Tokyopop, one of the biggest American distributors of Manga has announced that they will start releasing some of their series online. Some of announced series are PSY*COMM, Boys of Summer, Earthlight, Patheon High, Undertown, Gyakushuu, Kat & Mouse, and a plethora of non-Japanese Manga.
Ealier this summer Shounen Jump (Japan) announced they would start putting manga online, and manga is available for purchase  in Japan through the PSN for PSP users.
Its a shame I don’t recognize any of the titles Tokyopop will be releasing. Its more like a commercialized scheme …

Your Mr Despair is coming back with a new OVA this November 17 2009!
According to the official website, the title is “Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Bangaichi” It’s a two-volume OVA and the first volume will be released on November 17th.

The new OVA will be bundled with the manga Volume 19. The limited edition of the manga volume 18 has an extra DVD, which includes 13 OP & ED songs of the series and a preview of the upcoming OVA.
I never actually caught Zetsubou Sensei, I only heard of the …

A non-scale figurine of Kobata from Kotobukiya is up for preorders! Apparently the anime series, Kobato will start airing this Fall 2009 in October. The anime is adapted from the manga.

Retail price is at 5,040 yen, scheduled for a December 2009 release. Preorder yours at beNippon, HobbyLink Japan or Hobby Search.
Hm I don’t feel any spark with her, and yeah Kobato is CLAMP’s latest manga series, so CLAMP fans should love the anime series once it starts airing in Fall =P. Seriously why do Kotobukiya love to release figurines from …

Karino Takatsu’s Working!! manga has been green-lit!

Summary from ANN:

The story is set in a family restaurant named Wagnaria in the northern [...]

The K-ON! Official Band Yarō yo!! album (Official K-ON! Let’s-Create-a-Band!! album) which is a collection of the theme songs and background music, will be bundled together with a 164-page band score book and an exclusive four-panel manga strips by the original creator kakifly.

The album will contain 109 tracks, most of which are background music. Be sure to grab your copy over at CDJapan now! Retail price is at 4,500 yen for the album. Grab it!
The album will also include the full five-person versions of the “Cagayake! GIRLS”, “Don’t say ‘lazy”, …

So yes. Shounen Jump just launched a website that allows people to read the 1st 3 chapters of 22 listed manga titles from Shounen Jump. This ‘offer’ lasts till 31st August.

The official website for Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in Japan has posted the first chapters of 22 different manga series online in Japanese for a limited time on Monday.

Cospa has just announced a 1/6 scale of Galett Fey Sowauge from the manga series Shina Dark. Awesome pose!

Retail price is at 9,300 yen. Expect her to be out this coming November 2009! Preorder yours at HobbyLink Japan or Hobby Search today!

There’s also another alternate version – I think it’s a Limited Version. No idea whether your respective online stores will put them up for preorders..

I definitely prefer this XD.

Sony has announced that later in this year, 2009, the Japanese PSN Store will offer manga for PSP users. They will be able to read manga on their PSP. X)
What is PSN Store?
The PlayStation Store is an online virtual market available to users of Sony’s PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable game consoles via the PlayStation Network. The Store offers a range of downloadable content both for purchase and available free of charge. Available content includes full games, add-on content, playable demos, themes and game and movie trailers. [Wikipedia]

No details on …

A new Mahou Sensei Negima! OAD has been announced. 魔法先生ネギま！～にひとつの世界～　or Mahou Sensei Negima! ~ Mō Hitotsu no Sekai~’s 1st volume will be released September 17th 2009.

The unofficial Neko to Negima! to Seiyū-san site reports that Kodansha producer Yoichi Ishimoto announced a second series of Negima! Magister Negi Magi original anime DVDs (OADs) in a Negima! event in Tokyo on Wednesday.Starting this summer, the second series will reportedly ship on four DVDs that will be bundled with limited editions of four manga volumes from Ken Akamatsu
Being a fan of the Mahou …