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Super Sonico Burns Racing Tracks As Gloomy Bear
With Super Sonico’s (すーぱーそに子) very own anime part of the Winter 2013 anime lineup, it’s only fitting to have everyone’s favorite pink-haired hottie shown in and around town. A lot of Super Sonico figures have already been released which portray Sonico in different ways from WAVE’s Beach Queen to Zenko’s sexy traditional Japanese-inspired garage kit. Now, we’ll see Super Sonico as a Racing Queen dressed up as a morbid take on the adorable teddy bear! Keep Reading
Space Dandy (スペース☆ダンディ), the Dandy Guy In The Space, has yet to be aired but it has inspired a manga series already! Kodansha monthly magazine Sirius (月刊少年シリウス) has announced the good news in their February issue. The Space Dandy manga will be featured under the Wednesday Sirius category over at Nico Nico (ニコニコ).
Hajime Isayama’s (諫山 創) Shingeki no Kyojin (進撃の巨人) has swept the world off its feet with its compelling story of how humanity fights to survive against gigantic humanoid monsters called Titans (巨人) and the anime’s soundtrack makes it even more epic and memorable. Linked Horizon, the Japanese band who took care of the anime’s opening tracks, have released a single entitled Jiyuu E No Shingeki (自由への進撃). If you’re an SnK fan residing in North America, good news! 
Masayuki Ishikawa (石川雅之), creator of Moyashimon (もやしもん), has won a lawsuit filed against director Takashi Kuroki on the grounds of creating a film based on another of Ishikawa’s Kanojo no Kokuhaku (彼女の告白) without the mangaka’s permission.
What better way to promote a manga than to have its very own advertisement made in a way that the characters from the pages come to life? That’s right folks, turning your manga into anime is a surefire way to rake in more readers and Mako-Chan No Lip Cream (マコちゃんのリップクリーム) is the latest manga title to get an anime promotion!
Yoko Kamio (神尾 葉子) must be so proud of her monumental work, Hana Yori Dango (花より男子). Her manga has inspired not only spawned an anime series out of it but also four(!) live action versions all hailing from East Asia namely Taiwan’s Meteor Garden (流星花園), South Korea’s Boys Over Flowers (꽃보다 남자), Japan’s Hana Yori Dango and China’s Meteor Shower (流星雨)! What’s going to happen if America does its take on it?