Dengeki Maoh has cooperated with Toranoana and Animate to create a list of the 15 top selling anime, manga and light novels of 2006. The results were published in the February issue of Dengeki Maoh.

*Animate and Toranoana are two of the largest BL/moe/otaku stores in Akihabara.

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MangaCast reports that the seinen manga Sexy Voice and Robo by Iou Kuroda will be adapted into a live drama starting April 23, and will run every week on Nippon TV. Matsuyama Kenichi will be playing the role of Robo.

In the latest issue of MediaWorks' Dengeki Maoh, an announcement was made that Persona 3, a popular RPG game from Atlus, will be adapted into a manga series. The new series will begin in the April issue of Dengeki Maoh (2/27), and the artist will be Sokabe Shuuji.

Anime News Network has announced the official launch of its Australian subdivision, AnimeNewsNetwork.com.Au.

Anime News Network Australia marks Anime News Network's first International site, focusing on providing Australian anime fans with the same anime news coverage that Anime News Network has provided North American fans since 1998.

Hideo Ogata (73), Animage's first Editor-in-Chief, passed away on January 25th due to stomach cancer. Ogata was involved in the planning of the Legend of the Galactic Heroes movies, and in 1978 founded Animage after joining Tokuma Shoten. Today Animage is one of the best-selling anime magazines in Japan.

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On the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending January 7, VIZ Media's Fullmetal Alchemist volume 11 ranked #133, and Naruto volume 12 ranked #150.

Manga top 10 according to Tohan.

1. Detective Conan vol.56
2. Mahou Sensei Negima! vol.17
3. Fruits Basket vol.22
4. Air Gear vol.16
5. Tenjo Tenge vol.16
6. Fairy Tale vol.2
7. Shinshi Doumei Cross vol.6
8. Inuyasha vol.48
9. Kekkaishi vol.15
10. Life vol.14

The new comic release list from ComicList, compiled by MangaCast.

The first issue of a new shojo manga magazine from Futabasha was released on 1/24.

The magazine, titled Comic Mahou no iland (Island) (COMIC?????????i?????????), will serialize manga based on popular mobile novels (cellular phone novels).

The magazine will be released on the 24th of every month, at the price of 550 yen.

Kaworu Watashiya's manga Kodomo no Jikan is currently one of the most talked about moe/loli manga in Japan. According to an announcement in Futabasha's manga magazine Comic High! (released on 1/22), the cover wrap of the third volume of Kodomo no Jikan, to be released on 2/10, will contain a major announcement regarding the series.

While the content of the announcement is still being kept a secret by Futabasha, many speculate that the announcement will either be an anime adaption, a live-action adaption, a drama CD adaption, or a video game adaption.

Kodomo no Jikan is currently being published in the U.S. by Seven Seas under the name Nymphet. The first volume will be released in April 2007.