Other Manga/Anime News - #2 (2012)

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Just a few things everyone should know about (this combined for anime and manga since they overlap):

1. Hunter x Hunter is going to have an original story anime film. On that note, people might have also read that the manga is back on hiatus as of the next Issue (#17) due to come out in Japan this upcoming Monday (19/03/2012).

2. A sequel to Shaman King entitled Shaman King: Flowers is going to start its official serialisation in Shueisha's new seinen magazine Jump X (a.k.a Jump Kai) in April.

3. Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - a spin-off of Fate/stay night has been confirmed for an anime adaptation.

4. In anticipation of the new Code Geass: Akito the Exiled due to air this summer in Japanese theatres, a manga by the name of Code Geass - S b no Ozu starts serialisation in Newtype Ace on the 10th of April.

5. Binbogami ga! A manga currently running in Jump SQ has been chosen for an anime adaptation by Sunrise

6. Jump SQ replaced Luck Stealer, Karakuri Doji Ultimo and Gekka Bijin (all of which ended in Issue #2 2012 - Ultimo was moved to SQ.19) with Chiisana Hiroba and Adashi Mono.

7. Beelzebub's anime is set to finish on the 25th of this month, the time slot is to go to Uchuu Kyoudai for the spring season.

8. Sket Dance will return in April for a second season.

All credit goes to the twitter page Manga-news Japon (https://twitter.com/#!/manganewsjapon) for providing me with updates and pictures as soon as they are available and making me practice my French reading skills - yes the twitter updates are all in French.