Sayumi here. ^_^ I'm sorry, I know it's been two weeks. Been having problems with our internet connection. But... Good news! Things are looking up for Katrina and her family. I won't say anything more than that, let's wait for Katrina to give us the full details. I guess that also means that it won't be long before we hear from Katrina and her updates again :) Thanks to everyone who supported Katrina and offered prayers of best wishes for her.

Ok, just a small update for now. For anime, Kitty has uploaded Itazura na Kiss episodes 3-5; Persona Trinity Soul episode 14-16; Kurenai episode 3-4 and Ghost Hound episode 21-22 which completes the series. Silvermoon has uploaded Clannad episode 22-23 and the widescreen versions of episode 21-23. She also uploaded a new anime for AnimangaNetwork, Neo Angelique ~Abyss~ episodes 1-2.

For manga, I have put 7 Jikan-me Rhapsody Chapter 1-2 and Devil and Her Love Song Chapter 1-5 for online reading. I apologize, I really am behind in putting up the manga for online reading. I'll do my best to try to catch up.

Hello minna-san! Sayumi here. For those who don't know, Katrina is having some family problems. Let's pray for her that things make a turn for the better. You probably thought that webmistresses are invincible and can do everything you want, but actually, we are human too. So let us all do what we can for Katrina during these hard times. Anyway, sorry for the delay and here are the much awaited updates!

For anime, Kitty has uploaded Ghost Hound episode 20 and Nekochan has uploaded Shugo Chara episode 23. AnimangaNetwork is also hosting three new animes! Nekochan has uploaded Vampire Knight episode 1. Kitty has uploaded Itazura na Kiss episode 1 and 2 and Kure-nai episode 1 and 2.

For manga, Strawberry meimei has done a lot! All of these manga are now available for download: 7 Jikanme-Rhapsody Chapter 2, Chocolate Cosmos Chapter 2 & 3, Devil and Her Love Song Chapter 3, 4 & 5, Full House Kiss Chapter 5, 6 & 7, Grand Sun Chapter 2, 3 & 4, Love Monster Chapter 63, 64, 65, Max Lovely Volume 3 Chapter 2, 3 & 4, Sugar Family Chapter 2, 3 & 4 and Tenjou no Kajitsu Chapter 2 & 3. We are also hosting a new manga, Shiawase Kissa Sanchoume Chapter 1 to 8. We'll let you know when these manga are also available for online reading, most probably when I have the time to upload them.

On the other hand, these manga are now available for online reading: regular manga Want You Vol 1 Chapter 3a, Vol 2 Chapter 6a to Ch 10, mature manga Stroke Material Chapter 1-5, Love Celeb Vol 3 Chapter 15-17 and Koi no Arashi Chapter 1

A family emergency has come up. I will be taking extended leave from the site. Sayumi will be updating in my place, and will be doing a better job no doubt. I'll be back soon I hope, once things have calmed down. I'll try to find some time for the yaoi section for those who have waited so patiently. There's a bunch of one shots I'd like to finally write summaries for that have already been uploaded. TTFN. *hug*

I'm sorry for such a large delay in updating. I'm especially sorry to my staff though. I've been receiving e-mails and haven't answered one until a short while ago. :/ First it was getting the new server ready and then I got hit with identity theft. :( It's taken a long time for things to calm down. There are a ton of updates for you guys. I was going to do a yaoi update, but I don't like the tone of uchi haruhiko's posts on the tagboard so you all get to wait even longer now. Want to plant someone, blame uchi. My life is crazy enough right now with still dealing with my car accident, work, anniversary dinner plans for 30+ people, identity theft and life in general to get crap from someone saying they are getting bored waiting for updates. >:(

First for some bad news, Kiba has been licensed so you won't be able to find it on this site anymore. Kitty has uploaded Dragonaut ~ The Resonance 21-25 which ends the series, Persona - trinity soul - 10-13, Ghost Hound 14-19, Shakugan No Shana Season 2 20-24 & Sisters Of Wellber 13. Silvermoon has uploaded Clannad 18-21 and 16-20 widescreen. Nekochan has uploaded Hatenkou Yuugi 6-10 which ends the series & Shugo Chara 17-22.

There have been some manga updates as well, but I'm tired and need to work on some other things so it will have to wait until later. :/

Ok, so I've been telling AJ for a while now that I would update soon. I'm not doing a large update since I should be laying down, but I wanted to do something since it's been a really long time since my last update. Before I go onto my update I just want to thank everyone who is clicking on the ads. They are a really great help and it's such a nice surprise to see the money coming in again to pay for the games! :)

Let's start with the anime section! Kitty has uploaded Persona - trinity soul - 8-9, Sisters Of Wellber 12, Dragonaut ~ The Resonance 20 & Shakugan No Shana Season 2 19. I have finally fixed the links for Hatenkou Yuugi 4-5, nekochan sent them to me a long time ago...gomen!

Now for the manga side of it all...and it's all yaoi. XD I have uploaded Okane Ga Nai Special 1-3 for download and Sayumi has uploaded 23-24 for online reading. I have uploaded Silence chapter 6 for download and Sayumi has uploaded it for online reading. I have uploaded Dekiru Otoko Special for download and Sayumi has uploaded it for online reading. I have also uploaded Sakura Gari chapter 2, Oyaji Hiroimashita chapter 4 & Koi wa Keiyaku no Atode chapter 5a.

Ok, my back is killing me and temper is short so this will be short. 1) I got into an accident. It's not a major one, but I can't sit for long periods of time. All of my effort is getting through a day of work where I actually earn the money to pay for this site so don't expect too much from me for a long while. 2) The yaoi section has its' very own tagboard. It's getting annoying how many times we get asked or are told things about yaoi on the main tagboard. As long as the post isn't nasty your thoughts, questions, etc. on the section or content should go there. Many of our guests *cough* Pa-lua *cough* do NOT like that sort of stuff and I wanted to ensure they would continue to visit which is why I made a seperate it. Believe me, you'll find people much more helpful there then on the main tagboard. :) 3) Isn't David Archuleta just the best singer out of the bunch? With that baby face I keep forgetting he's not 17. Also don't you think that Jason Castro would be such a hottie pretty boy if he didn't have those horrible dreads? BLEH! I've never been into dreads...

That's it, be safe and hope you all are well! <3

So how have you been? I've been pretty good. I did come home to this e-mail in my inbox and thought I'd share it with you to show how supportive publishers/producers of anime are. They could have not sent me an e-mail, but they know and respect our community rules, just like I make sure this site does. :) I took off her e-mail address for privacy rights. You might say posting her e-mail violates it, but since it was sent to a staff who hasn't been active since the dawn of mankind (Alpha who's in Med school) I figured she must not care too much who knows right?

Dear Animanga Network Admins,

Hello, my name is Lisa. I'm the Legal Assistant for Nozomi Entertainment/The Right Stuf International. (www.rightstuf.com) Our company holds the Region 1 ( United States and Canada ) distribution rights for the following anime series. Your site, http://www.animanganetwork.org/, and specifically the following links, lists unlawful copies of our titles for download. I do have to request that you remove them and also cease to list our series in the future. A list of our currently licensed titles is below for your reference, and you can access a list of our new titles at this link: http://www.rightstuf.com/news/release.shtml

Victorian Romance Emma:
http://www.animanganetwork.org/animelist.php

Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions, but I'm afraid I will have to contact your ISP in the case of a slow resolution.

Sincerely,
Lisa Cooper
Legal Department
Nozomi Entertainment
The Right Stuf International
Nozomi Entertainment
www.rightstuf.com

At first my heart dropped to my stomach and then I thought, "BEEP! What the BEEP are we supposed to be BEEPing hosting? ... Wait...we don't host ANYTHING that's licensed in the US. HUH?!" Then I read more of her e-mail. XD After all it's one of our(my) strictest policies and one we don't bend or break. Well it turns out I forgot to update our anime list. (Which I have done now.) She never thought that I might be a very forgetful webmistress when I take down licensed works and never actually went into our anime section since there is no link for Emma or any other licensed anime that is known to my staff or I. I had a good laugh and replied letting her know we don't host and haven't hosted since it became licensed. In fact I think we got to host all of 3 episodes before it did. XD Lazy on her part, lazy on mine. Speaking of licensed anime I found out that Towards the Terra has been licensed. I have taken down the link and moved it to the dropped list.

I would like to state though that the anime/manga/drama world is a very close community. If this was American music or an American Movie I would not have gotten a nice letter like the one above. I would have been fined, tried and convicted before I could say, "Huh?". I'm glad that the distributors of anime/manga/drama realize that sites like mine are not here to take money out of their pockets, but to promote what they might end up selling. (Such as Emma and I'd also like to add they do KareKano which is one of my favorite animes and I highly recommend it if you haven't tried it. The DUBBING is even good! I know it shocked the hell out of me too!) They realize that most people wouldn't just shoot in the blind and buy things, especially for the price they cost. They are able to see how many people like what series and how popular it is by seeing what's popular in our community by watching BT, sites like mine and forums. The people who download now will buy later and as soon as they can. I'm proud of our close community and that we are allowed to do things that we'd never be allowed to do in other communities.

So how has everyone been doing? I've been very busy with switching my blog and all of the archives over to NuTang!! The blog site is just amazing! Everyone is very friendly, helpful and kind! I've become addicted very quickly! They have ready made templates for those of us who can't make our own (it uses both HTML and CSS for more versatility) or as a starting off point for those of us who like to experiment! XD Not only do you get tons of help, get to read other peoples interesting blogs and such, but you also get paid!! Just think about it! Paid..to blog...!! My wonderful sweet imotou, Kuri, invited me and I'd love it if you guys would join as well! I'm sure you all will have as much fun and entertainment with all of the options and nifty tools to help even a newbie out! :) For more information you can go to the site, www.nutang.com, or you can always tag here or send me an e-mail! For those of you wondering where my blog is you can still get it to by the blog link or you can go to http://katrina.nutang.com. Other people who have moved over to NuTang is Razzly, she has a comic blog, Windy Toru, Sylphie's and I just recruited Pa-lua (Killua) the Panda Lord!