Idea Factory’s Otomate are creating an otome game based off of the anime Mr. Osomatsu. The live-action film Wolf Girl and Black Prince opens May 28 in Japan. The film is based off of the shoujo manga by the same name. The film My Sassy Girl, a Korean romantic comedy film, is getting remade into a Korean Drama. The...

Summary from BookWalker: “Bloody” Mary is not your typical vampire. He can withstand sunlight, holds a reflection in mirrors, refuses to drink blood—and wants 17-year-old student and priest Maria to kill him. But to Mary’s dismay, Maria doesn’t know how to kill vampires. Desperate to die, Mary agrees to become Maria’s bodyguard until Maria can find a way to...

Crunchyroll released Ristorante Paradiso and Sweet Blue Flowers. The two anime join its catalog and is available in the U.S. and Canada. They are also streaming Sekkou Boys, the anime featuring stone figures as idols. There won’t be a fan translation patch for Starry Sky ~In Summer~ as Otomegirlkawaii, the group in charge of the patch. The group received a cease and desist letter from...

Oh My Venus had me hooked from the first episode. The diverse cast of characters sealed the deal. However, the show had a few fatal flaws I can’t ignore. Oh My Venus sets the bar high, so it pains me a little to tear it apart. Perhaps if there were four more episodes, the show would have done everyone justice....

Tsubaki-Chou Lonely Planet is currently running in Margaret magazine, and has 2 tankobans in Japan.  Mika Yamamori has quickly become a favorite mangaka amongst the scanlator community. She has been very VOCAL about her work being stolen and used without her permission, and rightly so. I think it’s time to get some of her work in North America legitimately. The...