The German online magazine AnimeY has released an interview with "Detective Conan" creator Gosho Aoyama. (Thanks Micha)

Ragnarok, based on the popular Korean MMORPG Ragnarok Online, will be aired on Cartoon Network Brazil this coming July.

The official website of Young Champion Retsu has been launched.

The first issue will be released on 7/19, new series include:

"Fool◇Fool" by Yuki Kobayashi
"Rei Sweeper" by Narumi Kakinouchi
"Mocho Mio!!!" by Kazuhiro Moriya
"Chou Goukin Tobitakeihachi" by Yahonko Wabisu

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Del Rey announces the acquisition of Densha Otoko, the single volume will be released this December.

Comics Sales Ranking in May 2006, from Diamond Comics Distributors, including the top 50 manga of May.

Tsutomu Nihei will be attending the Phoenix Anime Festival this December event as a guest of honor, other guests include C.B. Cebulski, Scott Bennett, and Kate Higgins.

A few days after the American Amazon site began offering groceries, Amazon JP has started offering a consignment sales service. Called the "e-Taku Sales Service" (e-Taku being a combination of the word "itaku (consignment)" and the "e-" prefix, favored by businesses around the globe in the heydays of the dot-com boom of the late 90's), it would allow individuals to consign products they own the rights to to Amazon, and in exchange for an annual membership fee of 9000 yen ($78.50 USD) and 40% of the price of the item (37% for games and software), Amazon would sell the item just like any other product, and offer 24/7 shipping.

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Harlequin Enterprises has announced that it will publish its own line of manga in the U.S. under its new Harlequin Pink Ginger Blossom imprint. Four titles, translated and packaged by Dark Horse, will be released in September: Jinxed, adapted by Akemi Maki, Never Kiss a Stranger adapted by Maya Kasumi, No Competition adapted by Yukino Hara, and A Prince Needs a Princess adapted by Reiko Kishida.

TOKYOPOP.com is looking for individuals over 18 years of age* to be reviewers, columnists and feature storywriters...

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