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Nozomi releasing ‘Princess Knight’ on DVD Next Year (Examiner)
The Nozomi Entertainment branch of Right Stuf, Inc. made an interesting announcement today as they revealed that they will be releasing the Tezuka classic “Princess Knight” in limited edition DVD sets starting next year.

Avril Lavigne To Cover Nickelback Hit For Anime Movie (NME)
A cover of Nickelback’s ‘How You Remind Me’ by Avril Lavigne is set to feature on the soundtrack to a new anime film. Lavigne got engaged to Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger earlier this year. Her version of her fiance’s best-selling single will appear on the soundtrack to the latest film in the One Piece manga film series – One Piece Film Z.

Bishoujo Seven Deadly Sins Anime Announced (Crunchyroll News)
Hobby Japan and figures maker OrchidSeed’s Seven Deadly Sins franchise has taken the next step towards corrupting mankind with a new, non-18+ anime series based on the Ni? (Queen’s Blade’s Alice, Samurai Girls) designed line of girls personifying the capital vices. Queen’s Blade designer Hiraku Kaneko (Leina Vance, Cattleya) directs the production, reuniting writer Makoto Uezu (Humanity Has Declined) after sharing the same duties on Qwaser of Stigmata.

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Eureka Seven AO To Take A Short Hiatus (JeFusion)
The November issue of Shonen Ace announced that Eureka Seven AO will take a short hiatus. The final two episodes of the series, namely episodes 23 and 24 will air in November.

Majestic Prince Space Robot Has Anime In The Works (Anime News Network)
ANN confirmed that, as of Tuesday night, the register counters at Tokyo-area 7-Eleven convenience stores are showing a Monthly Hero’s magazine ad, and that ad reveals that an anime of Rando Ayamine and Hikaru Niijima’s Majestic Prince manga is in the works. Ayamine co-created the Getbackers manga and anime, before writing and designing this new manga that Niijima draws.

Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha Adds Cross Manage As New Series (The Fandom Post)
The Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha Twitter account has announced that starting with the 9/23 issue, the magazine will be adding Cross Manage to its line-up. The series comes from Kaito and follows the end of the recently started Barrage, which lasted only a handful of chapters before ending its run.

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Love Live! TV Anime In January 2013 (TheAkiba)
According to the official Twitter account, TV Anime Love Live! will be aired in January 2013. With a subtitle of School Idol Project, the Anime adaptation of the series was made in February this year.

Say Hello to Black Jack Manga Sold in English on Kindle (Anime News Network)
Amazon’s Kindle e-book store began offering Shuho Sato’s ‘Say Hello to Black Jack’ manga in English under the title Give My Regards to Black Jack late last week. Sato had announced in April that he would make all derivative usage of the title, both commercial and non-commercial, free of restrictions for anyone as of this past Saturday, September 15.

Media Blasters Acquires Shamanic Princess & Sets Jubei-Chan Release Date (The Fandom Post)
Media Blasters has set some of their upcoming releases for the new year as the January 2013 schedule has been set. Kicking off the new year from Media Blasters is a pair of oldies but goodies as the recently acquired Jubei-chan is set and the apparently newly acquired Shamanic Princess as well.

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Right Stuf, Viki License The Rose of Versailles Anime (Anime News Network)
North American anime distributor Right Stuf announced on Wednesday that it acquired TMS Entertainment’s classic historical shojo anime The Rose of Versailles, and the company licensed the right to stream the anime to the online video site Viki. Right Stuf will release the 40-episode anime in two limited-edition DVD sets next year, and Viki will begin streaming the anime to the United States and Canada in December.

Yen Press Licenses Yoshiki Tonogai’s Doubt (Kuriousity)
It’s new manga license time! Anime News Network reported last week that Yen Press has licensed Yoshiki Tonogai’s manga series, Doubt.

New Live-Action ‘xxxHOLIC’ TV Series Announced (J-Pop Asia)
It’s been announced that CLAMP’s hit manga series xxxHOLiC will be adapted into a live-action TV series. The TV series will be broadcasted on Japan’s WOWOW station in early 2013.

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Sentai Filmworks Licenses Love, Elections, & Chocolate (Sentai Filmworks)
Sentai Filmworks is pleased to announce their latest acquisition: Love, Elections & Chocolate. With series composition by Katsuhiko Takayama (ef ~ a tale of memories., And Yet the Town Moves), this series is sure to have the right recipe to win at the polls, and to complete the ticket, music by Elements Garden (Bodacious Space Pirates) and character designs by Hiroaki Gohda (Amagami SS, Please Teacher!) add the icing that tops it all off.

Pokemon Developer New 3DS Game: Harmo Knight (IGN)
Harmo Knight is the new Nintendo 3DS title from Game Freak, the team behind the Pokémon series. The game was announced by Satoru Iwata during today’s Nintendo Direct livestream.

License GET: Sentai Gets Penguindrum, Ninja Scroll, more (Japanator)
As Summer turns to Fall in anime season reckoning, the licensing announcements have begun to roll in, for properties both new and old. For Sentai Filmworks’ blast of acquisitions this week, we’ve got a three-way tie between “really old”, “a little bit old”, and “quite recent”.

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New Gintama Episodes To Air This October (JeFusion)
The official website of the Gintama comedy anime series has confirmed that the anime will return this October 4th, every Thursday at 6 PM JST, with all new episodes!

PV and Debut Schedule Set For Ebiten Anime (Crunchyroll)
Ebiten, officially titled Kouritsu Ebuisugawa Koukou Tenmonbu (Ebisugawa Public High School Astronomical Club), will make its debut on the Tokyo MX channel on October 3rd in the late night spot of 1:00 AM.

Nintendo Power’s Last Issue Coming In December (Ars Technica)
Gamers of a certain age likely remember the days when their main fix of information about new and upcoming video games came in the form of the monthly Nintendo Power magazine that was delivered directly to their mailbox. That experience is set to become yet another relic of a past era, as Ars Technica has learned that Future Publishing is planning to stop publishing the magazine.

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