Anime News Network has launched a new sub-site called AnimeNewsNetwork.AU, complete with a new layout and more emphasis placed on the "Featured Articles" section.

Del Rey has announced the following new license at MangaNEXT:

Manga:
- "Chevalier"

Strongly Hinted:
- "Kujibiki Unbalance"

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BBC Japanorama is currently running an Otaku quiz, how much of an otaku are you?

Source: Anime UK News

Columbia Pictures has announced that it will bring Death Note to Malaysia, the movie will be released nationwide on November 9th.

Source: The Star

On Sep 10th, Segolene Royal, a popular member of the French congress, announced her candidacy for the coming election for the President of France.

Despite the dissenters inside her Socialist Party, Segolene Royal is one of the top presidential candidate according to most French opinion polls. Segolene Royal's opponent in the upcoming election in the May of next year will be Nicolas Sarkozy, the Minister of the Interior from the "Union for a Popular Movement." There is a possibility that France will see its first female President.

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NTT recently launched a new trial service called UgoUgo Blog, which combines blogging with animation tools to allow users to draw and animate online in realtime. Registration is free, the beta service will be up until March 31, 2007.

Source: Animaxis

In Part II of its 2006 Yaoi Awards, Yaoi Suki presents Character Awards - Part A:

Nicole from Boy Princess
Naoki from Jazz
All Character by by Hoshino Lily

To vote for other categories go here.

ANS reports that a new Osamu Tezuka art exhibition called "Tezuka: the Marvel of Manga" will take place in Australia at NGV International on 3 November 2006.

According to Tony Ellwood, NGV Deputy Director, "The planning of Tezuka: the Marvel of Manga has involved over five years of complex negotiations to release important material from Tezuka Productions in Tokyo. This is the first time Tezuka's original drawings have been seen in the West."

Source: ANS

Kodansha has announced that it plans to revive the 6 volumes of "Gundam Magazine," which ran from December 1990 - June 1991. Kodansha will be releasing the magazine in a complete boxset on sale in December for 8000 yen.

Source: Manga Jouhou

Love Manga has announced a new manhwa competition. The rule is simple:

So each day I’ll throw open a different title (I’ll even give the reasons for why I like it, how’s that for a first!) and then all that’s left for you to do is email me a reason why you’d want this particular title.