Viz Media Put's the Ki·bosh on Inubaka Crazy for Dogs (いぬばか) at Vol #17

Just FYI everyone. Viz Media has confirmed on that Yukiya Sakuragi's manga Inubaka: Crazy for Dogs is currently on hiatus in North America and that Vol #18 (which was set to release this month) has been canceled.According to a statement from a Viz Media representative, no new volumes are currently on the company's release schedule. The manga ended in Japan last April, and the 22nd and final

AnimEigo Will Not Renew License for Urusei Yatsura

After nearly 20 years on the market in one iteration or another, AnimEigo will finally be retiring the Urusei Yatsura franchise, letting the license expire this fall:Via AnimEigo:"Urusei Yatsura to go out of print on 30-September-2011 It is with heavy hearts that we must announce that we will be unable to renew our license for Urusei Yatsura. We will be unable to accept orders after the 30th of

Media Blasters Cancels Some Upcoming Manga

Media Blasters sent over a notice today with some date changes and cancellations. Fortunately, none of the date changes effected any of their Anime titles, but they did cancel the release of the following manga:Akihabara Vol. 6 Graphic Novel AWNOV-0949 (9781598835342)Gay's Anatomy Episode 0: Graphic Novel KGNOV-0914 (9781598834604)Drawn to Him: Graphic Novel KGNOV-0917 (9781598835083)They didn't

AnimEigo Unable to Complete Yawara

AnimEigo has announced that they will not be able to complete Yawara. From ANN:"Robert Woodhead, CEO of the North American anime distributor AnimEigo, has announced on his Twitter account on Thursday that "so far, we have not been able to secure a license to release the rest of Yawara." AnimEigo licensed the television anime adaptation of Naoki Urasawa's Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl manga in

Figure Cancelation

We got the final word today from Toranoana that the Bamboo Blade: Tamaki Kawazoe 1/7 Scale PVC Figure AF-BB(151649) that was originally due to ship in January has been formally canceled for North America. Toranoana said they were not able to obtain the necessary license clearances.We will begin the process of canceling pre-orders for these today, and issuing any refunds if necessary.

Two Figure Cancelations

We had suspected this for awhile, but we got the final word today from Atelier Sai that the two YUA figures that were originally due to ship in November have been formally canceled for export:You're Under Arrest Miyuki Kobayakawa 1/8 Scale PVC FigureYou're Under Arrest Natsumi Tsujimoto 1/8 Scale PVC FigureThey would not tell us why (they never do) but there is speculation that since Section 23