Yahoo! Japan has opened a special commemoration website to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Kodansha's Afternoon. The anniversary website will be open from December 25th to February 26th 2007.

MangaCast reports that Keiko Takemiya's Andromeda Stories has appeared on Amazon.com listed under Vertical.

Conrad Publishing company will releasing Ai Yazawa's Paradise Kiss (パラダイス・キス) in Brazil sometime in 2007. According to Shoujo Café, depending on the success of Paradise Kiss, Conrad may also release Nana (ナナ).

Source: Papo de Budega

Manga Jouhou has announced a "Chain Mail – Win It Before You Can Buy It Contest," where eight copies of the new novel Chain Mail from Tokyopop will be given to those who can write the best "Tanka" (a kind of Japanese poetry).

Broccoli Books now has its own MySpace page.

Source: MangaBlog

Aya Nakahara's Lovely Complex, also known as Love★Com, will be adapted into an anime TV series.

The official site for the animated movie version of Piano no Mori - The perfect world of KAI by Madhouse has opened at www.piano-movie.jp.

Piano no Mori is a seinen manga by Isshiki Makoto. It was first serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine Uppers, and was moved to Weekly Morning.

Source: MOON PHASE

MangaCast translates the weekly Doujinshi ranking in Japan (12/02) according to Toranoana Akihabara, compiled by Akiba Blog (NSFW).

Kentarou Miura's Berserk will resume serialization in issue 2 (1/12) of Hakusensha's Young Animal after a break of over three months.

Comic Book Resources reports that Top Cow Productions has released the official preview trailer for the upcoming Witchblade Manga. The trailer can be found on YouTube and Revver.