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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Top 10 manga (5/23) according to Tohan.

1. XXXHOLiC, Volume 11
2. Fairy Tale, Volume 4
3. Hajime no Ippo, Volume 80
4. Shinshi Doumei Cross, Volume 7
5. Life, Volume 15
6. Gakuen Alice, Volume 13
7. Major, Volume 63
8. Otomen, Volume 2
9. Angel Heart, Volume 22
10. Gantz, Volume 21

Additional Rankings:
- Weekly Top 10 (5/07-5/13) from Taiyosha
- Weekly Doujinshi Top 10 (5/19) from Toranoana
- Weekly BL Doujinshi Top 10 (5/19) from Princess Side

MangaCast translates the weekly Doujinshi ranking (05/12) in Japan according to Toranoana, and the weekly BL Doujinshi ranking (05/12) in Japan according to Toranoana's BL specialty store Princess Side.

MangaCast translates the weekly Doujinshi ranking (05/05) in Japan according to Toranoana, and the weekly BL Doujinshi ranking (05/05) in Japan according to Toranoana's BL specialty store Princess Side.

MangaCast translates the weekly Doujinshi ranking (04/29) in Japan according to Toranoana, and the weekly BL Doujinshi ranking (04/21) in Japan according to Toranoana's BL specialty store Princess Side.

MangaCast translates the weekly Doujinshi ranking (04/21) in Japan according to Toranoana, and the weekly BL Doujinshi ranking (04/21) in Japan according to Toranoana's BL specialty store Princess Side.

Manga Jouhou translates an article from IT Media titled "Should Copyrights be Changed for Industries, such as Rakugo, Doujinshi and Software?" that looks at the issue of how copyright should be handled differs depending on the type of the industry.

MangaCast translates the weekly Doujinshi ranking (04/14) in Japan according to Toranoana, and the weekly BL Doujinshi ranking (04/14) in Japan according to Toranoana's BL specialty store Princess Side.

HERNDON, VA - April 13, 2007 - CuriousFactory today announced the first come, first served "DLSite.com 2007-2008 calendar" give away promotion.

If you draw Manga, Illustration or create games, now is a good time to submit, distribute and sell your works via DLSite.com!

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MangaCast translates the weekly Doujinshi ranking (03/31) in Japan according to Toranoana, and the weekly BL Doujinshi ranking (03/31) in Japan according to Toranoana's BL specialty store Princess Side.