TIME talks with Fruits Basket creator Natsuki Takaya about being a mangaka, manga in U.S. and Japan, and the status of her popular shoujo manga in "Something About Shojo."

Popular manga podcast site MangaCast gets a makeover.

VIDEO GAMES LIVE(tm) RETURNS TO THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL WITH A SPECTACULAR NEW SHOW SEPTEMBER 21, 2006

Featuring the Live Orchestral Debut of the 'Halo(r) 3 Announcement' Score Special Musical Guests to Include BT, Steve Vai, Dweezil Zappa, Video Game Pianist Martin Leung, Game Composers, and More

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LOS ANGELES, September 13, 2006) – Seven Seas Entertainment announced today the launch of its all-new "Light Novel" imprint. Light novels, as they are known in Japan, are a new form of prose fiction geared towards young adults and the manga-reading audience. The imprint will feature a distinctive and innovative trim size of 10.5cm x 15cm (approx. 4.1" x 5.9") that will be instantly identifiable along with an iconic feather logo that will represent the Light Novel line. What's more, all of Seven Seas' Light Novel titles will carry an affordable cover price of $7.95 each.

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New Editions Are Must-Haves for 2006 Holiday Season and Will Delight Manga and Anime Fans

San Francisco, CA, September 12, 2006 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced the release this fall of six new gorgeously illustrated, hardcover art books for titles including NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, FUSHIGI YÛGI and HANA KIMI as well as the company’s first instructional art book, SHOJO BEAT MANGA ARTIST ACADEMY, which offers instructional artistic techniques by some of the hottest shôjo manga artists.

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – September 12, 2006 – eigoMANGA LLC, a comic book publishing studio, has announced its deal to distribute video content through Anime Network, a subsidiary of A.D. Vision, Inc. (parent company to ADV Films and Newtype USA) and America’s #1 anime channel. With distribution reaching 40 million households, Anime Network is not only the largest video-on-demand offering, but is also available as a 24/7 linear cable channel in several U.S. markets.

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The Beat has a list of the 2006 Harvey Award winners, and Buddah (published by Vertical) is the winner of the Best American Edition of Forein Material category.

David Welsh from Comic World News interviews MangaCast co-founder Ed Chavez in this week's Flipped, where David and Ed talk about conventions, MangaCast, publishers, and more.

According to its website, this year's Yaoi-Con (October 20-22) will have a butler cafe, "serving food, drinks . . . and bishounen drama brought to you by the all female staff of Project Man-Maid.":

Butler Cafe

Debuting this year at Yaoi-Con is a rarefied treat for con-goers, an exclusive Butler Cafe serving food, drinks . . . and bishounen drama brought to you by the all female staff of Project Man-Maid.

Visitors to the quaint Cafe Verfuhren expect the finest in quality and service. But behind the veil of refinement, passions explode and drama unfolds. In an establishment full of pretty boys one can never know just what to expect. Who will fight? Who will get frisky? Who will find love? It's all up to you!

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According to ANN, Viz Media has edited volume 8 of its Fullmetal Alchemist manga by changing a stone cross to a round stone slab.

Source: ANN