So there was a cool Power Rangers panel at the recent Anime Expo with some of the best actors and actresses from various series. However, there’s seems to be a very important person missing there.

The one who matters most -- Jason David Frank, the original Green and White Ranger!

Anyway, you can watch the panel on YouTube. You’ll find the first part below.

By the way, if you live in Orlando, Florida or happen to be in the Central Florida area you should attend this year’s Anime Festival Orlando. Why? Because Jason David Frank is one of the guests! That’s probably the best, if not the only, reason to attend.

Source: Anime Vice

CMX announced at the Anime Expo that the company will be releasing five new manga series next year. Three mangas from the Softbank Creative’s Flex Comix and two shojo harem series from Hakusensha.

The titles from Flex Comix includes the following:

Yunosuke Yoshinaga’s shonen saga Rampage, which is due out in February of 2010 as well as Takanori Yamazaki’s shojo sports saga Diamond Girl (set to debut in April) and Ichiro Sakaki and Tomo Hirakawa’s Polyphonica: Cardinal Crimson, which is due out in May.

ICv2 reports that the shojo titles from Hakushensa:

The two shojo harem series set for 2009 are My Darling! Miss Bancho, a 5-volume ongoing series that began in 2006 about a girl who attends an industrial high school with 850 boys, and Nadeshiko Club, a 7-volume completed series that debuted in 2000 and follows the adventures of a girl who is forced to join a “housework” club only to find the other members are all really cute guys. The first volume of My Darling! Miss Bancho is due out in March, while the Nadeshiko Club debuts in June.

Source: ICv2

Viz Media is releasing the first Naruto Shippuden DVD on September 29th.  Naruto Shippuden Vol.1 (MSRP $24.92) will include four uncut, unedited episodes (100 minutes total) with both an English dubbed track and the original Japanese track (with available English subtitles).  The DVD version is the only way that fans can obtain the English language version of Naruto Shippuden—subtitled versions have been streamed online concurrent with their release in Japan.

Viz Media plans to issue the second Naruto Shippuden DVD, Naruto Shippuden Vol.2 (MSRP $24.92) on October 27th.  Naruto Shippuden (literally “Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles”) is the sequel to Masashi Kissimoto’s ninja saga, and features older versions of the series’ beloved characters.  The Shippuden chronicles began in the manga with Volume #28, while the Shippuden anime episodes began running on Japanese TV in February of 2007.

Viz Media has not yet announced whether it will issue box set collections of Naruto Shippuden.  There are currently four series of Naruto Shippuden DVDs available in Japan, each of which chronicles a different story arc.

At Anime Expo Viz Media announced the November release of the first Naruto Shippuden movie, but when contacted by ICv2, a spokesperson said that no details on the release of Naruto: Shippuden the Movie, which was released in Japan in 2007, are available yet.

Source: ICv2

During the Anime Expo yesterday, Crunchyroll has announced that the company have begun streaming Kanamemo on their site via simulcasting. The company also announced that they would be streaming two more anime television series: Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō and Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan!!, or Charger Girl in English. However, there has been no date set when either series will be available to the public.

Source: ANN

Bandai Entertainment has announced at the Anime Expo that they have obtained the rights to the Kōkyō Shihen Eureka Seven: Pocket ga Niji de Ippai movie. Even better news, the company will stream the television series online via Anime News Network.

Bandai Entertainment will open the movie in up to 400 theaters in North America via Fathom Entertainment on September 24, 2009. Tickets are on sale beginning August 21. Visit Bandai Entertainment’s Website for more information on the movie; Fathom Entertainment will list participating theaters on their Website soon but you can add yourself to their e-mail list to receive the list as soon as it’s available.

Kōkyō Shihen Eureka Seven: Pocket ga Niji de Ippai

Check out the trailer!

Source: ANN
Image source: Bandai Entertainment

VIZ has announced at Anime Expo that they will be publishing volumes 24 through 53 of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece between January and June 2010. This means you can find five volumes a month in bookstores. That’s a lot!

Finally, VIZ will be publishing new One Piece chapters in their Weekly Shonen Jump later this fall.

Image and news source: ANN