A round up of SDCC 2007 manga-related news, reports, and more from around the internet, updated constantly, so you don't have to look for them.

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According to Meteor, a short manga titled Reibaishi Izuna ~the spiritual medium~ by Okano Takeshi and Makura Shou will start in the August issue of Oh SUPER JUMP. The manga will feature Haduki Izuna from the Jigoku Sensei Nube (Hell Teacher Nube) series.

According to Canned Dogs:

This is also the first time the authors are working together since 2000. The authors had supposedly went their separate ways soon after Nube ended because of some disputes and also because their 2nd comic was received very badly.

One of the three Winny file-sharer arrested on May 18 for uploading manga to Japan's Winny file-sharing system was found guilty on June 20th. According to the report, the 29-year-old defendant from Osaka will be facing 1 year of prison and 3 years of probation.

Source: Asahi Shimbun

From MangaCast comes the Diamond Previews for August 2007, which provides information on new U.S. releases for October/November 2007.

From Yomiuri Online comes an article looking at how Taiwan is quicker in turning manga into TV dramas than their Japanese counterparts:

Taiwanese broadcasters are now adapting manga popular among girls for use as TV dramas even more quickly than their Japanese TV counterparts. Some of these Taiwan dramas have done well in other Asian countries too, fueling a craze that has left broadcasters in the manga's country of origin in their wake.

Via: Giapet.net

From Comicsnob (via MangaBlog) comes the "Consolidated Online Manga Sales Rankings for 20 July" based on figured from Amazon, B&N, BAMM, Chapters and TRSI:

1. Naruto (152.5)
2. Ouran High School Host Club (88.4)
3. Warriors (single volume) (88)
4. Bleach (86.4)
5. Avalon High (single volume) (82)
6. Fruits Basket (69.1)
7. Death Note (63.2)
8. Kingdom Hearts (62.2)
9. Dark Hunger (single volume) (50)
10. XxxHolic (49)

The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending July 15th:

• #60 - Naruto, Volume 15 - Viz - (Last week: #107)
• #136 - Kingdom Hearts II, Volume 1 - Tokyopop - (Last week: -)

According to Jiji Press, Thailand's police arrested the managers of the maid cafe Akiba, located in Bangkok, and seized 200 volumes of obscene manga imported from Japan. ANN has a translation:

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Anime social networking animeOnline has been shut down after the site announced the end of its beta-testing period:

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According to Starchild - fyofuko, a new OVA the character Ryofuko-chan from Jiro Suzuki's manga Sota-kun no Akihabara no Funtoki is currently in the works.

Source: Active Anime