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The New York Times has published its weekly list of the top 10 selling manga books.

After five books made their debut last week, no new books made an appearance on this week's list, with Vampire Knight, Volume 8, retaining it spot on the top.

The full list was:

1. Vampire Knight, Volume 8, by Matsuri Hino (VIZ Media)

2. Naruto, Volume 46, by Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ Media)

3. Ouran High School Host Club, Volume 13, by Bisco Hatori (VIZ Media)

4. Black Bird, Volume 2, by Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ Media)

5. Maximum Ride, Volume 2, by James Patterson and NaRae Lee (Yen Press)

6. Rosario Vampire, Volume 10, by Akihisa Ikeda (VIZ Media)

7. Negima! Magister Negi Magi, Volume 24, by Ken Akamatsu (Del Ray)

8. Soul Eater, Volume 1, by Atsushi Ohkubo (Yen Press)

9. D. Gray-Man, Volume 15, by Katsura Hoshino (VIZ Media)

10. Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Volume 24, by Clamp (Del Ray)

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Anime News Network is reporting via Yomiuri Shimbun the Japanese government is working on an alternative to the canceled national media arts center.

Rather than a new facility, which had a reported cost of ¥11.7 billion, the government is now looking at existing institutions for collections and research.

According to the report, the proposal would cost approximately ¥250 million annually.

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Comics artist Gail Simone beat out mangaka group CLAMP, as well as Natsuki Takaya, creator of Fruits Basket, for the 2009 Lulu Awards' Female Cartoonists And Comic Book Writer’s Hall of Fame.

The winners were announced last week by the Friends of Lulu, a national organization whose main purpose is to “promote and encourage female readership and participation in the comic book industry.”

The Lulu Awards recognize “the people and projects that helped to open eyes and minds to the amazing comic and cartooning work by and/or about women.”

To see the details on all the winners, click here.

CLAMP is the all-female Japanese mangaka responsible for such titles as X/1999, Magic Knight Rayearth, Angelic Layer, Chobits and Cardcaptor Sakura.

Natsuki Takaya's Fruits Basket ran from 1999 to 2007 and was collected into 23 volumes.

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The New York Times has published its weekly list of the top 10 selling manga books.

Five books made their debut this week on the list, including VIZ Media's release of Vampire Knight, Volume 8, which jumped directly to number one, supplanting Naruto, Volume 46, which fell to second.

The other books making their first appearance this week were Ouran High School Host Club, Volume 13, Black Bird, Volume 2, Rosario Vampire, Volume 10, and D. Gray-Man, Volume 15, all VIZ releases.

The full list was:

1. Vampire Knight, Volume 8, by Matsuri Hino (VIZ Media)

2. Naruto, Volume 46, by Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ Media)

3. Negima! Magister Negi Magi, Volume 24, by Ken Akamatsu (Del Ray)

4. Ouran High School Host Club, Volume 13, by Bisco Hatori (VIZ Media)

5. Black Bird, Volume 2, by Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ Media)

6. Maximum Ride, Volume 2, by James Patterson and NaRae Lee (Yen Press)

7. Rosario Vampire, Volume 10, by Akihisa Ikeda (VIZ Media)

8. Soul Eater, Volume 1, by Atsushi Ohkubo (Yen Press)

9. D. Gray-Man, Volume 15, by Katsura Hoshino (VIZ Media)

10. Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Volume 24, by Clamp (Del Ray)

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Yen Press announced today that it will adapt the first three novels in international bestselling novelist James Patterson's Daniel X series into manga with Korean artist Seung-hui Kye.

Kye has published extensively in his native Korea with 13 manhwa books to his name that have been translated and published in more than 10 countries.

The first volume of Yen's previous adaptation of Patterson's work, Maximum Ride, spent 31 weeks on Nielsen BookScan's graphic novel bestseller list and was named one of the top 25 manga properties in both the first and second quarters of 2009.

Like Maximum Ride, the Daniel X manga will appear in Yen Press's manga anthology Yen Plus before the book is collected into a trade paperback format in summer 2010.

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The Crayon Shin-chan manga's run has been extended by three months after additional pages were discovered.

Anime News Network, via Comic Natalie, reports that Monthly Manga Town has announced Crayon Shin-chan will now run through the March issue, which ships in February.

Manga-ka Yoshito Usui was found dead Sept. 19 on Mount Arafune, located north of Tokyo in the Gunma prefecture. Authorities later determined he fell to his death accidentally.

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VIZ Media today (Tuesday) previewed an array of new manga releases scheduled to debut throughout the fourth quarter of 2009.

The new titles span a diverse range of genres everywhere from science fiction, fantasy/adventure, and crime thrillers to shojo and teenage coming-of-age stories.

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Kuriousity has posted a comprehensive report from Digital Manga's panel at Yaoi Con, including a large collection of new license announcements.

The titles included A Bloody Kiss Tonight, Cafe Latte Rhapsody and Stay Close To Me, as well as The Tyrant Who Falls In Love and Kizuna, both of which were once under other licenses.

To read the full report, click here.

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The British Museum will open a manga exhibit this week featuring a new work by Hoshino Yukinobu.

The exhibit, entitled Manga: Professor Munakata’s British Museum Adventure, will open Thursday, Nov. 5, and run through Jan. 3, 2010.

“Hoshino Yukinobu (b. 1954) is a world-famous manga artist,” the museum's Web site states. “One of his most popular characters is Professor Munakata who investigates history and folklore in his manga adventures. In this display, you can see original artwork by Hoshino, including drawings showing the start of Professor Munakata’s new adventure set at the British Museum.

“Step into a life-sized manga with Hoshino’s comic-book creations filling the walls and floor of Room 3. You can also browse a selection of Japanese manga books in the small manga kissa (literally ‘manga coffee shop’ – although coffee will not be available) in the corner of the room – a perfect way to discover more about the art of manga.”

In addition to the exhibit itself, a number of program have been scheduled during its run, including an Astro Boy screening and five gallery talks. For a full list of events, click here.

The British Museum is located on Great Russell Street in London, England.

(Found via Sean McLachlan's blog on Gadling.com.

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