Japan's Animation TV Ranking, July 12-18

GeGeGe no Nyb , Howl's Moving Castle, Hotaru no Hikari, Precure, Anpanman

Zynga Confirms Softbank Investment. Theyll Confirm Google Investment Later

Zynga issued a press release tonight confirming the more than month-old news of an investment by Softbank - $150 million - and are announcing a joint venture to "develop and distribute social games across Japan." Zynga didn't talk about the other $150 million they took from Google in connection with a partnership over the new Google Games property. Although they soft-confirmed it to the New York ...

Zynga and Softbank Corp. Launch Joint Venture to Accelerate Social Game Industry in Asia

SAN FRANCISCO & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zynga and Softbank today announced a joint venture that will develop and distribute social games across Japan. The new joint venture, Zynga Japan, brings together leaders in social games and consumer technology to offer millions of new users the ability to play social games anytime and anywhere. In conjunction with todays announcement, Softbank has ...

Priest, Gothicmade, Shin-chan Online Trailers Streamed

Also: live-action film of Tru Honda's Light Novel no Tanoshii Kakikata light novels

Life-Size Evangelion Bust's Grand Opening Streamed Live (Updated)

Fuji-Q HighLand amusement park streams on Ustream at 4:30 p.m. PDT