Del Rey (see liveblog thread) opened with their new announcements (after some stalling while they got Power Point working), their favorite being Fairy Tail, by Rave Master’s Hiro Mashima.

More exciting to me is Hell Girl (a.k.a. Jigoku Shoujo), whose very attractive but decidedly episodic anime has been licensed by FUNimation. i’m hoping the manga is a little cooler, though the art style looks a bit less to my liking.

More exciting to many of YOU is probably Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the manga based on the very popular DS game. (They’re hoping to have the first volume out around the same time as the next game.)

And finally, Me and the Devil Blues, a manga about the blues singer Robert Johnson, who allegedly sold his soul to the devil to get his blues skills. (In this version, of course, that really did happen).

They also announced a couple of novels: Dark Wars, a continuation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula by Vampire Hunter D author Hideyuki Kikuchi; and Psycho Busters, a novel by GetBackers author Yuya Aoki, which they also have the manga for.

Aaaand an OEL manga announcement…Yokaiden, a manga by Nina Matsumoto, who you may remember as “spacecoyote” - the artist behind the amaizngly popular “manga Simpsons” fanart.

You want more? How about a manga adaptation of Terry Brooks’ Dark Wraith of Shannara, with art by Edwin David and adaptation by Robert Napton.

I dunno about you, but I’m exhausted just typing all that.

…I present yet another creepy pillowcase to snuggle. This time it’s Ai Enma, from Jigoku Shoujo. You know, that girl who destroys cruel people in exchange for their victims’ souls? Hot as she is, I might have a bit of trouble sleeping with her right next to me, even in pillowcase form…though it still probably is one of the more elegant ones out there:

And only ¥10,500 ($86 USD, roughly). Hm.