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• Japanese Box Office, March 13-14 (2010-03-21)
  Doraemon, Liar Game in top 10, Saru Lock, Haruhi, Sgt. Frog, live action TokiKake in top 15...
• The Space Show, Hutch, the Honeybee Trailers Streamed (2010-03-21)
  Welcome to The Space Show to open in summer; Hutch to open on July 31...
• Nitroplus to Preview New Anime at Tokyo Anime Fair (2010-03-21)
  Togainu no Chi website with Aniplex copyright is under construction...
• Aya Fujii Yaoi Manga Now Available on Kindle (2010-03-21)
  1st chapter of Peach Boy MOMO & MIKAN version story in Japanese, English...
• Heartcatch Precure! Anime Film to Open on October 30 (2010-03-20)
  Film based on latest TV series from Pretty Cure! magical girl franchise...
• Mamoru Nagano's Gothicmade Anime Preview Streamed (Update 2) (2010-03-20)
  Anime from Five Star Stories creator also previewed at Newtype event...
• Ponyo Ranks #9 BD, #10 Overall in 2nd Week in U.S. (2010-03-20)
  Film falls off top 10 in DVD sales, video rental sales...
• Lucky Star Gets Live-Action Cart-Racing TV Spinoff (2010-03-20)
  Voice actor Minoru Shiraishi to race against anime staff, cast for publicity...
• MapleStory Gets Fullmetal Alchemist Tie-In in Japan (Updated) (2010-03-20)
  MMORPG to offer Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood items starting March 31...
• Marie & Gali Gets New Ver. 2.0 TV Anime Green-Lit (2010-03-19)
  Toei's 2nd Marie & Gali educational anime to add new Norika character...
• Ghibli Makes Calligraphy-Inspired Nisshin Commercial (2010-03-19)
  Gedo's Goro Miyazaki storyboards, Ponyo's Katsuya Kondo oversees animation...
• Haruaki Katoh's Hyakko Manga Listed by Amazon (2010-03-19)
  Flex Comix's slice-of-life school comedy was made into 2008 TV anime...
• Tokyo's 'Nonexistent Youth' Bill Officially on Hold (Updated) (2010-03-19)
  Deliberations to continue into June; Osaka considers similar measure...
• Funimation Recalls Darker Than Black (2010-03-19)
  According to The Right Stuf International Funimation Entertainment has issued a recall for the Darker Than Black Season One release. Although the release was scheduled for March 23, consumers started reporting a problem with the third episode of the third disc in the set earlier this week. Thank you to Shiroi Hane for this information.
• Section23 Films Adds Papillon Rose, La Corda D'Oro (Updated) (2010-03-19)
  Also licensed: Brighter than the Dawning Blue...
• New York Times Manga Best Seller List, March 6-12 (2010-03-19)
  Naruto, Bleach, Black Butler, Soul Eater, Negima, Vampire Knight, 2 Alice books, Skip Beat, Black Bird...
• Mamoru Oshii Short Film, Otomo's Hipira-kun to Compete at Annecy (2010-03-19)
  New Oshii short film about lonely basset hound in world's largest animation festival...
• Ryō Kurashina's Jotei Kaoruko to get Live-Action TV Drama (2010-03-19)
  Sequel to Jotei to focus on Ginza hostess searching for her mother...
• Viz Media to release Mitsuru Adachi's Cross Game Manga in October (2010-03-18)
  Sports manga about high school baseball team from creator of H2, Touch, Miyuki...
• Ikkitousen: Xtreme Xecutor DVD/BDs to Bundle OVAs (2010-03-18)
  Original video anime on each of 6 volumes between June & November...