[NEWS]Kyo Kara Maoh Novels and The Case of a Dragon Slayer Licensed! (4/21/08)
Now that NY Comic Con is over, licensing announcements should slow down for a bit. TokyoPop has licensed the Kyo Kara Maoh! novels (along with their previously announced license of the manga) with the first volume due out in May 2009, and Del Rey has licensed The Case of a Dragon Slayer by Kouhei Kadono (author of the Boogiepop series), due out in February 2009. CMX has also licensed the Ballad of a Shinigami manga (novel series is already being released by Seven Seas).


Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Light Novels and Manga Licensed! (4/18/08)
[NEWS] That's right, if you haven't already heard, Little, Brown has licensed the Haruhi novels and Yen Press has licensed the manga series! The first volume of the manga is due out in October, and the first light novel is available for preorder in hardcover and paperback and will be coming out on April 1, 2009.


Updates (4/2/08)
[NEWS] If you've been keeping up with the forums you've already heard that DMP is releasing Fafner: Dead Aggressor, Juné has licensed five BL novels, Seven Seas has licensed the children's series, Kuro Majo-san ga Touru!!, and Tokyopop has licensed Goth.

[SITE] We've consolidated the license list and review sections. The Upcoming Section continues to be regularly updated as usual. The release dates for several Seven Seas titles, in particular, have been shuffled around a lot, with some 2008 releases postponed to 2009.