Tatsunoko Productions recently scheduled the second half of Karas. Episodes 4-6 of Karas will be released in monthly installments on Japanese DVD beginning in August. Each volume of Karas will be released in both a standard and collector's edition. The collector's editions will be double-disc releases that include interviews with cast members and crew, as well as a 16-page booklet. The Karas episode 4 collector's edition will include a 30-minute episode that outlines the series' first three episodes.

The latest issue of Newtype USA reports that Bandai Visual USA acquired Engage Planet Kissdum. While no details on the release have been announced, a trailer for the show is included on the DVD bundled with the current issue of Newtype.

Manga author Taizo Yokoyama died of pneumonia in his home on June 10. The 90-year old manga author was best known for Pusan, a series of four-panel comic strips that debuted in the Mainichi Shinbun in 1950. Yokoyama also drew single-panel strips titled Shakai Gihyo (Larky Social Criticism) for the Asahi Shinbun, which premiered in 1954.