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Thank you everyone who helped out or make the effort to put out something for us to begin with. It was an extremely chaotic weekend for me with my housing issue, I seriously couldn't have done it without help from others. News will be back to normal tomorrow.

From Japan

•"Rozen Masa - the Future Otaku-" Anime On sale: I actually think Masa Tarou can make a pretty good anime! ^^;
[ Link: Akiba Blog ]

•The Real D.M.C.!: April's Online site turns into Soichi Negishi with picture of DMC on it! (Site is now gone, here's screenshot; link fixed)
[ Link: April's Online ]

•-Saki- to be animated: Aww, but this probably will be animated in the next few years. ^_^;
[ Link: Kindai Majyan Manga Sekatsu ]

•"Anti-Declining Birthrate" Measure -- "Fund" created for Single Men and Women to become Couples: This came from one of the bigger news site, Iza. This would have make all the single otaku dance in joy! (maybe?)
[ Link: Iza ]

•Watashi-tachi wa Tamaru-kun to be made into Anime!: This came from a blog who focuses on Dengeki Manga news. ^^; Official anime blog: http://tamurakun.blog97.fc2.com/
[ Link: Yasuken ]

•Ayu 12 Sai turns Ero 12 Sai: The popular Japanese virtual net idol news/diary site, Ayu 12 Sai turns Ero 12 sai and introduces smutty shoujo titles (titles look fake, but I\'m not sure. :p)
[ Link: Virtual Net Idol Ayu 12 Sai ]

•Dabun Domei gives mosaic!: The popular portal/search site for Moe/ero etc related fan site has turned into anime-character, mosaic filled and prompted you to restart. Check it out on archive.
[ Link: Dabun Doumei ]

Scanlation Sites

•Shinshi Doumei Hax0r by Aliens!: Be Afraid... be VERY Afraid! (screenshot).
[ Link: Shinshi Doumei ][ Thanks KuMo!]

•ZOMGFTA gets makeover: Funny layout! ^_^ (screenshot)
[ Link: ZOMGFTA ][Thanks KuMo!]

•Tenshi Tachi drops Shoujo for Doujinshi!:

We\'ve wanted to work on doujinshis since we opened tentai, so here's our first doujinshi release. It?s a One Piece Doujinshi:Luffy X Nami.

Also an important announcement, we've decided to concentrate on doujinshi for now, so all our shoujo projects will be hold until further notice.
[ Link: Tenshi Tachi ]

•Manga Helpers Get the Most Fugly Makeover!: My eyes!! x_X(screenshot)
[ Link: Manga Helpers ][ Thanks ssjohn!]

•Detective Conan Ends! Tell Me A Lie Gets Turn Into Full Series!:

With Conan recently reaching its shocking and unexpected conclusion, I will now dedicate myself completely to Tell Me A Lie, Aoyama\'s new story that has recently been confirmed to run for hundreds and hundreds of chapters.
[ Link: Knightus Tell Me A Lie Linker ][ Thanks ssjohn! ]

•Illuminati Manga Shuts Down:

This Site has been permenantly shut down by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice.

The operation of illuminati-manga website coldimortal, GGandX, Wakabak and Huney of Antelope Acres, C.A. was sentenced on April 1st 2069 to 69 months imprisonment... (screenshot)
[ Link: Illuminati Manga ][ Thanks Admiral_Thrawn! ]

•Aprils Fool Hunter x Hunter Chapter (again!): Nexgear puts out another parody HxH chapter, and the best quote from their forum:

I wonder how many of these April Fools Day we will pass till a new chapter comes.

Haha... how long has it been since a chapter of HxH was printed in Shounen Jump? ^^;; I feel for the fans!
[ Link: NexGear ][Thanks ssjohn again!]

•Best Chapter of Desire Climax!: Shoujo Magic has the "latest" chapter of Desire Climax up, I think everyone should check it out! ^_~
[ Link: Shoujo Magic ]

•Entropy Released in Morse's code!: The Kidnapping of Minja Jo's Boyfriend is done in Morse's code!
[ Link: Entropy ]

Anime and Others

•Tokyotosho Gets Bought by ADV Films!:

BOSTON, APRIL 1, 2007 ADV Films, North America's leading anime goods retail industry, has proudly acquired all rights and ownership to TokyoTosho Inc. Many are speculating about the new system that will be implemented on TokyoTosho Inc. It\'s rumored that the system will be more up-lifting and will not only appeal to older anime fans, but to younger fans as well.

In a statement made today by the CEO of ADV Films, he commented, "We are proud to have become a big part in the anime community. Bittorrent has become a big part of anime-sharing among many anime fans. By \'torrenting\', we hope to nourish all fans with all their anime needs."

Site access will remain for the next 1 hours at which time all visitors will be redirected towards ADV Films.
[ Link: Tokyo Toshokan ]

•Baka Updates get Bought for $500,000:

Baka-Updates will be changing their name to Fansub-Updates effective May 1st 2007. The reason is we were offered $500,000 USD for the baka-updates.com domain. We have registered the new domain and it will start working within the next three days. More news will be added as time gets closer before we have to stop using baka-updates.com. I hope this is enough time for everyone to get familiar with a new name.
[ Link: Baka Updates ]

Oh, and very non-April's Fool related: Happy 4th Birthday, Nakama!