- The two-decade old Here is Greenwood manga (Koko wa Green Wood) will be adapted into a live-action TV drama series starting this July, as announced on its website. There was also a Greenwood OVA, but that was like 15 years ago, no way we saw it.

- Remember that "Clannad malware" creator? As it turns out, he was sentenced to two years in prison. And that's basically just for "violating Clannad's copyrights and defaming another student", not for actually creating the malware and hiding it within some Clannad images - which, apparently, is perfectly legal in Japan.

- A 2.5-meter tall figure of a boy "ejaculating in lasso-like form", created by anime-influenced pop "artist" Takashi Murakami, was sold for over $15 million at an auction in New York. There's a lot of sick people in this world...

- One year ago, the visual novel game Narcissu: Side 2nd was released in Japan by stage nana, and a fan translation immediately began. Today, encubed offers a little teaser released by one of the guys working on it - direct download links here and here. Unsubbed trailer below.