Bandai feels left out. Starts laying off staff like everyone else [via Japanator]

Bandai Visual Launches Free Magazine Website in Japan [via ANN]

Q&A: Samuel L. Jackson [via Metromix]

Live-Action Blood: The Last Vampire Gets U.K. Date [via ANN]

Anime, Manga Vie for Spotlight at Japan Media-Arts Exhibition (Bloomberg – USA)

Japan manga man revives story-telling with modern twist (AFP)

Man Faces 20 Years in Prison for…Manga? (GotGame News – San Francisco,California,USA)

Comics Publishers Enter the Kitchen (Publishers Weekly – New York,NY,USA)

Music:
Tetsuwan Atomu by Shonen Knife
Fushigina Melumo by Cibo Matto
Space Giants Theme by Toki Sora