
One Piece mangaka Eiichiro Oda hospitalisation with a tonsil infection has caused the cancellation of at least two One Piece instalments, alarming many fans yet again.
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Doujin fans are quaking at the wrath of Disney, which has just shut down a free doujin game for daring to include a likeness of Mickey Mouse, demanding ¥6,000,000 in compensation for good measure.
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The abrupt cancellation of Mitokon, a manga by Mangatarou serialised in Jump SQ, has lately become rather notorious for prompting what may be (in various meanings of the term) one of harshest manga endings ever…
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Aya Hirano has announced that she has “decided to quit” her agency Space Craft, and that she has closed her fan club (which apparently still had members) as well.
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The 2011 Tokyo International Anime Fair has been officially cancelled, ostensibly because of the unstable power and transit situations.
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What a legion of detractors could not accomplish, an earthquake and a flooded reactor have in a stroke – most upcoming broadcasts of Madoka have been cancelled.
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Otaku losses continue to mount with the news that top Touhou doujin event Reitaisai, formerly due on the 13th of March, is to be cancelled as a result of the quake.
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The recently opened Evangelion themed Lawson store has been shut after mere days thanks to a vast horde of otaku pilgruns overwhelming the store.
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Microsoft has announced it will be closing its original Xbox Live service worldwide in April.
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A Hollywood theatrical adaptation of classic manga/anime Akira was previously thought to be safely cancelled, but now it appears Warner Brothers has reanimated the project, and it is set to shamble forth from the grave, for release in 2011, with a sequel already on the cards…
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Though the sudden ending of To Love-Ru was not wholly surprising, the nature of the ending is surprising…
Fans expecting spoilers and an epic conclusion to almost 20 volumes worth of oppai manga from the ending scene, below, will be sorely disappointed:
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Issue 39 of Shounen Jump magazine has confirmed that Yabuki Kentarou’s tentacle laced alien harem manga To Love-Ru will end next month ending all speculations.
The last chapter will be featured in the August 31st issue of Jump.
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