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• Broccoli International USA to Shut Down by Year's End (Updated) (2008-11-19)
  Broccoli to dissolve North American manga, character goods subsidiary by February...
• Tenchi Spinoff Seikishi's 1st Teaser Trailer Streamed (Updated) (2008-11-19)
  Staff list also posted for Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari...
• Japanese Comic Ranking, November 11-17 (2008-11-19)
  Conan 63, Naruto 44, Reborn 22 stay on top; Negima 24 brings in Y100 million...
• Joost to Stream Kaiji, Buzzer Beater Anime in December (2008-11-19)
  Free English-subbed streams for 2 anime as well as comedy, variety programs...
• Ad Lib Prince Slot Machine Manga to Bundle Anime DVD (2008-11-19)
  1st 4 stories from Keiichi Akatsuki's gambling manga get animated...
• Natsume Ono's Ristorante Paradiso Gets TV Anime (2008-11-19)
  Heroine apprentices with a colorful kitchen staff in a restaurant in Rome...
• Miwa's Dogs Action Manga to Be Animated (Updated) (2008-11-19)
  Story set in future European city where four guns-for-hire ply their trade...
• Manga Guide to Marx's Das Kapital to Ship Next Month (2008-11-18)
  Japan's East Press also publishes Crime & Punishment, Faust, War & Peace, more...
• Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, November 12-18 (2008-11-18)
  7th, 8th Dragonball Z films debut on top; Monochrome Factor 4 also appears...
• Jump Square Editor: Tegami Bachi May Get 2009 TV Anime (2008-11-18)
  Comments made during last night's Anime Paradise TV report on magazine...
• Lawsuit Launched over Proposed Live-Action Voltron Film (2008-11-18)
  U.S.-based World Events Productions moves to sue Toei Animation over rights...
• Libraries Offer Manga Ent. Titles for Digital Borrowing (2008-11-18)
  OverDrive downloads free, temporary copies for users of participating libraries...
• Akikan Anime TV Ad Streamed for January 3 Premiere (2008-11-18)
  Story based on romantic comedy light novels about soda can girls...
• Sony to Release Madhouse's Marvel Hero Anime Worldwide (2008-11-18)
  Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's Int'l Product Expansion Group signs deals...
• Fans Bid 22,500+ Yen for Kannagi's Nagi Fan Club Cards (Updated) (2008-11-17)
  Only 1,000 cards given away during 3rd membership campaign for comedy anime...
• Weekly Shonen Magazine Deals with AIDS in 2-Part Manga (2008-11-17)
  Boy's girlfriend may have disease in latest 15 no Yoru installments...
• 5 Anime Studios Sue 4 'Heavy Downloaders' in Singapore (2008-11-17)
  Writs of summons filed this month for alleged infringement of studios' copyrights...
• TV Drama Based on Anmitsu-hime Shōjo Manga Gets Sequel (2008-11-17)
  Live-action Hana Yori Dango's Mao Inoue to reprise fantasy princess role...
• Skip Beat Shōjo Manga to Get Taiwanese TV Drama (2008-11-17)
  It Started With a Kiss/ItaKiss' Ariel Lin, Meteor Garden/HanaDan's Jerry Yan star...
• TV Tokyo to Stream Naruto via Crunchyroll Worldwide (Update 2) (2008-11-17)
  Paid subscriptions for English subs, 1 hour after Japanese airing, to begin on January 8...