Usually I don't like to report rumors, but when you have other news sources spreading the same story, knowing full well there's no official press release or scans to back it up, you can't help but report it yourself. Plus this just adds more to the excitement of the next upcoming title in the series...

The official website to the Nodame Cantabile anime series has announced a sequel. The new "Nodame Cantabile: Paris Chapter" series is set to begin in October on Fuji TV. [Source]

With the release of the June issue of Dragon Age magazine comes the new serialization of the Slayers Revolution manga...

Reports are coming in that three individuals have been arrested by Kyoto Prefectural Police's High-Tech Crime Task Force for the unauthorized distribution of copyright material through the use of P2P file-sharing software Share. According to this 2ch thread, the three cappers in question are YS2YSUOe1cLtf, ...

Lots of news, all from a variety of sources, but mostly from the June edition of Newtype magazine...

A crossover RPG entitled "Cross Edge" has been announced for the Playstation 3 console. The game is a collaboration of a variety of major names in the genre, including Capcom, Nippon Ichi, Bandai-Namco, Idea Factory, Gust, and leading developer Compile Heart. Scheduled release date: September 08'

Turns out "Gackpoid," a Gackt version of Vocaloid, is indeed real and will be released around mid-June. A sample could be heard after the jump...

A Lucky☆Star OVA formal announcement shall be made in the June edition of Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq magazine -- on sale May 10th...

According to Animax satellite TV, an anime series for Yumemakura Baku's sci-fi novel Kurozuka has been greenlit for production...

The 11th official game in the Touhou series, entitled "Touhou Chireiden ~ Subterranean Animism," has been announced. The full version will most likely be released at Comiket 74, which takes place August 15-17. However, according to the latest blog update from ZUN, a demo will be sold for 300 yen during the Hakurei Shrine Reitaisai convention -- scheduled to take place May 25th...

The third animated installment in the Higurashi franchise will be released as an OVA series. It is tentatively titled, "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei" -- name of the fandisc for the original game released in December of 2006. The info comes from the June ...

In celebration of Weekly Shounen Jump magazine's 40th anniversary, a new animated special for both Dragonball and One Piece will be shown during a tour in 10 Japanese cities. The announcement comes from this year's 21st issue of Jump -- on sale today. Bleach and Gintama may also be part of the line-up, as hinted in the silhouettes from the image below...

TYPE-MOON will be extra busy this year with all these new upcoming projects in the works...

According to this 2ch thread, the final few minutes of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 episode 3 was leaked on YouTube several days before its official television broadcast...

According to the latest issue of CoroCoro, details on the follow-up title release to Pokemon Diamond and Pearl for the Nintendo DS are expected to be revealed in next month's issue -- on sale May 15th...

According to ITmedia, five companies are sent to launch ai sp@ce, an online 3D virtual world where users can interact with their favorite bishoujo heroines from such franchises as Clannad, Shuffle!, and D.C. II: Da Capo II...

A Eureka Seven film adaptation will be announced in the May issue of Newtype magazine -- on sale April 10th. The original staff, including director Kyoda Tomoki, character designer Yoshida Kenichi, and special effects director Muraki Ysushi, are all expected to return for the new project. It is said to feature a new form of storytelling revolving around Renton and Eureka...

Unveiled today was the new project from TYPE-MOON entitled, "Mahou Tsukai no Yoru ~ Witch on the Holy Night." So far an official website is up with a tagline that reads, "in the mansion on top of a hill, live two witches." This is a prelude ...

According to both Moonphase and the latest issue of Jump Square magazine, a second season of Rosario + Vampire has been greenlit for production. A temporary name has been given to the new series entitled, "Rosario + Vampire Capu2." It is set to begin broadcast as early as this October...

According to Akamatsu Ken's blog, limited editions of manga volumes 23 through 25 of Negima! Magister Negi Magi will include an OVA episode each. A formal announcement is expected to be made in the latest issue of Weekly Shounen Magazine -- on sale April 2nd. SHAFT studio will return for the production of the new specials...