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News on Goro Miyazaki’s next film, Appleseed XIII, the second Macross Frontier movie, Toriko and Luffy to meet, more Evangelion manga, and fewer employees at Tokyopop.

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AnimeNation.net: Strike Witches fans! Another season of your favorite show is coming. There’s a promotional image out there showing what looks like a Strike Witches 2 series coming out in the summer. This looks to be confirmed, thanks to an article in Megami Magazine (source: ANN) in which Kadokawa Shoten mentioned plans for a second Strike Witches series this summer.

AnimeNation.net: K-ON! fans! You should already know there’s a second season of your favorite show coming, but you won’t have long to wait for it; TBS has revealed that season 2 of K-ON! will start airing in April. Wow!

ANN: The New York International Children’s Film Festival has long been known for airing fine anime films for kids (like Hayao Miyazkai’s work), but this year they’re oudoing themselves with a number of American premieres.  Starting February 26, they’ll be showing:

• Summer Wars
• Mai Mai Miracle
• Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror
• Time of Eve [Eve no Jikan]

AnimeNation.net: A bit of gaming news: according to a Nintendo announcement, a new “main-entry” Pokemon game will be released for the Nintendo DS later this year.  It’s been four years now since the release of Diamond and Pearl, so it’s about time, no?

ANN: Some sad news: Keiko Tobe has passed away. She was the author of the manga With the Light, a sensitive portrayal of the struggles of raising an autistic child. She was 52.