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• New York Times Manga Best Seller List, August 22-28 (2010-09-03)
  Maximum Ride, Naruto, Rosario + Vampire, Black Bird, Bakuman, new Chi's Sweet Home, Negima, D. Gray-man, Vampire Knight, Black Butler, Twilight...
• Anime Production Firm Group TAC Files for Bankruptcy (Updated) (2010-09-03)
  Firm of Night on the Galactic Railroad/Touch's Gisaburô Sugii is 650 million yen in debt...
• Labor Group: Anime Firm Filed for Bankruptcy This Week (2010-09-02)
  Company produces popular TV anime for kids, families for NHK-E, NHK BS channels...
• Gatchaman Animator Sadao Miyamoto Appears in LA (2010-09-02)
  Miyamoto also worked on Astro Boy, Tom and Jerry, other animated projects...
• San Francisco Hosts Junko Mizuno, Films This Month (2010-09-02)
  SF, Viz Cinema show Death Note, Paprika, 5cm/s, Detroit Metal City, Howl's...
• Star Driver, Sora no Otoshimono: Forte Promos Streamed (2010-09-02)
  Star Driver Kagayaki no Takuto, 2nd Sora no Otoshimono anime debut in October...
• Funi Edits My Bride is a Mermaid's 2nd Ending Sequence (2010-09-02)
  Funimation cites technical issue with materials given for animation footage...
• Cencoroll 2's Production Green-Lit (2010-09-02)
  Story scenario, storyboards in the works for continuation of independent anime...
• Pretty Cure to Run on UK's Sky Satellite Service (2010-09-02)
  Magical girl anime to start on PopGirl, PopGirl +1 channels on Monday...
• Japanese Comic Ranking, August 23-29 (2010-09-01)
  We Were There, Mei-chan, Deadman Wonderland debut in top 5 with Conan, Fairy Tail...
• Funimation Adds Disgaea Anime (2010-09-01)
  1st episode streaming now; DVD set of former Geneon license ships in early 2011...
• Gundam 00 Film to Premiere at NY Anime Fest in October (2010-09-01)
  Sequel to Mobile Suit Gundam 00 TV anime to open in Japan on September 18...
• New Manga Launch on U.S. Kindle, iPhone, Nokia Ovi (2010-09-01)
  Also: Crunchyroll discusses online manga distribution plans...
• Iron Man Anime, T.P. Sakura, K-On!! Promos Streamed (2010-09-01)
  Iron Man in October; T.P. Sakura in November; K-On!! actresses make census radio ad...
• Asahi Launches AGC38 Talent Group of 38 Girl Characters (2010-09-01)
  Studio hopes to develop anime, manga; simulcasted voice auditions begin next week...
• Go Nagai's Dororon Enma-kun Gets New Anime (Updated) (2010-09-01)
  Based on supernatural anime about Demon Patrol that arrests demons in human world...
• Coppelion Science-Fiction Action Manga Gets TV Anime (2010-09-01)
  Tomonori Inoue's story of genetically enhanced female military unit in irradiated Tokyo...
• Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, August 23-29 (2010-08-31)
  One Piece puts 4 releases in top 10, along with Durarara, Hakuōki, Hetalia...
• Beelzebub Manga Gets TV Anime in January (Updated) (2010-08-31)
  Ryūhei Tamura's manga already adapted into Jump Super Anime Tour event anime...
• Golden Boy Manga Returns in New Series in September (2010-08-31)
  After 13 years, Golden Boy 2 takes job-hopping Kintarō to entertainment world...