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• Moe Can Change! Video Anime's Chie Promo Posted (2012-05-18)
  Story of androids raised as girls with Spice & Wolf 's director, character designer...
• Voice Actress Yuko Goto Goes on Hiatus Due to Health (2012-05-18)
  Recuperating after hospital examination...
• Composer Yuki Kajiura to Perform at Anime Expo With FictionJunction (2012-05-17)
  Kajiura's FictionJunction project to appear at 2012 Los Angeles event...
• Live-Action Ikkyū-san Prime Time Drama Special Announced (2012-05-17)
  7-Year-Old Fuku Suzuki Given Lead, Theme Song...
• JManga Adds Koito Akiyama's 1-Volume Moehime Manga (2012-05-17)
  Website adds 1st volume of Kuzushiro's Kimi no Tamenara Shineru on May 24...
• Japanese Comic Ranking, April 30-May 6 (2012-05-17)
  New One Piece sells 2.275 million; new Naruto, new Bakuman, new Gate 7, new Vampire Knight in top 5...
• Anime Subcontractor Studio Easter Sued for Unpaid Overtime (2012-05-17)
  3 employees seek US$340,000 in reimbursement from company...
• Daily Briefs (2012-05-17)
  • Riki-Oh's Saruwatari Draws Pro Wrestling 1-Shot Manga
  • French Mysterious Cities of Gold Sequel's 1st Images Posted
  • Hori-san & Miyamura-kun Anime to Be Released as OVA
  • Manga Entertainment Launches Anime Videos in Xbox Live
  • NTT, Kadokawa to Stream Flat-Rate Anime to Japanese Phones
  • Atsuko Maeda's AKB48 Graduation Slated for August
  • Math Girls Novel Publisher Runs Kickstarter for Manga Version
  • 2 Arrested in Japan for Selling Pirated One Piece DVDs
  
• Disco Legend/Pokémon Theme Singer Donna Summer Passes Away (2012-05-17)
  5-time Grammy winner sang Pokemon 2000 - The Movie theme "Power of One"...
• Girls und Panzer TV Anime Promo Streamed (2012-05-17)
  Squid Girl's Mizushima directs military school anime with Strike Witches designer Shimada...
• Black God/Kurokami Manga to End in 3 More Chapters (2012-05-17)
  Dall-Young Lim, Sung-woo Park's last action manga volume to ship on August 25...
• Toonami Revival to Have 'New Original Anime Programming' (2012-05-16)
  Press release also reveals that return of block will be aired on Saturdays from 12-6 a.m....
• G4 Streams Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker Clips (2012-05-16)
  Three clips for upcoming CG anime film put online...
• Japanese Comic Ranking, April 23-29 (2012-05-16)
  New Giant Killing, Silver Spoon, Fairy Tail, Jojolion, new Haganai in top 5...
• Adult Swim Brings Back Toonami Block Starting on May 26 (Update 2) (2012-05-16)
  Network had gauged interest in block's return after temporary return on April Fool's Day...
• Mario Party 9 Stays at #1 For 2nd Week (2012-05-16)
  Game, console sales down in Japan in week after Golden Week...
• Sweden's Supreme Court Holds Trial for Translator's Child Pornography Charges (2012-05-16)
  Final verdict in appeals case to be given in a few weeks...
• Japanese Box Office, May 5-6 (2012-05-16)
  Live-action Thermae Romae stays at #1, live-action Space Brothers opens at #2...
• Squid Girl Helmer Mizushima, Strike Witches Advisor Reveal Girls und Panzer TV Anime (Updated) (2012-05-16)
  Military teen anime also has Bandai Visual publicity's Hirooka, Yukikaze producer...
• Salaryman Kintaro Creator to Launch 4th Otokogi Manga (2012-05-16)
  Hiroshi Motomiya's series to take place 20 years after original protagonist's death...