News - August 2009
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- Virtual Idol Hatsune Miku's 'Best' Albums Rank #4, #5 (Updated) (22:24)
- 3 K-On! Image CDs Debut on Same Day, Rank in Top 10 (Updated) (18:16)
- Tokyopop Confirms Its Kodansha Manga Licenses Have Ended (Update 3) (14:54)
- Marmalade Boy's Yoshizumi Launches Chitose etc. Manga (14:11)
- Ponyo BD to Ship in Japan with English Subs on December 8 (Updated) (12:41)
- Darker Than Black: Ryūsei no Gemini's 2nd Ad Streamed (10:25)
- Rock Band Glay to Perform 3 Concerts in California (10:04)
- Japanese Box Office, August 15-16 (Updated) (23:57)
- Actress Chisa Yokoyama Injured in Scooter Accident (Updated) (22:07)
- Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy Live-Action Drama Gets DVD Box (18:09)
- Miyazaki's Ponyo Slips to #13 with US$2 Million (15:01)
- Tarō Asō to Step Down as Head of Defeated Ruling Party (Update 3) (12:38)
- Japan's Animation TV Ranking, August 3-9 (23:57)
- Digital Manga Adds Maiden Rose Boys-Love Manga (Updated) (15:46)
- Funimation's One Piece Simulcast Begins Tonight (15:09)
- The Abashiri Family, Kyō kara Hitman Trailers Streamed (11:01)
- Daily Briefs (16:22)
- Kuruneko's 1st Anime DVD to Include Unaired Footage (16:21)
- Iketeru Futari Manga's Live-Action Film Trailer Posted (15:42)
- Nyan Koi! Romantic Comedy Anime's Promo Streamed (12:25)
- Kirsten Dunst Cosplays in Akihabara for Video (Updated) (12:08)
- Shogakukan, Shueisha Buy 2 European Anime Distributors (11:40)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, August 16-22 (10:58)
- 20th Century Boys Film Finale Opens in U.S., Japan (09:16)
- Japanese Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, August 17-23 (02:23)
- Pop Japan Travel Offers Jump Festa Tour in December (00:51)
- United Nations Group Urges Japan to Ban Explicit Games, Manga (00:32)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Afro Samurai: Resurrection's Shigemi Ikeda Wins Emmy (Updated) (22:28)
- Is He Turning Japanese? Manga Made into Live-Action (19:28)
- AKB48 Idol Group Confirmed at New York Anime Fest (Updated) (16:58)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, August 17-23 (15:10)
- Disappearance Diary Nominated for Ignatz Awards (12:12)
- Frogman's Flash Anime Honors Bakabon Creator Akatsuka (10:49)
- Actress/Singer Aya Ueto's Concert Gets Bomb Threat (09:23)
- Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaō Fantasy Novels Get Anime (08:16)
- Japanese Box Office, August 8-9 (23:57)
- Kamui, Milk Tea, I'll Give It My All Manga Return (23:05)
- Winter Sonata Anime Episode 0's Previews Streamed (13:20)
- Shugo Chara Party! to Have Anime, Live-Action Segments (09:22)
- JAM Project's Anime Songs Now on Sale in U.S. iTunes (08:35)
- Go Nagai's Abashiri Family Manga Made into Live-Action (Updated) (07:54)
- Usaru-san Mascot Anime Indicated in Official Blog (01:43)
- Daily Briefs (00:56)
- Ikki Manga Magazine Editor Hideki Egami Interviewed (23:58)
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, August 17-23 (23:57)
- To Love-Ru, Freesia, Noramimi Manga End This Month (15:43)
- Guin Saga, MW, Ode to Kirihito, Ubume Pitched for Remakes (Updated) (15:19)
- Free Evangelion: 1.0 Screenings in Texas & D.C. (Updated) (09:14)
- Yoshitaka Amano to Draw 2ch Characters Live (04:43)
- Mamoru Oshii's Assault Girls Film Trailer Streamed (04:08)
- Level 5's Inazuma Eleven Anime Confirmed for 2nd Year (03:52)
- Shugo Chara's New Series to Reportedly Start in October (02:52)
- Level 5's Danbōru Senki Robot Game to Get TV Anime (Update 2) (02:18)
- Daily Briefs (23:58)
- Japan's Animation TV Ranking, July 27-August 2 (23:57)
- Cencoroll Film's 3rd Commercial Posted Online (20:46)
- Crunchyroll Adds RH Plus Vampire Boys-Love Drama (Updated) (14:08)
- Dragon Ball Online MMORPG's New Trailer Video Posted (13:35)
- True Blood's Stephen Moyer Joins Priest Film Thriller (11:55)
- Sex Pistols Boys-Love OVA's Promo Video Streamed (11:21)
- Adult Swim to Run 1st Bleach Film on September 5 (09:50)
- Japanese Box Office, August 1-2 (23:57)
- Hatsune Miku Virtual Idol Performs 'Live' Before 25,000 (19:18)
- Shōjo Fight Volleyball Manga to Bundle Anime DVD (14:01)
- Miyazaki's Ponyo Drops to #12 with US$2.4 Million (Updated) (13:13)
- Eureka Seven Movie's English Trailer Posted (12:18)
- New Moribito Episodes Start on Adult Swim Tonight (20:36)
- 2nd, 3rd Anime Political Ads of This Year's Elections Posted (Updated) (09:16)
- 4Kids Stops Streaming Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (08:09)
- Hidamari Sketch's 3rd Season Green-Lit (Updated) (06:55)
- Ryukishi07, Peach-Pit's Ōkamikakushi Game Gets Anime (06:48)
- Black Rock Shooter Anime with Yutaka Yamamoto Confirmed for Spring (Updated) (06:31)
- Mahoromatic: Tadaima Okaeri Anime to Debut in October (Updated) (04:56)
- Gundam Unicorn's Japanese Cast, English Site Unveiled (02:31)
- Cencoroll, Yatterman, Kamui Gaiden Promos Streamed (16:09)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, August 9-15 (14:16)
- 1st Needless BD to Include 2-Minute Anime Short (12:44)
- Star Trek's Karl Urban to Play Villain in Priest Film (11:31)
- Melbourne Anime Festival starts today! (11:23)
- New Madman acquisitions in Anime Update (11:23)
- Reel Anime 2009 revealed! (11:22)
- Daily Briefs (10:04)
- Kaichou wa Maid-sama! Shōjo Manga Gets TV Anime (09:39)
- Part of Yoshiyuki Tomino's 'Ring of Gundam' Previewed (Updated) (04:02)
- Gundam Unicorn to Be 6 50-Minute OVAs (Update 2) (01:37)
- Eagle Talon's 3rd Film, New TV Series Green-Lit (Updated) (19:08)
- TV Drama Adaptation of Shinya Shokudō Manga Announced (17:52)
- First Squad, Summer Wars' English-Subbed Promos Posted (15:01)
- Anime Makes Up 50%+ of BD Sales in Japan in 2009's 1st Half (13:11)
- V.B. Rose's Hidaka Launches Berry Berry Manga Series (11:18)
- Jō-ō Virgin Hostess Manga to Get Live-Action TV Drama (10:10)
- Japanese Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, August 10-16 (23:02)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, August 10-16 (18:04)
- Shokotan, Yawaraka Sensha Creator Animate Music Video (16:00)
- New Tales of Symphonia Anime Series' Promo Streamed (14:16)
- Morning Musume, Public Enemy, AKB48, Idoling!!! Members on Magical Girl Anime CD (12:42)
- Kaze no Stigma Novelist Takahiro Yamato Passes Away (10:53)
- Manifest 2009 on this weekend! (09:44)
- Gundam Unicorn Novelist Outlines 1st Anime Installment (04:54)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Kyo Hatsuki's Inu-Neko Manga Gets Live-Action Film (23:45)
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, August 10-16 (22:18)
- Berserk, Baki, Barefoot Gen Pitched to Hollywood (19:54)
- Funimation to Relaunch One Piece Simulcast on August 29 (13:04)
- To Aru Kagaku no Railgun Anime's Promo Video Streamed (12:28)
- Sekirei's Gokurakuin to Launch Returners Manga Series (07:53)
- Comic Market 76 Draws 560,000 Over Three Days (Updated) (04:42)
- Ponyo's Hayao Miyazaki, Michiyo Yasuda Interviewed (23:57)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- One Piece Streaming Announcement Tomorrow (16:44)
- Syfy's Ani-Monday Block Lists Monster Series (Updated) (13:16)
- Koike, Madhouse's Redline Car-Racing Video Clip Posted (12:39)
- Tatakau Shisho - The Book of Bantorra's 2nd Promo Streamed (12:14)
- Tokyopop Announces Online Manga Program (11:45)
- You Higuri Resumes Cantarella Manga After 4-Year Break (07:06)
- D. Gray-man to Move to Jump SQ. After 1/2-Year Hiatus (06:36)
- Bandai Channel to Stream Anime in U.S., Eurasia at Start of 2010 (17:38)
- Miyazaki's Ponyo Opens at #9 with US$3.6 Million (Updated) (15:16)
- Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei Manga Bundles Original Anime (Updated) (13:58)
- Junko Mizuno to Appear at San Francisco Next Saturday (Updated) (23:57)
- Miyazaki's Ponyo Brings in US$1.2 Million on Friday (Updated) (23:45)
- Anime Weekend Atlanta to Host Yasuhiro Imagawa (03:58)
- Drawn & Quarterly Adds Oji Suzuki's Red Kimono Manga (19:13)
- Sengoku Gyōjin Dullahan Anime Opens Preview Site (13:12)
- Da Vinci Mag's Koishigure Love Short Stories Get Anime (12:34)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, August 2-8 (Updated) (09:50)
- Gundam Rock English Cover Album to Ship in Japan (09:38)
- Japan Prints Manga to Explain Economic Growth Policy (Updated) (08:35)
- 18-m Eva Poster, Akemi Takada Sketch on Charity Auction (06:55)
- Kanokon ~Manatsu no Daishanikusai~ OVA Trailer Uploaded (03:18)
- The Sacred Blacksmith Anime's 2nd Promo Video Posted (02:54)
- Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Anime Promo Streamed (02:28)
- Japan's Animation TV Ranking, July 20-26 (22:13)
- Actress Maggie Q to Co-Star in Priest Film (12:43)
- Miyazaki & Ghibli's Ponyo Film Opens at Midnight (12:00)
- Desert Punk/Sunabozu Manga Returns After 4 Years (11:08)
- Shukufuku no Campanella's Anime Adaptation Listed (Updated) (09:55)
- Happy Science's Rebirth of Buddha to Open in October (09:39)
- Newtype Posts Correction on Gundam Unicorn's Release (00:26)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Japanese Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, August 3-9 (22:58)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, August 3-9 (18:01)
- Isao Takahata to Base Next Film on Taketori Monogatari (Updated) (14:20)
- Saki Website Launches Mahjong Mini-Game Online (12:30)
- Onnanoko Monogatari Manga Gets Mobile Flash Anime (12:14)
- Astro Boy, King of Thorn, Ballad Trailers Streamed (Updated) (05:23)
- Real Clothes Manga Gets TV Drama Series in October (00:00)
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, August 3-9 (Updated) (22:08)
- Kaidan Restaurant Horror Anthology to Air in October (Updated) (17:34)
- Funimation's Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- OAV DVD Listed (Updated) (16:58)
- Ponyo's Hayao Miyazaki, Katsuya Kondo Interviewed (14:38)
- Daily Briefs (11:55)
- Sekirei ~Pure Engagement~ Promo Video #1 Posted (10:21)
- So-Ra-No-Wo-To Promo Streamed by Aniplex, TV Tokyo (09:53)
- Zaidan Hōjin Occult Designer Gakuin, Senkō no Night Raid Anime Announced (Update 2) (09:14)
- 4Kids Reports US$13.8 Million Loss in Second Quarter (08:39)
- Mayu Shinjo to Launch Manga Series in Gundam Ace Mag (01:39)
- Japanese Box Office, July 25-26 (23:57)
- Tarantino Details Production I.G's New Kill Bill Anime (12:28)
- One Piece Film Trailer, Uchurei's 1st Episode Streamed (11:39)
- Daily Briefs (09:20)
- GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class OVA DVD Listed (08:48)
- Yu Yu Hakusho Cast Reunites for New Picture Drama (08:11)
- Hyakko Manga Volume 5 to Bundle 10-Minute Anime Short (07:37)
- Man Arrested for Burning Down Home over Gundam Models (06:51)
- Gundam Creator Tomino to Receive Award at Locarno (00:18)
- Anyamaru Tantei Kiruminzuu's Details, Images Posted (21:59)
- Darker Than Black: Ryūsei no Gemini's Promos Streamed (Updated) (10:42)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Sets Guinness Record with 22.6 Billion Cards (09:21)
- New Sekirei ~Pure Engagement~ TV Anime Green-Lit (08:08)
- Karino Takatsu's Working!! Manga Gets Anime Green-Lit (Update 2) (03:00)
- Arakawa Under the Bridge Manga Gets Anime Green-Lit (Update 2) (02:57)
- 20th Century Boys Films' U.S. Trailers Streamed (23:57)
- Japan's Animation TV Ranking, July 13-19 (15:17)
- Actress Noriko Sakai Arrested After Turning Herself In (Updated) (11:49)
- Satelight, Hal, JM to Create Anyamaru Tantei Kiruminzuu (04:51)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Japanese Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, July 27-August 2 (18:10)
- Twin Spica Sci-Fi Coming-of-Age Manga Ends in Japan (16:38)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, July 26-August 1 (Updated) (16:11)
- Ponyo's Advance Screening in New York City This Sunday (15:45)
- Miracle Train Intro DVD's Promo Posted Online (10:36)
- Ontama! Begins Streaming on Japan's Nico Nico Douga (10:11)
- SMASH! Starts tomorrow! (00:05)
- Daily Briefs (22:05)
- Ghibli's Isao Takahata Receives Award at Locarno (21:38)
- Aoi Hitomi no Onna no Ko, Kowarekake Promos Streamed (15:22)
- Singer/Actress Noriko Sakai Missing after Spouse's Arrest (Updated) (13:36)
- New York Anime Fest to Host Cencoroll's U.S. Premiere (12:51)
- Digital Manga Adds Makoto Tateno's Yokan - Premonition (09:13)
- Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku Manga Gets Anime Green-Lit (Updated) (03:04)
- Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works Film Confirmed (Updated) (00:45)
- Haruhi Suzumiya's Endless Eight Arc Confirmed to End (Updated) (23:58)
- Mugen Spiral's Kusanagi Starts Akatsuki no Yona Manga (23:57)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, July 27-August 2 (20:33)
- Korean Firm's Fine for Copying Advent Children Raised (14:44)
- 4Kids Retains Financial Advisor to Consider Strategies (13:17)
- 4Kids Subtitles Yu-Gi-Oh! #13 in English for 1st Time (10:30)
- Amano Attends San Francisco Center Opening Next Week (09:39)
- James Cameron Lists Needed Tech for Battle Angel Film (07:30)
- Ghibli Founder/Ponyo Helmer Hayao Miyazaki Interviewed (00:12)
- Daily Briefs (23:57)
- Kyō kara Hitman Manga Gets Live-Action Film This Fall (23:47)
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, July 27-August 2 (22:45)
- SMASH! is on this weekend! (22:00)
- Monkey Majik Makes Music Video with Lupin III Anime (21:29)
- 1st K-On! Volume is Now #2 Blu-Ray in Japan So Far (18:45)
- 4Kids Entertainment Reportedly Puts Itself Up for Sale (Updated) (16:47)
- Siren Visual to release Genius Party Beyond (12:50)
- Minami-ke's Sakuraba, Zetsubō's Kumeta to Start Manga (12:06)
- Gash/Zatch Bell's Raiku to Publish 5 Manga in 29 Days (05:10)
- Mizu Sahara's My Girl Manga Gets Live-Action Drama (21:35)
- Ultimo's Stan Lee, Hiroyuki Takei Interviewed (17:15)
- Daily Briefs (16:43)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! 10th Special to Unite 3 Series' Heroes (16:42)
- K-On! Album to Feature New Manga Strips, Sheet Music (13:29)
- Shonen Jump Posts 1st Japanese Chapters of 22 Manga for Free (08:59)
- Gajumaru Family 4-Panel Manga to be Animated in Okinawa (07:58)
- Aniplex, TV Tokyo Work on Anime no Chikara Project (07:24)
- Uchurei Supernatural Comedy Anime to Debut Next Sunday (Updated) (06:50)
- USA Today Booklist, July 20-26 (23:57)
- Crunchyroll Adds Hanasakeru Seishōnen Shōjo Anime (14:31)
- Ghibli's TV Ad, Isao Takahata's Puppet Work Posted (12:48)
- Kiki's Delivery Service Novel Series to End in October (11:39)
- New York Times Manga Best Seller List, July 19-25 (Updated) (23:57)
- Ponyo, Tailenders Anime's New Trailers Streamed (06:34)
- Fairy Tail Anime's Voice Cast Listed in Shonen Magazine (05:53)