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• Mizuno Draws Faith No More Poster, Kuriyama on MTV Iggy (2010-03-10)
  Junko Mizuno draws concert poster; Chiaki Kuriyama's video partly streamed...
• Crunchyroll Ends Its Download-to-Own Service (2010-03-10)
  Company intends to dedicate more resources to streaming content...
• Amazon Halts In-House Sales of Diamond-Distributed Books (Updated) (2010-03-10)
  Temporary move affects all titles from Dark Horse Comics, several other publishers...
• Japanese Comic Ranking, March 1-7 (2010-03-10)
  One Piece sets all-time record; Naruto, Reborn!, Bakuman, Toriko in top 5...
• Funimation Comments Further on Vampire Bund Edits (2010-03-10)
  Streaming/broadcast to remain edited; Funimation to consider unedited DVDs...
• Daily Briefs (2010-03-10)
  • Gundam 00 Film's Official Title, New Character Revealed
  • Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gets Stage Play in 2011
  • New Bleach No Longer Slated for April on Adult Swim
  
• Otomo's Hipira Vampire Anime Made into 3D TV Footage (2010-03-10)
  Hipira-kun shown on Panasonic's stereoscopic 3D Viera TV at Tokyo Anime Fair...
• Ketsu-Inu Web Manga Gets Flash Anime TV Shorts (2010-03-10)
  Lifestyle Tsunoda's story about dog-like creature with face shaped like buttocks...
• Daily Briefs (2010-03-09)
  • Eden of the East Movie I Seen Over 100,000 Times
  • Quentin Tarantino Sued Over Kill BIll's Anime Segment
  
• Funimation Streams Vampire Bund, Baka & Test, 009-1, Last Exile (2010-03-09)
  ANN adds Burst Angel's streams...
• Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, March 1-7 (2010-03-09)
  Summer Wars, 20th Century Boys, Saki, GA, Kuruneko, Reborn, One Piece...
• Tokyo Bill on 'Virtual' Child Porn Set for March Vote (Update 3) (2010-03-09)
  Amendment can go before assembly on March 30, can become law by October...
• Summer Wars Tops Eva as #1 Anime BD in 1st-Week Sales (2010-03-09)
  Mamoru Hosoda's film sells 54,000, trails only Michael Jackson's This Is It...
• Gurren Lagann Parallel Works Gets 2nd Anime DVD (Updated) (2010-03-09)
  Gurren Lagann Parallel Works 2 with new music videos to ship on May 26...
• Higurashi Creator Starts Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni Manga (2010-03-09)
  Nishieda designs & Ichirō Tsunohazu draws Ryukishi07's newest horror story...
• Shōjo Manga Pioneer Moto Hagio Heads to Comic-Con (2010-03-09)
  Hagio's appearance at San Diego precedes Fantagraphics' new manga line...
• Daily Briefs (2010-03-08)
  • Borders Store Chain Lays Off More Employees
  • Astro Boy Mag iPhone App Now in UK, AU, Other Nations
  
• Zipang's Kawaguchi, Suppli's Okazaki Launch New Manga (2010-03-08)
  Also: Ultimate Venus' Takako Shigematsu starts Shin Kami-sama no Iu Tōri!...
• Media Blasters Reduces Staff with Layoffs, Furloughs (2010-03-08)
  At least 13 affected in print, accounting, acquisitions, video, sales departments...
• Fantagraphics Adds Moto Hagio's A Drunken Dream (Updated) (2010-03-08)
  Part of new line of manga licensed from Shogakukan, edited by Matt Thorn...