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• Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, August 21–27 (2008-08-28)
  Geass R2 1, Aria the Origination 5, Romantica 2 take top 3 spots...
• Shokotan's Blog Hero Character Gets Manga in Magazine (2008-08-28)
  Shoko Nakagawa's Sukashikashipanman already made into anime...
• SF Japantown to Screen Girl Who Leapt Through Time for Free (2008-08-28)
  Award-winning family film to be screened outdoors on September 19...
• Kodomo no Kodomo's Live-Action Film Trailer Streamed (2008-08-28)
  Movie based on manga about 11-year-old girl who gets pregnant...
• Tonari no 801-chan's TV Anime Plans Reportedly Shelved (2008-08-28)
  Mascot's blog entry on anime is deleted, along with pages on TBS, Ohzora's sites...
• Daily Briefs (2008-08-27)
  • Tetsudō Musume Railway Figures' TV Drama Confirmed
  • New York Anime Fest Invites Iron Chef's Morimoto
  
• Murakami's Video for Kanye West Song is iTunes #1 (2008-08-27)
  Takashi Murakami had designed art for "Good Morning's" Graduation album...
• Japanese Comic Ranking, August 19–25 (2008-08-27)
  Fullmetal Alchemist 20, Otomen 6 debut on top with Nodame 21 in between...
• NY Children's Fest to Run Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2008-08-27)
  Hosoda's award-winning film to run on September 13, 14 at IFC Center...
• Winter Sonata's Bae Eyeing Kami no Shizuku Drama Role (2008-08-27)
  Kami no Shizuku (Les Gouttes de Dieu) wine manga is popular in Asia...
• Hunter X Hunter Manga to Restart on October 6 (2008-08-27)
  Latest return for Yoshihiro Togashi, an artist well-known for his long breaks...
• New Initial D Anime DVD to Ship in Japan on December 5 (2008-08-27)
  Initial D Extra Stage 2: Tabi-Dachi no Green continues 1st Extra Stage...
• Lau Wan Kit's Feel 100% Wins 2nd Int'l Manga Award (2008-08-27)
  China's Yin Chuan, Russia's Svetlana Chezhina, France's Alice Picard earn honors...
• Daily Briefs (2008-08-26)
  • Oreskaband to Release First U.S. Album Next Spring
  • Boys of Summer Artist Hiroki Otsuka Interviewed
  
• Oreskaband to Release First U.S. Album Next Spring (2008-08-26)
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• Report: 1st Dragonball Trailer to Debut in October (2008-08-26)
  20th Century Fox said to attach trailer to Max Payne film...
• Utena Voice Actress Kawakami Recovering from Surgery (2008-08-26)
  Update: Last week's operation completed "without a hitch"...
• Marvel, Madhouse's Iron Man Anime Image Posted Online (2008-08-26)
  Side-by-side comparison between U.S. version, Japanese anime version...
• Ring 0's Meimu Draws Manga for Gundam MS IGLOO 2 Anime (2008-08-26)
  Gasaraki artist to launch manga in September, one month before anime's release...
• Japanese Anime TV Ranking, August 11–17 (2008-08-26)
  Yasuko to Kenji, second Kindaichi anime film rank in the weekly charts...