According to Shueisha, Ikeda Akihisa's Rosario + Vampire will be adapted into an anime. According to ANN, the official announcement of the anime adaptation will be made in the July issue of Monthly Shonen Jump.

Source: Ultimatum Talk

Sakaki Ichirou (Author) and Fujishiro You (Illustrator)ls light novel series Strait Jacket will be adapted to an OVA series, with the first OVA episode to be released in October 2007. An official site for the anime has opened at this link.

Also, PEACH-PIT's Shugo Chara! will be adapted into an anime.

ANN reports that according to a survey conducted by i-mode of 5,400 people conducted by Infoplant, over 40% of the people have downloaded manga in the past:

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Mayu Shinjo is a popular shojo mangaka whose work regularly appear on Sho-comi. Some of her popular works include Love Celeb, Kaikan Phrase, and Haou Airen.

On May 23rd, manga artist Mayu Shinjo announced on her blog her plan to leave Shogakukan after her current serialization ends. Below is a summary-excerpt of Mayu Shinjo's blog post:

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The monthly novel magazine Novel JAPAN is getting a new title: Charano! (???????????????). Also, the release date of the magazine will be changed to the 30th of every month (from the 10th of every month).

The first issue of the magazine under the new title Charano! will be out on June 30th, 2007. The new issue will see the debut of a new series, D&D replay (DUNGEONS & DRAGONS replay).

Source: Hobby Japan

Top 10 manga (5/30) according to Tohan.

1. Ookiku Furikabutte, Volume 8
2. Kimi ni Todoke, Volume 4
3. XXXHOLiC, Volume 11
4. Major, Volume 63
5. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Volume 15
6. Liar Game, Volume 4
7. Gantz, Volume 21
8. Fairy Tale, Volume 4
9. Zipangu, Volume 29
10. Hajime no Ippo, Volume 80

Additional Rankings:
- Weekly Doujinshi Top 10 (5/26) from Toranoana

According to the latest newsletter from Kodansha BOX, the popular doujin game Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni will be adapted into a novel series. The story will be written by the game's creator Ryuukishi07.

Source: animeOnline

An online database for Detective Conan is current available at websunday.net/conandb/top.html. The searchable database contains dossiers and images from every case that has appeared in the Detective Conan series.

Source: ANN

Earlier this year, Shogakukan announced that Doraemon - Last Episode, a fan-made conclusion to Fujiko F. Fujio's Doraemon manga, infringed Shogakukan's copyright to Doraemon.

On May 29th, Shogakukan announced that the 37-year-old amateur mangaka apologized to Shogakukan and Fujiko Production, and swore that such things will never happen again. Also, the mangaka admitted to his gaining of illegal profits from the work, and paid back a portion of his sales.

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According to a poster from the latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, Kyosuke Usuta's Pyuu to Fuku! Jaguar will be adapted into a live-action movie sometime next year. Also an anime series is being planned, which will be distributed through the use of DVD.

Source: animeOnline