Anime:

Imagi's CG flim adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy brings in US$1.8 million on it's opening Friday. It's a moderate figure for a $65 million dollar project, but hopefully the movie gain some momentum after the Halloween movies have satisfied everyone's taste for horror films for the holiday. Here's a link to the movie trailer.

Bandai, Sunrise, and NAMCO have announced that Gundam UC 1 will show in 5 limited theaters on February 20th, and the Blu-ray Disc and DVD will be released on March 12, 2010. Quick eh? You better believe it with the hungry Gundam fans out there waiting!

CLAMP's Kobato (こばと) DVD 1 has been announced for a release date of January 29, 2010.

Armored Trooper Votoms: Phantom Arc's Official website (装甲騎兵ボトムズ 幻影編) was launched this weekend. This is the final chapter to teh VOTOMS series. The OVA will be released on March 26, 2010.

Seikon No Quasar (聖痕のクェイサー) has updated their website and decided on the OP song, "mind as judgement".

On the same note, Maid-sama's website (会長はメイド様) was launched on October 24th.

Kiddy Girl-and will begin streaming on Kadokawa's YouTube Channel. This is a great move!

Cure Maid Cafes recently celebrated their 8th Anniversary! Congratulations!

Remember that Sora no Otoshimono (そらのおとしもの) episode 2 ED from last week's post? Someone has figured out how to many their own flying panties.

Loups = Garous (ルー=ガルー) has posted a PV video of their upcoming anime.

Games:

House Foods and Namco Bandai have teamed up to offer you a taste of what your adventurers will be eatting in the game. The prepared dish of Mabo Curry will be sold in stores starting December 7th and the game Tales of Graces, will be released on December 10th. Yum!

OMG! OMG! Dragon Quest VI (ドラゴンクエストVI) is coming for the DS!! Development is clear even though the release date and price have not yet be determined. Check out the screenshots.

NINJA GAIDEN Σ2（ニンジャガイデン シグマツー） Official website has posted a new video involving behind the scenes footage of the game development, for fans who just can't get enough of this classic series.

Manga:

Meiji University has announced that it plans to establish a Tokyo International Manga Library in 2014. The library plans to house over 2 million items of manga, anime, games, and other media for the purpose of archiving. I wonder how large the building will be. 2 million isn't actually a very large number. I hope they plan for future expansion. In either case, there's always Kyoto.

To Aru Kagaku No Railgun (とある科学の超電磁砲) volume #4 will be released on October 27th. Be sure to look for the special edition that comes with a cute mobile phone strap!