More license announcements from Yaoi Con:

DramaQueen:
- "Angel & Devil" by Uzuki Jun
- "Cage of Thornes" by Sakuragawa Sonoko
- "Missing Road" by Sakurai Shushushu

Be Beautiful:
- "Casino Lily" by Nitta Youka
- "Love a la Carte" by Minami Haruka
- "Virgin Soil" by Minami Haruka

Source: Yaoi Suki

A new Nintendo DS game by TDK Core called Ciao Manga School (ちゃおまんがスクール) will be released on November 9th. The game is based on a popular how-to-draw-manga tutorial section featured in shojo manga anthology Ciao. The game, utilizing DS's touch screen, puts the player in the shoes of a girl who is trying to have her work published by Ciao.

Source: Akadot

According to an announcement (PDF), as of issue 11 (11/25), Media Works's seinen manga anthology Dengeki Teioh will cease publication.

A trailer of the new Mushishi live-action film, starring Jo Odagiri and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo of AKIRA fame, is available on the film's official website (click the blue box to view the trailer).

801 Media has licensed a new yaoi license: Affair by Shiuko Kano.

Source: Yaoi Suki

MangaBlog points out that German manga blog Deutsche Mangaka has translated an article from ZEIT Online about the rise of German comic artists in Germany, and how they are able to compete with Japanese graphic novels, which takes up around 75-80% of the German language comic market.

MangaCast posts two manga announcements from Broccoli Books: "E'S Volume 1 - January 2007!" and "KAMUI Volume 5 Shipping!"

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Conrad Publising will be releasing Battle Royale by Koushun Takami (story) and Masayuki Taguchi (art) in Brazil later this year. The controversial manga spans 15 volumes, and was originally a novel by Koushun Takami.

Tokyopop is giving away 10 copies of Magic Moon vol. 1 autographed by Wolfgang Hohlbein, who co-wrote the series with his wife, Heike. Together, the Hohlbeins are one of Europe’s most prolific fantasy-writing teams."

MangaCast is giving away a free copy of Reborn! to its MangaCasters.

Tokyopop's online store is offering a "Trick or Treat: Buy 2 get 1 FREE" deal.

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The following manga it to USA Today top 150 for the week ending October 15th:

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories Vol.1 (Tokyopop)