News - May 2007
- Survey about "Roots" of Otaku Lifestyle Published (18:28)
- Shota Community, Other LiveJournal Accounts Suspended (06:00)
- 3 Anime Themes in May 20-27's Top Singles in Japan (03:26)
- Seven Seas Cancels Nymphet Release in North America (20:22)
- Arts Vision Releases Statement about Chairman's Arrest (17:56)
- Author of False Doraemon Ending Issues Apology (09:19)
- Death Note Spinoff, Appleseed Sequel Websites Launch (06:46)
- CAV Selling off CPM Titles (06:35)
- Database Opens for Every Detective Conan's Case Closed (04:17)
- Broccoli Plans "New Type of Book" for English Disgaea (03:27)
- Seven Seas Puts Nymphet on Hiatus (00:03)
- Udon Entertainment Launches Manhwa Line with Haksan (23:48)
- Minami-ke Anime Announced (18:28)
- Detective School Q Television Drama Announced (06:03)
- New Superhero Gag Manga by Comic Party's Sekihiko Inui (05:22)
- Zard Singer Izumi Sakai, 40, Dies from Staircase Fall (04:33)
- Tachiguishi Retsuden Plays Portuguese Festival (04:12)
- Arts Vision Chairman Arrested for Sexual Assault (03:57)
- Japanese, US Companies Fund Live-Action King of Fighters (02:10)
- Japan NIH Holds Symposium on Japanese Pop Culture Abroad (19:18)
- Production I.G Interviews Chevalier Animation Director (06:01)
- Macross 25th Anniversary Concert to Be Held in Tokyo (05:51)
- New images of Soundwave MP3 player and Headphones (04:32)
- Piano no Mori Trailer (02:37)
- New You're Under Arrest Television Anime in Production (02:13)
- Production I.G Screens Anime inside Online Game (20:32)
- 3D Galaxy Express 999 Anime Announced (19:03)
- Toshiba Entertainment Becomes Showgate Inc. (07:37)
- Satelight Reveals New Macross Project as TV Series (07:14)
- Japanese Anime TV Ranking: April 30-May 20 (06:29)
- Iris Print to Start BL Twist Mag on Boys' Love Fiction (03:34)
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, May 16–22 (02:42)
- Japanese Man Arrested for Bootlegging Dragonball DVDs (19:09)
- Rintaro, Madhouse to Animate 2008 Penguin CG Movie (18:05)
- Shion no Ō Anime Announced (07:19)
- Shoji Kawamori Draws Powered Suit to Pitch Nissan SUV (05:22)
- Vexille All-CG Film to Open in Japan on August 18 (04:54)
- Ghibli's Unproduced Three Bears Film Opens as Museum Set (02:54)
- Buzzer Beater Anime Remake to Start on July 3 (01:36)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, May 16–21 (01:13)
- Animania Brisbane this weekend (01:03)
- Follow Up: Shigurui Air Dates Announced (09:52)
- Yoko Kanno to Perform Special Concert in Seoul (07:52)
- ComingSoon.net Posts Satoshi Kon Interview on Paprika (02:15)
- MOC meeting this weekend (01:55)
- Amazon Removes Mislabeled Sailor Moon Bootleg DVD Set (01:17)
- Doujin Work Show to Add Live-Action Dōjinshi-Making (00:54)
- Japan's Foreign Minister Creates Foreign Manga Award (15:40)
- Super Robot Spirits Goes Abroad in Hong Kong Concert (08:22)
- Japanese Box Office, May 19-20 (07:57)
- U.S. Navy to Create Manga to Explain Itself to Japan (07:15)
- Cup Noodle's Freedom Wins Ad Industry's Clio Awards (03:30)
- Samurai Deeper Kyo's Kamijyō Starts Shonen Mag Manga (01:10)
- Spriggan's Minagawa Starts New Manga in Ultra Jump (00:24)
- Del Rey Licenses Basilisk Authors' Yagyu Ninja Scrolls (23:53)
- Azumi's Aya Ueto Leads Piano no Mori Cast (23:19)
- New Manga from Fruits Basket Creator Set to Debut (11:47)
- Yen Press Manga Get Release Dates (11:46)
- Satoshi Kon Talks to New York Times (11:45)
- Volume on Japanese Literary, Animated SF Due in December (02:09)
- New Pokemon season starting on Free-To-Air (00:19)
- Cannes Brings News of The Neighbor Number 13 Movie (00:34)
- Toei on Precure 5, One Piece, Versailles, Kitaro Films (04:29)
- Nine Poles Held by Police over "Fansubs" (02:42)
- Three Arrested in Japan for File-Sharing Shōnen Manga (21:40)
- Negima! Live-Action Confirmed by Creator Ken Akamatsu (19:53)
- TV Asahi Buys 110,000 More Shares of Toei Animation (19:52)
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, May 9–15 (19:52)
- Queenie Chan to Pen Koontz's Odd Thomas Graphic Novel (19:52)
- Novel Depicts American Working in Tokyo at Manga Firm (06:10)
- Japan's PTA Decries Shin Chan Anime, Shōjo Comic Mag (04:59)
- Shueisha: Banned Chinese Death Note Copies Were Pirated (03:34)
- AVCon 2007 Preregistration Now Open (02:05)
- Viz's Princess Knight is First Translation of Original Run (01:15)
- Amazon Sells Sailor Moon Bootleg as "Official Boxset" (01:01)
- Anime Studios Explore Profit-Sharing, Hollywood Remakes (23:18)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, May 9–15 (15:20)
- Blade of the Immortal Wins British Fans' Eagle Award (09:09)
- Treasure Gaust Anime Premiere Set for June 11 in Japan (07:50)
- Oshii Writing Toei Film for Battle Royale II Director (00:18)
- Dragon Knights Ends, My-Otome Creators' Latest Begins (22:21)
- Bandai Visual Japan Confirms Blu-Ray, HD DVD Dates (22:20)
- Anime Bootleggers Sentenced to 42 Months In Prison (17:31)
- Animania Festival Melbourne Roundup (02:29)
- Manifest attending Japan Festival 2007 in Victoria (02:25)
- Production I.G Posts Mamoru Oshii's Interview Part 3 (01:07)
- Latest Haruhi Novel, Ghost Hunt Manga Delayed in Japan (00:41)
- Ah! My Goddess Creator's Newest Character Starts Novel (23:35)
- Hidden Death Note Trailer Reveals Light's English Voice (22:24)
- 13 Genius Party Video Contest Entries in Five Days (22:21)
- Beijing Bans Horror Stories Based on Death Note (20:32)
- Japanese Box Office, May 12-13 (19:25)
- 30-Million-Yen Gundam Comes Home (18:35)
- Barefoot Gen Artist to Pen Drenched by Black Rain Film (07:19)
- Boys over Flowers Forces F4 Idol Band to Rename Itself (04:31)
- Howl's Moving Castle Wins Best Script Nebula Award (03:47)
- South Korean Idol Rain in Speed Racer Movie Talks (03:32)
- Tekkonkinkreet's Arias to Speak at Japanese University (02:04)
- Hideaki Anno Directs Japanese Dub of Danish Puppet Film (07:57)
- Genius Party Hosts Open Video Contest on MySpace (06:52)
- 36th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards Announced (05:12)
- TV Tokyo Program Crowns King of Foreign Otaku (23:54)
- Xenoglossia's Heroine Haruka Launches Blog Journal (22:23)
- Madhouse's Piano no Mori to Open July 21 in Japan (22:17)
- Japanese Anime DVD Ranking, May 2–8 (22:15)
- Gundam Pics for 1/1 Model, Exhibit, North American Game (11:53)
- Variety Names Studio 4°C Founder Among Cannes's Movers (05:20)
- Code Geass to Premiere Series Finale in July Events (03:01)
- Touka Gettan Anime Airing Episodes in Reverse Order (01:41)
- Mother Ordered to Return Late Manga Creator's Remains (00:38)
- 11th Annual Tezuka Cultural Prize Winners Announced (23:18)
- Viz Goes Beyond Manga with Fiction, Non-Fiction Books (20:53)
- Detective Conan Statues Damaged by Unknown Assailant (20:21)
- Tales from Earthsea - In Cinemas Now! (20:00)
- Live-Action Film on Manga Artist to Premiere at Cannes (17:49)
- Ghibli Museum Library Releases European Films in Japan (17:17)
- 1/1-Scale Gundam Highlights New Park Attraction (07:09)
- Ookiku Furikabutte wins Kodansha's Manga Award (04:46)
- Madman May Update (02:24)
- Manifest May GM (02:24)
- Wai-Con launches 2007 website and date (02:24)
- Yamato, Macross Director to Create Biopic on Engineer (02:22)
- New VOTOMS Video Series to Use Computer Graphics (00:09)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, May 2–8 (23:16)
- Rotten Tomatoes Rates Comics and Manga-based Movies (11:58)
- Los Angeles Times Interviews Sakuran Director Ninagawa (06:35)
- Japanese Game Ranking, April 23-29 (02:09)
- Da Capo II, Nanatsuiro Drops, Maid Guy to Be Animated (01:11)
- Stone Bridge to Print Tezuka Book, Miyazawa's Railroad (00:13)
- Veteran Actor Kazuo Kitamura Passes Away at 80 (23:34)
- Japanese Anime TV Ranking, April 23-29 (22:46)
- New Satoshi Kon Interview Translated into English (07:51)
- Gundam Leads Bandai Visual Franchises with 12 Million (05:33)
- Moyashimon Anime Staff, Broadcast Date Confirmed (03:26)
- Kagetora Creator's New Ice Skating Manga Begins May 16 (00:19)
- Evangelion Movie Remakes' Chapter Titles Confirmed (23:44)
- Japanese Box Office: May 5-6 (23:13)
- Fruits Basket's Final Tally in Japan: 18 Million Sold (22:36)
- New Mag to Debut Ah! My Goddess Creator's Latest Work (08:09)
- "Otaku Cultural Mecca" Welcomes Foreigners in PR Blitz (05:35)
- Moto Hagio Interview Now Available Online in English (07:50)
- Japan's Comic Charge Mag Serializes Hong Kong Artist (23:47)
- Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture Anime to Air in Fall (03:07)
- Viz to Ship Tekkonkinkreet, Kurohime, Muhyo & Roji's, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (00:10)
- Japanese Anime DVD Ranking, April 25-May 1 (23:17)
- Unofficial Blood the Last Vampire Photos Appear (23:04)
- Dennō Coil Manga to Print in Ciao's August Issue Extra (13:57)
- Speech Synthesis Software for Anime Announced (09:50)
- Xenoglossia, Code Geass to Be Novelized in Japan (06:26)
- Go Nagai Interview Translated into English (02:09)
- Viz Media Announces New Shōjo Manga Titles (01:48)
- Ghibli "Channel" Opens for Studio News, Information Online (01:14)
- Japanese Comic Ranking, April 25-May 1 (20:14)
- Survey: Manga Rental Struggles to Catch On in Japan (12:34)
- NHK Launches Ani-Kuri 15 (04:24)
- Announcement Planned for Hiromu Arakawa's Hero Tales (04:15)
- Happy Happy Clover Children's Anime to Air in July (03:34)
- Free Shōnen Alchemist Light Novel Mag Launches Online (03:14)
- Japanese Box Office: April 28-29 (13:55)
- Manga Devoted to "Marine's English" Draws Crowds in Akiba (12:39)
- Tezuka Cultural Prize Nominees for Manga Announced (09:43)
- Japan Brings Barefoot Gen to Non-Proliferation Event (00:29)
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