"Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku o!" will be adapted into an Anime.

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According to early sales information from Weekly Shounen Sunday, Kekkaishi will be made into an anime, and be directed by Kenji Kodama.

Auditioning for an upcoming "Nodame Orchestra" CD:

Recruting anyone 18~29

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A protest and request from the Japanese Anti-Smoking Association:
We hope that all smoking scenes from the manga and anime "NANA" will be removed by June 30, 2006.

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In an effort to promote the relationship between China and Japan, a group of 30 manga artists will be visiting China from June 19th to June 24th under the name of "Japan China 21st Century Friendship Committee." The group will be visiting Chinese cities such as Shijiazhuang (Hebei Province) and Dalian (Liaoning Province), and will be demonstrating manga-drawing techniques at various universities.

A restaurant worker (34) was arrested on charge of possessing (on HDD) and selling (through his website) pirated anime DVDs. According to the story, ever since September 2005, the man has managed to sell pirated DVDs to over 300 people, and has made over 4,000,000 yen.

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Two Japanese men (29 and 25) were arrested for stealing 130 volumes of Dragon Ball. According to the report, the men visited their local bookstore between 5/10 to 5/15, each time leaving with the manga hidden in their shirt.

According to the men, they did it so that they can sell the manga, and use the money to play. Currently they have already sold one set of Dragon Ball (1-34, Complete Edition). According to the report, after visiting the bookstore numerous times, the store staff b

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According to some early info, in Weekly Shounen Jump No. 31 (7/9), an announcement will be made regarding a D.Gray-man anime in Fall 2006.

Two all new magazines specialized in cat manga:

Neko no Akubi: Bunkasha, first issue to be releaesd on June 16 .
Nekodama: Aoba Shuppan, first issue to be released on June 28.

The August issue of bishoujo game magazine "PUSH!!" went on sale on 6/21. As previously reported, the magazine has a special cover featuring Saber from Fate/stay night by Takeuchi Takashi and "Konomi" from ToHeart2 by Mitumi Misato. The special featured article is titled "The Law of Hit" (rules for succesful hits) and is about Type-Moon and Leaf. Below is a translation of the Akiba article on this feature:

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