- An exhibition dedicated to Jirô Taniguchi will be held in the city of Versailles, France, between march 12 and may 15, 2016. [Source: Animeland, in french]
- Translator Frederik L. Schodt talks about his experience translating manga and how the job has evolved over time. [Source: World Literature Today]
- Asahi Shimbun has announced the seven nominees for the 20th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. [Source: ANN]
- Mangaka Naomi Urasawa has a documentary TV show on NHK where he examines prominent manga artists in their workplaces and its back for a second season. [Source: ANN]
- The anime TV series She and Her Cat: Everything Flows, based on a short animation by Makoto Shinkai, has been picked up for streaming by Crunchyroll, starting March 4th. [Source: ANN]
- Viz Media's Haikasoru imprint has licensed Yoshiki Tanaka's original novel series Legend of the Galactic Heroes. The first three volumes will be released this spring, starting March 8th, and an excerpt from the first book is available on io9. Also a new anime adaptation, slated for 2017, is produced by Production I.G.. [Source: ANN]
- The famous all-female musical theatre troupe Takarazuka Revue is performing a stage adaptation of Nobuhiro Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin manga. [Source: ANN]
- Studio Ghibli's co-founder Isao Takahata received the Winsor McCay Award for lifetime achievement at the 43rd Annie Awards. [Source: ANN]
- Winners for the 37th Annual Japan Academy Prizes (the Japanese Academy Awards) have been announced. [Source: ANN]
- Two more cast members have been announced for Dreamworks and Paramount's live-action Ghost in the Shell film: Michael Pitt will play the Laughing Man villain and Beat Takeshi will play the Public Security Section 9 founder and chief Daisuke Aramaki. We already knew that Scarlett Johansson (Major Kusanagi) and Pilou Asbæk (Batou) are starring in the live-action adaptation of Masamune Shirow's cyber-police manga, which will be directed by Rupert Sanders. [Source: ANN]
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