One would expect a manga to go on forever, after being turned into an anime TV Show. And, in the case of Doujin Work, it was one of the better shows I’ve seen recently - lots of good humor, “interesting” and very sane characters, Justice-kun and Guilty-kun, all in all, a conglomerate of weirdos doing extremely weird stuff. Hilarious, nevertheless, it is probably the only series I have managed to watch about 3 or 4 times in a row this year.

Ah well, but that’s about it. Hiroyuki, the one dude that created the manga, recently made a post on his own, personal and loli-free blog that lets us all know Doujin Work is coming to an end in the February issue of Manga Time Kirara. Do not fret, my children, because a spin-off is set to follow starting April, and it promises us more and more naked Sora fun, more and more crappy Doujin and, of course, lots of evil lolis planning to take over the world.

Hear, hear! There be a new corporate effort to license more of Japan's exquisite sub-culture in the Otaku States of America: through a partnership with Seven Seas Entertainment, Tor Books (best known for their sci-fi and fantasy books) will make their entrance into the risky world of manga publishing next year. They also plan to become a flagship publisher of "light novels", a type of book new to American manga fans, and as we've seen in recent months, an increasing source of inspiration for tomorrow's animes.

In March 2008, Tor will being releasing the Ballad of a Shinigami (Shinigami no Ballad), Pita-Ten, and Strawberry Panic light novels. Then, in August 2008, the new Tor/Seven Seas imprint will debut the Afro Samurai manga, which in turn will will kick off a multi-platform promotional campaign, including an Afro Samurai video game by Namco and the launch of Spike TV's second Afro Samurai anime season, both slated for autumn 2008.

The prime candidate for the Shittiest Game of the Year will blast its way to some obscure corners in retail shops on December 3, promising to blend third-person shooters with anime-style characters and environments, in a "revolutionary new online game" (no, really, I haven't seen such revolutionary crap in ages!).

"What happens when manga meets third-person shooters?" asked Jin Yong, producer of MangaFighter at OnNet USA. "We're eager to let our players find out." (ed. "because we're too disgusted to see for ourselves", is probably what he would've said next)

If you really, really don't have anything better to do with your time, drop by the MangaFighter website to see the game in streaming action.

Now that we're done with today's boring stories, let's skip to the juicy part: Kanokon. The name might not mean much for most of us - not yet (other than a phonetical resemblance to Kanon) - but the upcoming anime definitely will! "Why?", you dare ask? Well, how about because of this. Or this. Or... this!

Right, now that I got your utmost attention (wipe that drool off yer face), here's the deal, straight from ANN: Katsumi Nishino's light novel, "Kanokon" reached its 8th volume yesterday, and with it came a notice saying that the novels will be adapted into a hawt anime. "The romantic comedy follows a country boy named Kōta who transfers to a new high school in the city. On his first day, he encounters a girl named Chizuru, who happens to have a fox tail. He eventually meets a wolf-girl named Nozomu (thus completing the love triangle) and still more unusual members of the student body."

Fox tail? Unusual members? Oh, and did I mention the loli twins? This should be good! Poke the twins for the full gallery.

Japanese TV dramas have yet to become a part of our usual program, but that may very well change this winter, thanks to a certain loli actress named Riko Narumi, aged 15. Her exquisite style of putting phallic symbols into her mouth - as pictured below - has already captured my wildest imagination, making me look with anticipation to her role in the upcoming Honey and Clover TV drama. In this new live-action adaptation of Chika Umino's manga (which also spawned two anime series in 2005-2006), Riko Narumi will play Hagumi - the shy and talented loli-student.

According to ANN, the show will premiere on January 8. And in a related story from a few days ago, they also passed word that Viz Media acquired the licenses for the live-action movies Honey and Clover, Love*Com, Nana and Nana 2. These will be released in the US from December and early 2008 onward.

Milla Jovovich is hot. And, as of this Saturday, she is the mother of her first child, a baby girl weirdly named Ever Gabo Anderson (we'll just call her Ga'o, and eagerly wait her to turn 12). That said, we probably won't see Milla in another Resident Evil movie too soon... But don't worry, there's more RE horror goodness on the way, starting with the Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles game launching this month for the Wii, followed next year by a newly announced CG animation, and a manga!

So far, Capcom and Sony Pictures only revealed that the first full-length CG animation film based on the Resident Evil franchise (Biohazard in Japan) will be titled Biohazard: Degeneration, and will feature "groundbreaking visual effects and a brand-new story line".

As for the manga - Biohazard: The Umbrella Chronicles: Prelude to the Collapse - this will actually debut in just a couple of days, in the Weekly Shonen Champion magazine according to ANN. They say that the manga's two-installment arc (rather short) "will recount the fall of the ubiquitous Umbrella bioengineering corporation with the first game's Chris and Jill as main characters. The manga will tie into a Nintendo Wii game which will be released worldwide this month."

...and not a fine flat chest, oh no.

Last month or so, I've told you about the story of Miyashita Masaya, the poor doujinshi artist who got busted for not placing warning labels on his hentai work. Well, long story short, police came, police saw, police made an arrest. I remember that all online communities were outraged (more or less) by this, but all in all, it seems that his work really should have been labeled "Adults Only". You know, not for kids.

And, as all things come to an end, the whole business was finally settled with a fine of 300,000 yen, which Mr. Miyashita Masaya must pay in order to clear his reputation. Or something. No more prison time for him, no more fear of dropping the soap, heh, I am glad for him.

NOW GO MAKE SOME MOAR PORN, MIYASHITA-SAMA! WE FEAST UPON THAT!

Yet another great find around the internetz – a site that hosts free (and most of all, English translated) loli manga. Thumbs up for more free Hentai, Shota, Incest, and various other things definitely 18+. But hell, the internetz gives you anonymity, so go ahead and check it out, i won't tell mom about it.

Oh yea, even if it’s in English, it still reads from right to left, like any decent and true manga. They even have some Naruto, Pokemon or Bleach material, for all you fanboys out there.

Fap time here. Thanks, Secret Japan for this.

For those of you who like manga, but don’t really like Jesus that much, NEXT Inc. is preparing a Manga Bible, plus other volumes depicting certain stories from the Bible. People need to be educated in the ways of Loli Jesus, and it seems that manga, due to it’s high (and still growing) popularity, is one way to do it.

So watch out for a November release of the Manga Bible, a full fledged New Living Translation text, accompanied by 96 pages of quality manga, while Manga Messiah, the first of the other volumes, will show up in September.

Loli twists, anyone?

I wrote a very comprehensive post about this matter, but the fucking browsing session expired and I lost it all. *blaming the programmer*

I can't be arsed to write it again, so I'll just quote ComiPress here:

An illustrator named Masaya Miyashita (39) from Matsuyama city was arrested for creating and selling obscene manga. Police confiscated 6,600 manga during the arrest. According to reports, the artist ordered 17,000 copies of his work from a printing company in Okayama Prefecture, and even allowed doujin bookstores to sell the manga in Tokyo and Kanagawa last year.

Police estimates that Miyashita has been selling his works since early 2003, and so far has sold over 20,000 copies, earning approximately 15 million yen in profit. Other people and firms involved are also being investigated by the police.

Well, it seems more and more folks are being targeted for erotic manga related events, be it publishing it, writing it, or simply enjoying a good wank on it. What is this world coming to. Let it be known, without loli manga and anime we are seriously doomed, so mr. policemen, please be kind to these souls, kkthx?