named Japan's Tourism Ambassador to China (16:08)
- Vexille to be Shown in Washington, D.C. on May 29 (14:04)
- Andō Natsu Pastry-Baking Manga Gets Live-Action Drama (13:41)
- Death Note's L Film to Screen in New York This Summer (12:15)
- Gurren Lagann Listed on America's Sci Fi Channel on July 28 (Updated) (11:04)
- Hakushaku to Yōsei Light Novels Adapted into Manga Also (04:49)
- Japanese Box Office: May 10–11 (23:57)
- Bandai Entertainment Posts English AIKa R-16 Trailer (23:43)
- Daily Briefs (17:53)
- Film of Junji Ito's Long Dream Gets English-Subbed DVD (06:34)
- Funimation Acquires Romeo x Juliet, D. Gray-Man (Updated) (18:17)
- Japanese Anime TV Ranking, May 5–11 (14:37)
- Daily Briefs (13:31)
- Japanese Studios Sell, Exhibit Anime/Manga-Based Films (Updated) (04:43)
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, May 7–13 (23:57)
- Philippines' Animax Award Finalist LaMB Gets Animated (16:32)
- Funimation Confirms Shigurui: Death Frenzy License (14:54)
- English-Subbed Maria Watches Over Us Trailer Streamed (13:55)
- Taniguchi's Harukana Machi e Gets European Film (13:16)
- English Death Note, Bleach Movie Trailers Posted (Updated) (12:49)
- Clannad Malware Creator Gets Two Years in Prison (05:44)
- Daily Briefs (05:19)
- Spider-Man's Stan Lee Interviewed about Ultimo Manga (23:57)
- Here is Greenwood Manga to be Adapted into TV Drama (23:30)
- Funimation Teases with Shigurui Image (16:14)
- Oshii Oversees Opening, Ending for NHK Documentaries (13:49)
- Yamato, Macross Director Noboru Ishiguro Interviewed (13:09)
- Funimations Adds Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry (11:21)
- USA Today Booklist, May 5–11 (11:06)
- First Color Image of Live-Action Dragonball's Goku (10:07)
- Daily Briefs (09:50)
- Funimation Hints at Soukou no Strain Anime (23:37)
- Gantz's Oku Also Designs Soul Calibur IV Character (16:35)
- UK Fans Give Eagle Award to Death Note Manga (14:58)
- Super Techno Arts No Longer Offering Jojo Anime in USA (14:13)
- Manga, Anime, Cards Announced for Inazuma 11 Videogame (13:37)
- Funimation Licenses Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- (12:40)
- Protoculture Addicts #95 Survey (12:27)
- Crimson Hero, Chocolate Underground Manga Ending (07:22)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, May 6–12 (06:59)
- Daily Briefs (05:28)
- TitleMatch Halts Production of ImaginAsian DVDs (18:00)
- Suzuka's Seo, Samurai Deeper Kyo's Kamijyō to Launch Manga (16:01)
- Funimation Hints at Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- Anime (14:17)
- Funimation Gets Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple Anime (14:04)
- Shibatora Police Manga Adapted into TV Drama (13:21)
- Ashita no Joe's Chiba Draws Akai Mushi One-Shot Manga (06:42)
- 32nd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced (06:02)
- Tokyo's Popopure Maid Café Lets Customers Dub Anime (18:17)
- Gegege no Kitarō Anime Film's Site Opens with Teaser (15:40)
- 1st Super Robot Wars OG Divine Wars Episode Streamed (14:06)
- First Image of Live-Action Dragonball's Goku Published (13:11)
- Funimation Adds Save Me! Lollipop Romantic Comedy Anime (12:36)
- Speed Racer Ends U.S. Opening Weekend with US$18.6M (Updated) (12:18)
- 2008 Gegege Anime Film to Have 6 Versions Screened (05:57)
- Daily Briefs (04:28)
- Japanese Box Office: May 3–4 (22:24)
- 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced (21:04)
- Daily Briefs (17:20)
- Vexille Wins Animation Award at Philadelphia Film Fest (15:20)
- 37th Japan Cartoonist Awards Announced (07:33)
- Nodame Cantabile: Paris Chapter Anime Sequel Announced (05:37)
- Daily Briefs (05:15)
- Anime Planned for Amano's Mateki: The Magic Flute (20:13)
- Anime Expo to Host Stranger - Mukoh Hadan Director Ando (Updated) (16:40)
- Vampire Hunter D, Final Fantasy's Amano at San Diego (15:47)
- Sonishi's Inu-Gaisha Manga Adapted into Flash Anime (15:06)
- Full Shin Chan Episode Posted Online (12:56)
- Gurren Lagann Music Clip Project's Trailer Streamed (12:02)
- 1st 8 Minutes of Live-Action Speed Racer Film Streamed (05:30)
- 3 Arrested in Japan for Spreading Anime via Share Program (05:18)
- Daily Briefs (04:51)
- Japanese Anime TV Ranking, April 28–May 4 (23:28)
- Lucky Star Cast Cosplays as Haruhi Dancers on Bonus Card (18:25)
- Hokkaido Graduate Students Launch Free Manga Paper (17:33)
- Comic Dragon Age Mag to Run Luminous Arc 2 Will Manga (14:11)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, April 29–May 5 (Updated) (13:37)
- Eva's Sadamoto to Draw Archaic Smile Short Story (12:36)
- U.S. Navy Completes Promotional Manga for Distribution (07:12)
- Daily Briefs (06:25)
- USA Today Booklist, April 28–May 4 (23:57)
- BV USA to Stream Super Robot Wars TV, Galaxy Angel Rune (14:39)
- Macross Frontier's Opening Single Stays in Top 10 (14:03)
- Mushrambo Film Remakes' First Teaser Trailer Streamed (12:39)
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, April 30–May 6 (11:45)
- Singer/Actor Gackt Lends Voice for Next Virtual Singer (10:39)
- Daily Briefs (10:12)
- Tokyo Restaurants Offer Limited Evangelion Menu Items (17:04)
- Bandai Reissues of Macross Valkyries to be Imported to USA (15:38)
- week Japan Lists Kon's Paprika Among 100 Best Films (13:50)
- Zune Store Adds Funimation, Manga Entertainment Titles (12:52)
- June's Licensing Int'l Expo to Feature Anime Franchises (11:57)
- Ribon Magazine to Start Hello Kitty Peace!! Manga (11:12)
- Detective Conan Solves His First Case in Korea (22:33)
- Japanese Box Office: April 26–27 (18:28)
- Mixed Vegetables' Komura Launches Joō-sama no Tamago (Update) (16:29)
- Japanese Anime TV Ranking, April 21–27 (15:33)
- Tanemura to End Gentlemen's Alliance, Launch Fortune (14:48)
- Reunited X Japan Band to Perform in Taiwan on August 2 (12:56)
- Shimizu, Madhouse to Adapt Siberian Express into Anime (11:58)
- OVA for Yoshimizu's Lucky Star Greenlit in Japan (10:41)
- Go! Comi Licenses 07-Ghost Fantasy Manga (10:17)
- Broccoli Books Posts Nui! Fantasy Comedy Manga Preview (04:57)
- 3 Minutes of Live-Action Speed Racer Film Streamed (04:42)
- Deux Press to Publish Oh, My God, Lovers & Souls (13:41)
- Daily Briefs (04:49)
- Inuyasha Producer Yoshida Joins Bandai Entertainment (04:47)
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time in LA, NYC, Seattle (18:53)
- New Candy Boy Net Anime Series Launched Online (16:24)
- Crunchyroll to Host Anime Innovation Tokyo Works Online (13:51)
- Takashi Murakami Named Among Time's 100 Influential (13:26)
- Japan's Gurren Lagann Movie Site Launches with Video (Updated) (11:29)
- Japan's NHK to Air Kids' Special with Ghibli Music (06:21)
- Viz, Drawn and Quarterly Manga at Free Comic Book Day (05:57)
- Japan's Jump Anime Tour to Show Letter Bee Anime (03:34)
- Daily Briefs (03:14)
- CoLours TV No Longer Runs FUNimation Channel Programs (23:57)
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, April 23–29 (19:07)
- Right Stuf Licenses Aria TV Anime (15:00)
- Death Note Artist Obata to Attend Japan Expo in Paris (13:51)
- Viz Dominates American Graphic Novel Sales in April (12:28)
- Sony's Animax to Produce, Run Anime of Kurozuka Manga (11:24)
- Daily Briefs (10:43)