Tokyopop has announced several new manga licenses at this year's NYAF:

• Kyo Kara Maoh! by Temari Matsumoto
• Fate/stay night by Nishiwaki Datto
• Genei Muso by Natsuki Takaya

Also, Bandai Entertainment announced that it has acquired the rights to the Code Geass manga and light novel series.

Source: theOtaku

From YaoiSuki comes a brief talk with CPM's John O'Donnell regarding their company's licensing dispute with Japanese BL publisher Libre Publishing:

Since putting up their notice, O'Donnell says Libre has not taken any action to settle the matter, and even refuses to sit down with O'Donnell or any other CPM representatives to try and work it out. Libre has not filed a lawsuit. He hopes that Libre will bring their lawyers to the U.S. so that the matter can be settled, but thinks that they are trying to deliberately harm the sales of the books until CPM's license expires so that they can license the series to another company.

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NEW YORK, NY - December 9, 2007 - Marvel Entertainment and Del Rey Manga, an imprint of Ballantine Books at the Random House Publishing Group, announced today plans to publish two new manga series based on Marvel Entertainment's highly popular X-Men series.

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theOtaku reports that Yen Press has announced several new manga acquisitions at NYAF07:

• Shoulder a Coffin Kuro
• Hidamari Sketch (to be released as Sunshine Sketch)
• Suzunari!
• Astro

Also mentioned is that Yen Press has licensed ICE Kunion's manhwa titles:

Yen Press acquired manhwa publisher ICE Kunion's titles, and they're reprinting the previously-released books very soon.

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ANN and About.com Manga report that Go! Comi has confirmed several new acquisitions at this year's New York Anime Festival:

• Bogle by Shino Taira & Yuko Ichiju
• Kurogane Communication by Tomomasa Takuma
• Song of the Hanging Sky by Toriko Gin
• Three in Love by Shioko Mizuki
• Ultimate Venus by Takako Shigematsu
• Yggdrasil by Lay Mutsuki

Del Rey Manga has announced several new licenses at this year's NYAF07:

Manga:

• Gankutsuoh by Maeda & Arihara Yura
• Papillion by Ueda Miwa
• Kami-chama Karin chu by Koge Donbo
• Mao-chan by Ran & Akamatsu Ken

Light Novel:

• xxxHOLiC AnotherHOLiC by NishiOishin
• Kubikiri Cycle by NishiOisin

New York, NY - Thursday, December 6, 2007: Tor Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC - the largest publisher of science fiction in the world???has formed a new manga imprint with Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC. Seven Seas, founded in 2004, publishes manga, manga-inspired novels, illustrated juvenile fiction, and more, and is one of the only publishers that produces original manga content in the US.

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San Jose, CA, December 2007. DrMaster has just announced the publication of Purgatory Kabuki volume 1 by Yasushi Suzuki, Junk volume 5 by Kia Asamiya, and Iron Wok Jan volume 27, the final volume of the popular series by author Shinji Saiyjo.

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Diverse Selection Of Anime-Inspired Live Action Feature Films To Be Shown Include LOVE*COM, HONEY & CLOVER, NANA, PING PONG, KAMIKAZE GIRLS And GACKT: THE GREATEST FILMOGRAPHY RED

New York, NY, DECEMBER 6, 2007 - VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has announced that six of its award-winning live action feature films will screen at the debut of the New York Anime Festival (NYAF), taking place December 7-9, 2007 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City.

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A round up of the new comic release list and views for the week of December 5th 2007:

• ComicList: ComicList for 12/05/2007
• MangaCast: New Manga List for December 5, 2007
• Manga Recon: Weekly Recon, 12/5/07
• theOtaku: New Manga Releases
• Precocious Curmudgeon: Upcoming 12/5/2007