- 1st Subbed Fist of the North Star Streamed for Free
- Amuri in Star Ocean DVD Commercials Streamed
- Shonen Gangan Details Gainax's Shikabane Hime: Aka Anime
- Film Critic, Siberian Express Director Mizuno Dies
- Akiba-chan CG/Stop Motion Series to Debut in July
- Egg Man CG Anime to Premiere Globally on Crunchyroll
- Kadokawa USA Orders Halt on Fansub Links for 11 Anime (Updated)
- Media Blasters Acquires Dokuro-chan Anime
- Manga Sutra's Katsu-Aki to Start Doku×Koi Manga
- He is My Master's Husband/Wife Creative Team Splits Up
- Heart no Kuni no Alice Game Gets Anime Video Project
- Inuyasha Confirmed to End Next Wednesday in Japan
- 1st Anime Album in 11 Years to Rank in Japan's Top 3
- Sensual Phrase's Shinjo Explains Why She Left Magazine
- New Yaoi Generation Publisher Promises Manga Releases
- Chibi Vampire's Kagesaki Starts Hekikai no AiON Manga
- Tokyopop's Output to Drop to 20-22 Monthly Releases
- Neo Angelique Abyss -Second Age- TV Sequel Confirmed
- Ghost in the Shell 2.0's Promo Video Streamed
- Toronto Short Film Fest to Host Director Kei Oyama
- U.S. Navy Distributes Carrier Manga at Base, Online
- Ghost in the Shell to Return to Japanese Theaters
- X Japan Suspends Global Tour Due to Yoshiki's Health
- Jump Super Tour's Anime Lineup Announced in Japan
- Japanese Anime TV Ranking, May 26–June 1
- Ninja Nonsense!
- Toei Offers English-Subbed Slam Dunk, North Star
- Daily Briefs
- Saber Marionette i ~Neo Gene~ Manga to Launch in July
- Daily Briefs
- Kazuo Koike's Jin Historical Manga Magazine Ends
- Ocean Waves Novelist Saeko Himuro Passes Away
- Gash/Zatch Bell Manga Creator Raiku Sues Shogakukan
- First Detroit Metal City Anime Mini-Episode Streamed
- Japan's Animator Labor Group Legally Incorporates
- Clannad: Tomoyo Edition's Trailer Streamed
- Naruto, Kingdom Hearts Tops U.S. Graphic Novels Sales in May
- American Ponyo Release Reportedly Gets Producers
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, May 28–June 3
- Cardliver, Ghost School Manga Get TV Anime
- Comedian Shinagawa Writes, Directs Film From His Drop Story
- Tokyo Movie to Start 3D CG Show Scarecrowman in July
- USA Today Booklist, May 26–June 1: No Manga
- Daily Briefs
- Tokyopop to Restructure - Update
- First Slam Dunk Episode Streamed with English Subs
- Anime Expo to Host Character Designer Akemi Takada
- Over 65,000 Watch 1st Death Note Film in U.S. Theaters
- Cooking Papa, Yasuko to Kenji Manga to Get TV Dramas
- Street Fighter IV Game's Anime Teaser Images Posted
- IMDB Asks, "Which Miyazaki film is your favorite?"
- Japanese Comic Ranking, May 27–June 2
- Daily Briefs
- Todd Ciolek's The X Button Launches
- Japanese Box Office: May 24–25, May 31–June 1
- To Aru Majutsu no Index Light Novels Get TV Anime
- D&Q, Go! Comi, Tokyopop Schedule Titles
- Daily Briefs
- Negima! Magister Negi Magi: Ala Alba Promo Streamed
- Tokyopop to Restructure
- 1st Galaxy Angel Rune Episode Streamed
- Former Shonen Mag Editor-in-Chief Uchida Passes Away
- Video-on-Demand Service Akimbo Shuts Down
- Bleach Designer Kudo to Appear at NYC's Movie Opening
- Vertigo Entertainment Developing U.S. Death Note Remake
- U.S. Band Weezer Collaborates with Go-On! Manga's Akisige
- Japanese Anime TV Ranking, May 19–25
- Tezuka's MW Adapted for Live-Action Film for 2009
- Viz to Ship Anniversary Shonen Jump, Naruto Kids' Novels
- USA Today Booklist, May 19–25
- New My-Hime Project Begun in Japan
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, May 21–27
- Shinichiro Watanabe to Speak at Toronto Film Festival
- Live Action Dragonball Movie
- New Vampire Knight Anime Promotional Video Streamed
- Bandai Entertainment Clarifies Statements on DVDs
- Verizon Internet to Add Manga Entertainment Anime
- Bandai Entertaiment Gets Tamagotchi Feature Film
- Zatch Bell Creator Raiku Opts to Leave Shogakukan
- Wizard World Chicago to Host Oreskaband in June
- Sega's World Destruction Anime Promo Movie Streamed
- Koji Yamamura's A Country Doctor Wins at Czech Anifest
- Shogakukan Confirms End of Young Sunday, Judy Mags
- Bandai's Bihada Ichizoku Cosmetic Comic Gets TV Anime
- Ghibli Producer Suzuki Hints at U.S. Ponyo Screening Plans
- Gateway Titles
- Anime Expo to Host Hiromi Kato
- Read or Die's Kurata, Sola's Abeno to Start New Manga
- New English Emma Trailer, Website Posted
- Daily Briefs
- Japanese Comic Ranking, May 20–26
- ADV Says Yotsuba&!, Other Manga Are Still Coming
- Kinokuniya NYC to Host HALICALI for Radio Interview
- Tokyopop's Manga Pilot Pact Signs Away Legal Rights
- Kadokawa, YouTube to Share Ads on User-Generated Videos
- Ponyo, Winter Sonata's Anime Voice Casts Announced
- Russian Anime Companies' Planned Merger Collapses
- Japan Considers Fair-Use Clause Based on U.S. Copyright Law
- Koji Imamura Shorts to Screen at Brazil's Anima Mundi
- Fairy Tail's Hiro Mashima to Attend Comic-Con
- Japanese Anime TV Ranking, May 12–18
- Shirokuma Oyako Manga Adapted into Flash Anime
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, May 14–20
- First Official Slam Dunk Uniforms for Sale in Japan
- Tokyo Marble Chocolate Wins at Seoul Animation Fest
- Angel Sanctuary's Yuki Launches Guignol Ky?tei Gakudan
- Funimation Unveils Mobile Video-on-Demand Offerings
- Hayao Miyazaki Draws Cover Illustration for Magazine
- Gundam Painting Auctioned for US$600,000+ in Hong Kong
- Japanese Mall Uses Gundam Figure in Olympic Tribute
- Shikabane Hime Confirmed as Gainax's Next TV Series
- Gundam: MS Igloo 2 CG Promo Video Streamed
- Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion R2: Episode 7
- NY Anime Fest to Host Vampire Hunter D Author Kikuchi
- Bandai Entertainment Confirms Gurren Lagann on Sci Fi Channel
- 4 Washington Middle Schoolers Disciplined over "Death Note"
- Gainax, Hiroyuki Yamaga Working on 2 Unnamed Projects
- Japan's Foreign Ministry: Jojo's Issue is Regrettable
- Two Gurren Lagann Movies Confirmed
- Bandai Entertainment Acquires Stranger
- Satoshi Kon to Visit New York For Film Screenings
- Group Plans Buyout of Australian Anime Firm's Parent
- Bandai Visual USA to be Liquidated by September
- Otakon To Feature Death Note, Inu Yasha's Yamaguchi
- Fanfare Signs with Book Distributor Atlas
- Live-Action Maison Ikkoku TV Finale Announced
- Japanese Comic Ranking, May 13–19
- Precure 5 GoGo! Movie Teaser Trailer Posted
- USA Today Booklist, May 12–18
- Crunchyroll to Stream ADV's Welcome to the NHK
- Japan's Roadshow Mag Shows 5 Dragonball Actors on Set
- Anime Expo to Host Anime Theme Song Singer Yoko Ishida
- Jojo's Anime, Manga Sales Halted Due to Islamic Images
- Daily Briefs
- BEI's Yoshida: Gurren Lagann TV Plans Not Finalized
- Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Arcade Game in the Works
- Bandai Ordered to Pay for Child's Choking on Toy Capsule
- Anime Expo to Host Voice Actor Toshihiko Seki
- Little Magic Films to Rep Wind Named Amnesia's Kikuchi
- Munko's Ganbare! Memeko-chan Manga Gets Flash Anime
- Comic-Con Int'l to Host Bleach's Kubo in San Diego
- Daily Briefs
- Japanese Box Office: May 17–18
- Toei, Disney's RoboDz Promo Movie Posted Online
- Protoculture Addicts #95 Now Available
- HALCALI to Appear at Japan Day in New York on June 1
- ANN Ad Sale
- School Rumble: Third Term Anime Promo Video Streamed
- My Dearest Devil Princess artist Maika Netsu at Fanime
- Shogakukan Considers Ending Weekly Young Sunday Mag
- Daily Briefs
- Haruhi Lookalike Appears on Russian Candy Packaging
- Hello Kitty Named Japan's Tourism Ambassador to China
- Vexille to be Shown in Washington, D.C. on May 29
- And? Natsu Pastry-Baking Manga Gets Live-Action Drama
- Death Note's L Film to Screen in New York This Summer
- Gurren Lagann Listed on America's Sci-Fi Channel on July 28
- Hakushaku to Y?sei Light Novels Adapted into Manga Also
- Japanese Box Office: May 10–11
- Bandai Entertainment Posts English AIKa R-16 Trailer
- Daily Briefs
- Film of Junji Ito's Long Dream Gets English-Subbed DVD
- Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion R2: Episode 6
- Funimation Entertainment Acquires Romeo x Juliet
- Japanese Anime TV Ranking, May 5–11
- Daily Briefs
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny #6
- Bleach: Episode 170
- Macross Frontier: Episode 5
- Japanese Studios Sell, Exhibit Anime/Manga-Based Films
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, May 7–13
- Philippines' Animax Award Finalist LaMB Gets Animated
- Funimation Confirms Shigurui: Death Frenzy License
- Macross Frontier: Episode 3
- Taniguchi's Harukana Machi e Gets European Film
- English Death Note, Bleach Movie Trailers Posted
- Bleach: Episode 169
- Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion R2: Episode 5
- Clannad Malware Creator Gets Two Years in Prison
- Daily Briefs
- Spider-Man's Stan Lee Interviewed about Ultimo Manga
- Here is Green Wood Manga to be Adapted into TV Drama
- Funimation Teases with Shigurui Image
- Oshii Oversees Opening, Ending for NHK Documentaries
- Yamato, Macross Director Noboru Ishiguro Interviewed
- Funimations Adds Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry
- USA Today Booklist, May 5–11
- First Color Image of Live-Action Dragonball's Goku
- Daily Briefs
- Funimation Hints at Soukou no Strain Anime
- Gantz's Oku Also Designs Soul Calibur IV Character
- UK Fans Give Eagle Award to Death Note Manga
- Super Techno Arts No Longer Offering Jojo Anime in USA
- Manga, Anime, Cards Announced for Inazuma 11 Videogame
- Funimation Licenses Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-
- Crimson Hero, Chocolate Underground Manga Ending
- Japanese Comic Ranking, May 6–12
- Daily Briefs
- TitleMatch Halts Production of ImaginAsian DVDs
- Suzuka's Seo, Samurai Deeper Kyo's Kamijy? to Launch Manga
- Funimation Hints at Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- Anime
- Funimation Gets Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple Anime
- Shibatora Police Manga Adapted into TV Drama
- Ashita no Joe's Chiba Draws Akai Mushi One-Shot Manga
- 32nd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced
- Tokyo's Popopure Maid Café Lets Customers Dub Anime
- Gegege no Kitar? Anime Film's Site Opens with Teaser
- 1st Super Robot Wars OG Divine Wars Episode Streamed
- First Image of Live-Action Dragonball's Goku Published
- Funimation Adds Save Me! Lollipop Romantic Comedy Anime
- Speed Racer Ends U.S. Opening Weekend with US$20M
- 2008 Gegege Anime Film to Have Six Versions Screened
- Daily Briefs
- Japanese Box Office: May 3–4
- 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced
- Daily Briefs
- Vexille Wins Animation Award at Philadelphia Film Fest
- 37th Japan Cartoonist Awards Announced
- Ergo Proxy #5
- Nodame Cantabile: Paris Chapter Anime Sequel Announced
- Daily Briefs
- Anime Planned for Amano's Mateki: The Magic Flute
- Anime Expo to Host Stranger - Mukoh Hadan Director Ando
- Vampire Hunter D, Final Fantasy's Amano at San Diego
- Sonishi's Inu-Gaisha Manga Adapted into Flash Anime
- Full Shin Chan Episode Posted Online
- Gurren Lagann Music Clip Project's Trailer Streamed
- 1st 8 Minutes of Live-Action Speed Racer Film Streamed
- 3 Arrested in Japan for Spreading Anime via Share Program
- Daily Briefs
- Japanese Anime TV Ranking, April 28–May 4
- Lucky Star Cast Cosplays as Haruhi Dancers on Bonus Card
- Hokkaido Graduate Students Launch Free Manga Paper
- Comic Dragon Age Mag to Run Luminous Arc 2 Will Manga
- Japanese Comic Ranking, April 29–May 5
- Eva's Sadamoto to Draw Archaic Smile Short Story
- U.S. Navy Completes Promotional Manga for Distribution
- Daily Briefs
- USA Today Booklist, April 28–May 4
- BV USA to Stream Super Robot Wars TV, Galaxy Angel Rune
- Macross Frontier's Opening Single Stays in Top 10
- Mushrambo Film Remakes' 1st Promo Video Posted
- Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, April 30–May 6
- Singer/Actor Gackt Lends Voice for Next Virtual Singer
- Daily Briefs
- Detective Conan Solves His First Case in Korea
- Tokyo Restaurants Offer Limited Evangelion Menu Items
- Bandai Reissues of Macross Valkyries to be Imported to USA
- Newsweek Japan Lists Kon's Paprika Among 100 Best Films
- Zune Store Adds Funimation, Manga Entertainment Titles