Looks like a new Code Geass manga is coming to town this 2010. In the latest issue of Newtype(January), it was announced that Tomomasa Takuma is drawing a manga that is tentatively titled “Code Geass: Shikkoku no Renya”
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Another attraction you might want to check if you’re in Japan: Ryohoji Temple, which has become a popular place for otaku after its head priest decided to decorate the temple with manga characters!

I see maids! XD. Interesting. Hopefully there will be more temples like this in the near future..
Source: Japan Probe

The last time I blogged about Crayon Shin-chan, it was when the manga creator, Yoshito Usui was found dead at Arafune Mountain. The manga was supposed to end at the end of this year. However, it looks like the manga will run until February 2010.
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Its been quite some time since I have posted, for many reasons, mostly having to do with school and money. If I had to summarize my past month in an image, it would probably be something like this:

I somehow managed to survive the Apocalypse though! (With only a slight cold), so I figured I’m make a blitzkrieg-post about  all the Otaku-ish things I’ve done in the past month while I still have a chance.
1. Fall Anime!
I’m Watching them! And to be completely honest… this feels like the worst season for …

While I used to buy manga when I first started this anime-craze – but not anymore now. And it looks like Manga isn’t a big hit in the US. Head of Square Enix’s anime and manga publishing arm, 田口浩司 / Kouji Taguchi, has given what he sees as the reasons why manga sales in the US are still dwarfed by Japanese sales.
Square Enix is responsible for Saki and Fullmetal Alchemist by the way.

Speaking in an interview given at the recent “CoFesta” (Japan International Contents Festival), he replied:
The best sellers in …

The main story of Nodame Cantabile has ended yesterday, but now, there will be a side story manga! It will begin this December 10th, in the 24th issue of Kiss.

I’m not a big fangirl of Nodame Cantabile since I only stopped watching the show around Season 1 :3
More info for readers who don’t follow Nodame Cantabile:
The story centers on two music prodigies who find themselves on parallel paths in Japan and later Europe. 
The third season of Nodame Cantabile will be airing this January 2010 – Winter 2010. I know …

Artistically Talented? Have some good ideas? Know Japanese? Then you may want to consider submitting an entry towards the Kyoto Animation Award. They are accepting Manga, Novels, or Scripts. The Deadline is January 10, and the results will be published in the spring. From the sounds of the description it isn’t a 100% chance any ideas will actually be published… only if they are “Received with High Esteem.” For more information you can look at their official site; they list the rules of entry (which specifically say no non-Japanese language …

Kentaro Miura, the mangaka of perhaps the manliest manga in the history of manga, has turned to the dark side. It was quite some time ago fans learned of his Loli Idol Master addiction, which many seemed to think may have been interfering with his progress in completing Berserk, but this is the first time loli has appeared in his work, even if it is just a promo.

The Female character above is Schierke a young female witch who has joined Gatsu’s NEW party. Gatsu’s currently traumatized brain dead lover Caska, …

Gyabo manga series Nodame Catabille will be coming to an end in this upcoming month. The last chapter will be released in Kiss Magazine on October 10th. I’m sure many ~gyabo fans will cry when this wonderful series ends.
Luckily  fans won’t have to wait too long for more Nodame; the third season of the Nodame Anime begins in January 2010, and the first movie airs December 19th.
I never did read the manga… I found it difficult to enjoy a series about music without actually hearing the music xD
Source: MAL