Both Ultimatum and Moon Phase are reporting that To Love-Ru, the latest manga by Hasemi Saki (story) and Kentaro Yabuki (art) that's currently serialized in Shounen Jump, will be adapted into an anime by XEBEC, and will be aired sometime next spring.

From Icarus Publishing's blog comes a preview (NSFW) of the adult manga that are shipping in March 2008 based on Diamond Previews.

Ultimatum Tidbits points out a post from Yamamoto Atsuji, which revealed that mangaka Noboru Miyama passed away on December 2nd at the age of 51. Noboru Miyama is responsible for titles such as Mefisuto, Pikaichi and Reira.

The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending December 16th:

• #92 - Naruto, Volume 27 - Viz - (Last week: #55)
• #129 - Naruto, Volume 26 - Viz - (Last week: #67)

Also, Comicsnob posts the online manga sales rankings in "Online Manga Bestsellers, 16 December."

From Newsarama comes a two-part interview with Paul Levitz, President and Publisher of DC Comics, who talks about DC Comics' performance in the year 2007.

Also, PWCW's Kai-Ming Cha interviews animator Aimee Major Steinberger about her comics and "manga-influenced travel journal," Japan Ai: A Tall Girl's Adventure in Japan.

Via: MangaBlog

From Go! Comi's blog comes a copy of an email from fine art sculptor Tim Bruckner, who expresses his view on Go! Comi's web comic Masque of the Red Death.

Top 10 manga (12/19) according to Tohan:

1. One Piece (48)
2. Bleach (31)
3. D.Gray-man (13)
4. Gintama (21)
5. Sprout (6)
6. Pluto (5)
7. The Prince of Tennis (40)
8. Ppoi! (25)
9. Kaichou wa Maid-sama! (4)
10. REAL (7)

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A round up of the new comic release list and views for the week of December 19th 2007:

• ComicList: Manga for 12/19/2007
• MangaCast: New Manga Release List ~ Dec 19, 2007
• Manga Recon: Weekly Recon, 12/19/07
• theOtaku: New Manga Releases
• Precocious Curmudgeon: Upcoming 12/19/2007

From MangaBlog comes a round-up of news and views of this year's New York Anime Festival, which took place from December 7th - 9th.

Ivrea Publishing, one of the biggest publisher of Japanese and Korean comics in Argentina, has licensed and released Mayu Shinjo's shoujo manga Junai Strip (?????????????????????) (Argentine title is Amor Al Desnudo). Livrea also announced the acquisition of Yuji Shiozaki's Tachibana, which will be released in February of 2008.

Source: Papo de Budega