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Some say it's still just a rumour floating around on Japanese forums, while others are firmly convinced that the announcement is official: the To-LOVE-Ru manga (or simply Toloveru, a crazy Japanese pun for "trouble") is being made into an anime series.

Why should you care? Well, other than it being a generic ecchi comedy, here's one reason (a 1280x960 picture is worth over nine thousand words). And if that's not flat enough for you, the manga also features an imouto called Mikan - who some say would make a perfect twin-sister for Puchiko, from Winter Garden (and we all know Puchiko is made of win).

Last, and pretty much least, fans of Black Cat might also consider setting their alarm clocks for April 2008 - when the Toloveru anime will supposedly start airing - since both bear the graphic signature of Kentaro Yabuki.

Why should only the folks who can visually bask in the glory of manga be allowed to cherish and hold dear tons and tons of juicy magazines? There are so many blind people out there who can (sadly) only be told: "Man, this Miu chick from Ichigo Mashimaro is really hawt! I'd hit her in the blink of an eye!" (pun intended).

Well, not anymore. According to ANN, the Illustrated Braille Club from Kitajima is doing a more than fine job with "translating" all sorts of picture books, reference books or children novels (all Japanese, of course), into Braille. For those of you unaware of this weird syndrome called blindness, Braille is the language used by the visually impared to actually be able to read, get enlightened and not be called stupid by the rest of humanity. Braille comes in the form of raised dots, much like the boobies of an underaged young girl.

Right now, the Illustrated Braille Club is working hard to give us the "3D version" of Momoko Sakura's Chibi Maruko-chan manga. We wish them luck and all the best.
Authorities in Thailand seem to be less permissive than their Japanese counterparts when it comes to things like these. In a valiant act to purge the infidels of "obscene" manga, Thailand's police recently arrested the managers of Akiba, a nice and cozy maid café located in Bangkok, seizing around 200 manga volumes in the process (and stuffing it inside large bags, destined for mockery on the bottom of the ocean). The article depicting this was translated by the guys at ANN (so if the translation sucks, blame them):
One of those arrested is Thavatchai Pruekrisakul, the 26-year-old who opened the cafe with Taveelarp Kumpolkarnjana. The two opened the shop as Southeast Asia's first maid cafe on April 21, 2006. The police explained the arrests and confiscation: "We investigated due to complaints from guardians that children would frequent the maid cafe. There was obscene artwork in the manga."

According to some comments found on ComiPress, the said perverted manga includes "harmful" and "obscene" material, like that found in Sumomomo Momomo, or Negima. Dear God, how can you possibly let people dip in all that INSANE AMOUNT OF DISTURBING MATERIAL??? HAVE YOU GOT NO MERCY TO SHOW???
I wonder just how would Thailand rate Eiken.

If you think the crap that's out this year is just not enough for you, here are some new, freshly announced, TV series that might get your attention, in a way or the other.


First off, we have an adaptation after the "ef" adult PC game series, created by Minori, which will premiere this fall, under the name of ef - a tale of memories. As some sites say, a promotional preview DVD looks to be in the making, willing to hammer the sale charts on August 24th.


Mizuki Takehito's romantic comedy manga Koharu Biyori will also get animated - say hello to an anime OVA, and to the official website.


The ladies at GA Graphic are announcing that the Shugo Chara manga (Peach-Pit) will see the light of the day soon - you can find the official statement here.


All you Bleach fans out there can get your boners up, because the official japanese homepage for the second Bleach movie is up and running, a movie which will probably find it's way to Japanese theatres in December. The first movie will be released on DVD in September.


HAI GUNDAM LOLZ - the "Double Oh" homepage is live, with a streaming trailer limited to Japan only (DISCRIMINATION!). The series, which will add new twists and turns to the already screwed up Gundam universe, will premier in October.

If you didn't know, the Japanese Foreign Minister, Tarō Asō, is a huge manga fan. He may even have a stash of good quality manga porn in his office, though he ain't sharing it. After some political cabinet meeting recently, among various stuff that may concern Japan's economical or social well being, the said minister announced the creation of the International Manga Award, specially designed for artists outside the country. From his words, this is intended to be the „Nobel Prize of Manga", and one of it's purposes is to increase (if still needed) the popularity of Japanese pop culture among foreigners. I'd increase my Tsukuyomi Moon Phase collection myself, if not for the awful shipping fees. And for the fact that good Hazuki porn is hard to come by.
One can find many uses for a good manga, even one as dull as... well, enjoy reading it. But commercial minds are at work everywere, so it's no wonder that, sooner or later, we get stuff like FOOD TOIPE out on the market. This, my loli friends, is a brand-new new brand of toilet paper. And not any kind of toilet paper, mind you, but a smooth and reliable one, with guaranteed, comfortable ass-whipping success, combined with four-frame manga illustrations by none other than Yaku Mitsuru. Released on March 2nd by Hayashi Paper (for a mere 200 Yen a roll), this piece of goodness can be found at a toilet near you, allowing you to enjoy a good dump and a good reading, in the oh-so-delightful privacy of a manga-filled restroom.

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Be sure to read first, wipe after. It's easier this way.
Putting together "Shonen Jump" and "dying" in the same title does not bode well for manga fans, I imagine. But fear not, this isn't about the Weekly Shonen Jump, nor about the American one - two of its more popular variations. As ANN reported last night, Japanese publisher Shueisha will cease publication of their Monthly Shonen Jump magazine this summer, due to poor sales. And by "poor sales", they mean about 380,000 copies a month (and to think that I used to write for a magazine that couldn't even sell 20,000 copies a month... and that's actually great where I come from!).

The last (July) issue will hit newsstands on June 6, and around that same time Shueisha will reportedly start a new magazine. It's not yet known what manga titles it will feature, but it will probably take over some of those from Monthly Shonen Jump - which is currently serializing titles such as Claymore, Beet the Vandel Buster, Kotokuri, Kuroi Love Letter, Anoa no Mori, and Gag Manga Biyori.

Other than Claymore, none of these ring a bell. And even that one, I'm not particularly familiar with, so no tears shed here. Then again, we wouldn't cry even if the Naruto manga from Weekly Shonen Jump were to be terminated. On the contrary! Anyway, a Claymore anime series is currently in the making at Madhouse, and it should premiere in April. So I doubt they'll terminate the manga anytime soon (probably gonna be moved to that new magazine).
Suddenly awakened from a deep and traditional slumber, the Japanese Government realized it's not all about tempels temples, sushi, The Meiji Era or samurai that perform self-sustained injuries whenever they drink too much sake. Their agenda for promoting the Japanese Culture in other nations has somehow widened, with the should-have-been-done-long-ago introduction of anime, manga and Japanese music to the portofolio. Probably enlightened by the fact that their own traditional culture is not enough anymore to shed tears and ovations from the outside world, the said government is adopting a strange policy of infusing other countries with the "Japan Cool" factor. This, of course, means that kimonos will be replaced by pink yukatas, geishas will step down in favor of innocent-looking imoutos, and Toshiro Mifune will surrender his bloody swords to some retarded main character, blessed, in a twist of evil-inflicted events, with a lolita-filled harem. And speaking about lolis, doing sono-kono-ano to them will probably become legal. Thanks to ANN, here are the three main points in the Japanese Government's agenda, regarding the promotion of their own Pop Culture to the world:

1) Partner with Universities and Museums with a strong background in the arts to promote Japanese Culture overseas
2) Support the training of people involved with Arts and Entertainment. Work with Universities and young talent to develop projects that can be co-produced with similar talent in other countries
3) Develop existing training programs and film development at the Tokyo National Modern Art Museum's Film Center

Mmmmm.... Lovu-lovu Bentos, cool.
According to the third volume of the Kaworu Watashiya's Kodomo no Jikan manga, this popular surprise sex comedy, featuring a great Lolita complex spin-off, will be adapted into a (hopefully, even more pedolicious) anime. Very good. We are allways glad to hear such great news. I wasn't so excited seing those kind of striped socks since I got my first boner watching Hazuki-chan's panties in Tsukuyomi Moon Phase. And the second one, minutes afterwards. In other news, the Kodomo no Jikan manga will also premier in English somewere in April. Nice, maybe I can get my hands on it.

Ah, two of my favourite subjects. No wonder they're so succesful. It just occurred to us that, in the outmost shiny land of South Korea, people have started to take a liking in in Japanese manga that embraces the subject of alcohol. You know, stuff like wine. And vodka. And various cocktails involving little girls handling otherwise difficult to control shakers. And, of course, other little girls that can be used in sono kono ano ways after you have experienced the marvelous effects of the said hedonistic fluids. For instance, Kami no Shizuku, a manga focused on wine (and on the multiple benefits this particular, and quite natural, substance has upon your lolita-filled brain), sold more than 550.000 copies in South Korea, and 950.000 copies in Japan. Hence, the creators decided to pay a visit to Korea to investigate the posibility of a sequel and, why not, an entire series based on booze. More than that, some big bad-ass TV company there has monopolized the rights to create a TV drama, also.

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