Here is a collection of news briefs for the last week in anime/manga news. These briefs include announcements that would not normally receive their own news thread. Please check the News Board for previous major announcements. Last week's News Briefs can be found here.

Upcoming Anime

[b]Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei[/b]
A new CM along with a new key visual have been released for the series. Additional staff and cast have also been announced and are as follows:

Music: Taku Iwasaki

Erika Chiba: Yumi Uchiyama
Leonhart Saijou: Takuma Terashima
Miyuki Shiba: Saori Hayami
Mikihiko Yoshida: Atsushi Tamaru
Honoka Mitsui: Sora Amamiya
Shizuku Kitayama: Yuiko Tatsumi

Source: animate.tv


Manga News

Inu x Boku SS
The creator of the series, Cocoa Fujiwara, announced on her personal Twitter that the series will be ending in 2014. The manga received an anime adaptation back in January 2012.

Source: Tweet


[b]Moyashimon[/b]
An announcement made in Morning magazine reveals that the series will be ending in the March issue of the magazine which is set to be released January 22, 2014.

The series received an anime adaption with the first season airing back in October 2007 and the second season airing back in July 2012.

Source: Comic Natalie[/b]


[b]Arata Kangatari[/b]
The creator of the series, Yuu Watase, announced in a recent blog post that the series is nearing its climax. No time table has been set however.

Source: Yuu Watase's blog post (bottom section of her post)


[b]Battle Angel Alita[/b]
The creator of the series, Yukito Kishiro, announced in a recent blog post that he will be working on a new Battle Angel Alita manga series. The new series will begin publishing later in 2014. Kishiro also wrote in the blog that the series is tentatively titled "Kasei Senki."

Source: Yukito Kishiro's blog post