Here is a collection of news briefs for the last week in anime/manga news.

Upcoming Anime

Date A Live 2nd Season
The official site for the Date A Live anime announced that the second season of the series will air April 2014.

Source: Official Site
Previous Related News: Anime 'Date A Live' to Get Second Season


Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?
It has been announced that the series will begin airing Spring 2014. The main cast has also been announced and is as follows:

Kokoa Hoto: Ayane Sakura
Chino Kafuu: Inori Minase
Sharo Kirima: Maaya Uchida
Rize Tedeza: Risa Taneda
Chiya Ujimatsu: Satomi Satou

Source: 0taku
Previous Related News: Manga 'Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?' to Receive Anime Adaptation


Haikyuu!!
Additional cast members for the series have been announced at the Jump Festa 2014 event. The latest cast members announced are as follows:

Keishin Ukai: Kazunari Tanaka
Chikara Ennoshita: Toshiki Masuda
Ittetsu Takeda: Hiroshi Kamiya
Kiyoko Shimizu: Kaori Nazuka
Toru Oikawa: Daisuke Namikawa

Source: Jump Festa 2014 via ANN
Previous Related News: Volleyball Manga 'Haikyuu!!' to Get TV Anime Adaptation Due Spring 2014


Other Anime News

Psycho-Pass
FUNimation has announced the cast for their upcoming dub of the series which is set to be released March 11, 2014. The dub cast is as follows:

Shion Karanomori: Lydia Mackay
Yayoi Kunizuka: Lindsay Seidel
Tomomi Masaoka: Jason Douglas
Shuusei Kagari: Scott Freeman
Nobuchika Ginoza: Josh Grelle
Shougo Makishima: Alex Organ
Akane Tsunemori: Kate Oxley
Shinya Kougami: Robert McCollum
Yuki Funahara: Alexis Tipton
Toyohisa Senguuji: Charlie Campbell
Rikako Oryo: Brina Palencia
Shouko Sugawara: Jamie Marchi
Choe Guseong: David Wald
Kaori Minase: Michelle Rojas
Joushuu Kasei: Linda Leonard
Dominator: Stephanie Young
Komissa: Jad Saxton
Jouji Saiga: Michael Federico

ADR Director: Zach Bolton
ADR Engineer: Cris George
Head Writer: John Burgmeier

English Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45p33SSWMJw
Source: FUNimation


Kaze Tachinu
Studio Ghibli's Summer 2013 movie has been nominated for and won various awards since its release on July 20th.

Awarded
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards (NYFCC) for Best Animation Awards
  
• National Board of Review of Motion Pictures (NBR) for Best Animated Feature
  
• Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) for Best Animated Film
  
• Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) for Best Picture

Runner-up
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) for Best Animation

Nominations
• Annie Awards
  • Best Animated Feature
    
  • Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Feature Production (Kitaro Kosaka)
  
  
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
  • Best Animated Feature
  
  
• Golden Globe Awards in Best Foreign Language Film

Submitted for Nomination
• Oscar Best Animated Feature Film

Sources: Anime!Anime! Summary List, Golden Globe Awards