Yahoo! Movies is now streaming the first eight minutes of the Speed Racer live action film, which hits theaters across the country today.

As promotion for next week’s Shin-chan DVD release, IGN has posted an entire streaming episode from the series.

A flash animated adaptation of the Inu-Gaisha manga by Kenji Sonishi has began with online distribution from Takeshobo.

Toei Animation has posted a streaming video trailer for the upcoming Mushrambo film.

Additional details on the Higurashi OVA indicate that the series will be 3 episodes long and titled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei.

The three episode Straight Jacket OVA series will be combined to create a 75 minute long Straight Jacket “International Version” movie, premiering June 28 in Japanese theaters.

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Dark Horse Comics has announced their plans to release an omnibus edition of CLAMP’s manga series Clover in January 2009. The book will be 512 pages, including 32 full color pages, and will retail for $19.95.

The Ribon magazine from Shueisha will begin serializing Anzu Momoyama’s Hello Kitty Peace!! manga in its July issue (on sale June 3).

The Oricon magazine in Japan has reported that Haruo Mizuno’s Siberian Express (Siberia Chotokkyu) film series will be adapted into an anime series. Animation will be split among multiple companies and directors, including Madhouse and Takashi Shimizu (Ju-On).

Although no official confirmation has yet been released, a Lucky Star OVA series is in production according to a promotional flyer found in the June issue of Comptiq Magazine.

Go! Comi revealed they have recently acquired the North American rights to Yuki Amemiya & Yukino Ichihara’s 07-Ghost manga, with plans to release it beginning in January 2009.

Bandai Entertainment has announced plans to screen The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo) at the ImaginAsian theaters in Los Angeles, New York City, and the Varsity Theater in Seattle. The NYC and LA screenings will be from June 13-19 and the Seattle screenings will be from August 29 to September 4.

The Seattle and Los Angeles film screenings will be subtitled, whereas the New York City screenings will be dubbed.

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The weekly Shonen Jump magazine recently announced their “Jump Super Anime Tour,” a 10-city celebration of the magazine’s 40th anniversary. Features will include new anime video from series Dragonball, One Piece, and Tegami Bachi ~ Letter Bee. The Dragonball and One Piece specials are expected to include new video animation; this will also be the first time animation sequence for Letter Bee.

Animax has announced that the Kurozuka manga by Yumemakura Baku will be adapted into anime.

A live action film adaptation of Kenji Sonisih’s Neko Ramen manga and anime has been revealed. Minoru Kawasaki is expected to direct the movie.

Right Stuf’s Nozomi Entertainment has announced plans to release the Aria anime in DVD box sets beginning September 30, 2008. More information and full press release after the jump.

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