Geneon's website currently hosts an audio interview with Hellsing Ultimate's US producer, Satoshi Fujii. In the interview, Fujii speaks about Hellsing as a series, Hellsing's creator Kouta Hirano, the US dubbing process, and other topics in-depth.

Moon Phase reports that a second season of has been officially announced via the series's website.

Broccoli announced its aquisition of Angel Food Cake in a Box, Calendar Girls, Madadane, and Murder Princess. Currently, no release dates or prices are known for any of the titles.

According to Anime Nation, 4Kids' Marketing Director Roz Nowicki announced that the company will not be adapting further episodes of One Piece. 104 episodes of the series have been dubbed to date. Of those, 78 have aired on American television.

The official Meitantei Conan webpage announced the franchise's eleventh movie, Meitantei Conan: Konbeki no Kan (Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure), is in production. The film is slated for theatrical release on April 21, 2007.

TOKYOPOP announced that the company shipped a collective 2 million volumes of Natsuki Takaya's Fruits Basket manga. The milestone marks a first for the TOKYOPOP, and earns Fruits Basket the honor of being the company's best-selling title since its establishment as Mixx.

Bandai Visual's Honneamise subdivision opened a page on MySpace Currently, the site hosts a clip from Gunbuster, among other downloadables.

Media Works announced that Ryohgo Narita's Baccano will be adapted into an animated series. Baccano is a series of mystery novels set in New York during Prohibition.

NHK announced a 26-episode animated series based on Canadian author Lucy Maud's Emily Starr series of novels. The series, titled Kaze no Shoujo Emily ~ Emily of New Moon ~ will premiere on Japanese television in April, 2007.

The Kyoto International Manga Museum opened on November 25. Currently, the museum is Japan's largest archival of manga material, with 200,000 items within the institute's walls.

TMS Entertainment is currently building a new animation studio in Nakano, Tokyo. The studio, which will have an area of roughly 396 square metres, and cost 600 million yen to build, is planned to finish construction in February 2007. TMS is best known for its work on Lupin III.

Anime News Service reports that WOWOW announced an animated adaptation of Yasuo Otagaki's Midnight Mile manga. The series is scheduled to premiere on Japanse television in March 2007.

Yoyogi Live Animation filed for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo District Court on December 6. The corporation's child company, Yoyogi Animation Gakuin, is Japan's largest anime specialty school. The company's debts are estimated at 2.2 billion yen ($19 million US dollars). Reasons given for the company's bankruptcy include increased competition from other educational institutions and the falling birthrate of Japan.