According to YaoiSuki, Iris Print has canceled its yaoi magazine BL Twist:

How lucky am I? Literally the day after I ordered their new magazine BL Twist, they close down their purchasing page and announce that the October launch of the mag has been cancelled and they're refunding subscriptions.

Via: MangaBlog

HONEY AND CLOVER, LOVE*COM THE MOVIE, NANA And NANA 2 To Be Released Domestically

San Francisco, CA, November 1, 2007 - VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has licensed the live action versions of four films based on popular shôjo manga titles released under VIZ Media's SHOJO BEAT imprint. These include HONEY AND CLOVER, LOVE*COM THE MOVIE, NANA and NANA 2.

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From The Muppet Newsflash comes an interview with Tokyopop's Tim Beedle, editor of series such as The Dark Crystal and Return to Labyrinth.

Source: MangaBlog

ANN is reporting that the Japanese company, Mangabank, will be adapting Hollywood movies such as Casablanca, Charade, Stagecoach, and Wuthering Heights into manga:

Each movie has been adapted into a 128-page manga, which will sell with a Japanese-subtitled DVD for 1,380 yen (about US$12.01). Acclaimed manga creator Kenshi Hirokane (Human Crossing, Buchou Shima Kosaku) is supervising the artists drawing the adaptations.

The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending October 28th:

• #66 - Naruto, Volume 21 - Viz - (Last week: #53)
• #111 - Naruto, Volume 20 - Viz - (Last week: #75)

Also, Comicsnob posts the online manga sales rankings:

• Top 100 manga volumes, 28 October

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According to the latest issue of PWCW, U.S. publisher Vertical will be bringing Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack to the U.S.:

Japanese pulp fiction and classic manga publisher Vertical Inc. announced plans to publish Black Jack, legendary mangaka Osamu Tezuka's popular series about a genius surgeon, in its entirety beginning in fall 2008.

Via: ANN

MangaCast has officially launched MangaCast 2.0, now powered by WordPress. ComiPress caught up with MangaCast's Ed Chavez, who talks about what the new site will offer:

After years of development, MangaCast 2.0 is finally launched! Anything you'd like to say about the new site?

Ed: Took a little longer than I thought it would, but I am really happy to see it live. The LJ was great and will still be around. But our new home mangacast.net is where we really want to show how much manga mania we collectively posses.

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Ubisoft's Video Game, Based on the Popular U.S. Animation Series Arrives in North American Retailers This Week

SAN FRANCISCO - October 30, 2007 - Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced that NARUTO: Rise of a Ninja™, exclusive to the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, has released and will be arriving on North American store shelves this week. The NARUTO: Rise of a Ninja video game is based on VIZ Media's hugely popular NARUTO™ animation series which airs on Cartoon Network.

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SAN FRANCISCO - October 30, 2007 - Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced that NARUTO: Rise of a Ninja™, based on VIZ Media's NARUTO™ animation series and exclusive to the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, will have the voices by the official NARUTO Japanese cast available post-launch as free downloadable content on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace.

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Website For Popular Ninja Series Features Comprehensive Episode Guide, New Artwork, Character Details And Online Games

San Francisco, CA, October 30, 2007 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has redesigned the look and expanded the content of its popular NARUTO website at http://naruto.viz.com.

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