Animanga in the News: 3/22/11

Here you will find a run down of today's anime and manga news! If anything major happened the anime and manga world today, you'll find it in this post! By the way, I'm saladesu, one of the translator-moderators of MH, and I'll be posting a post like this every day (as much as possible, anyway). Look forward to them ;)

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Popular mangaka Inoue Takehiko, well known for manga "Slam Dunk" and "Vagabond" had uploaded a series of illustrations entitled "Smile" on Twitter as a form of support for the victims of the Touhoku earthquake. These illustrations will now be printed on t-shirts that will be sold for charity.

The images spread around on Twitter and received much media coverage, and Inoue Takehiko asked for suggestion on Twitter for other things he could do to aid the victims of the quake. Apparel brand "BEAMS" then suggested the t-shirts.

Starting 29th March, all BEAMS stores across Japan and the BEAMS online store (from April) will sell the t-shirts at ¥2940. Excluding the production fee, all proceeds will go directly to "CIVIC FORCE", an emergency relief organization.

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Please note that there may be delays in the broadcasts or releases of certain anime and manga following the quake. You may see a list of affected publications here, here and here (new).