HERNDON, VA - June 27, 2007 – DLSite.com has just released 3D animation, "In Ecstasy" English subtitle version. "In Ecstasy" is a 25-minute, fantasy video of true love and violence.

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San Diego, California, Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - JAST USA affiliate brand G-Collections, the leading publisher of Japanese PC dating-sim games in English, today announced the acquisition and beginning of development for Amorous Professor Cherry, an adult-oriented bishoujo ("beautiful girl") PC game from Japanese maker ZyX scheduled for release to the English language market.

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From IGN comes an interviews Manga Fighter's development crew: Phil Kim, the Director of the development team, and colleague Kevin Sugimoto, the Project Manager.

Manga Fighter is a Manga-Styled Massively Multiplayer Third-Person Online Shooting game from the US arm of OnNet, a Korean-based developer and publisher. OnNet is aiming to release the game before the end of 2007.

Tech On! reports that Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. (Sony CSL) has announced a new system that can automatically create manga from blog entries and other texts based on symbols and registered keywords:

The system estimates the writer's emotions and makes up several pages of multiple-frame manga based on facial expressions written with symbols, the frequency of "!" and "?" appearances and pre-registered keywords.

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CB Games reports that Manga Fighter, a Manga-Styled Massively Multiplayer Online Shooting game, has entered its closed beta phase. However, new information can still be found on Manga Fighter's website.

ANN reports that according to a survey conducted by i-mode of 5,400 people conducted by Infoplant, over 40% of the people have downloaded manga in the past:

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According to GamersHell, OnNet USA and OnNet Korea will be collaborating on a new manga-styled Massively Multiplayer Online Shooting game titled Manga Fighter. The game will be a third person shooter, and will be released in late 2007. today announced they have reached a licensing agreement for Manga Fighter to be released in the US in the second half of 2007:

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HERNDON, VA - May 11, 2007- DLSite.com today announced the release of realistic 3D Japanese animation, "BOKUKANO - Me and my Girlfriend" English version.

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San Francisco, CA, May 3, 2007 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced the availability of DEATH NOTE™ anime series via digital download on Direct2Drive, IGN Entertainment's premiere digital retail store. The subtitled version of the series will debut May 10, 2007 and fans may go to www.direct2drive.com to download the first episode.

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From Macworld comes an article that looks at how Japanese visual novels are not doing as well in the U.S. as Japanese manga:

Hirameki International is popular in its native Japan - it's one of many companies that publishes "visual novels," - a sort of modern-day alternative to "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. The company is having a tough time finding an American audience, however, primarily because of retailer resistance.

Source: ActiveAnime