Viz Media revealed its list of new manga titles for 2007 at the currently ongoing New York Comic Con. Eleven titles in all were announced, though most were already known to be licensed. Two of them, GYO and Uzumaki, are reprints.

The rest of the titles are: Togari, Portus, Hoshin Engi, Gintama, Pretty Face, Ichigo 100%, Millenium Snow, Yurara, and Lovely Complex.

Actor Hidetoshi Nishijima will star in a remake of the popular drama series "Kaiki Daisakusen" (also known as "Operation: Mystery!"). The remake, titled "Kaiki Daisakusen Second File," will consist of three 45-minute parts, airing on NHK's BS-hi at 10:00pm on April 2, 9, and 16. Takashi Shimizu ("Ju-on: The Grudge") and Hideo Nakata ("Ring") will each direct one of the episodes.

The original "Kaiki Daisakusen" was a 26-episode tokusatsu series that aired on TBS from 1968 to 1969. It achieved an average rating of 22.0%

The cast includes Naoki Tanaka (of Cocorico), Sota Aoyama, Minami, Ittoku Kishibe, and Minori Terada.

Masahiro Matsuoka of TOKIO will appear in a new commercial for Suntory's chuhai drink, -196°C. He plays the role of a newscaster reporting on the beverage. The commercial begins airing on the 27th.

The awards ceremony for the 10th Japan Media Arts Festival was held on Friday. Mamoru Hosoda's "Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo" took the grand prize in the Animation Division, while Kaiji Kawaguchi won in the Manga Division for his work, "A Spirit of the Sun."

In the Entertainment Division, the innovative Playstation 2 game "Okami" took the trophy, with artist credit to Hideki Kamiya. Computer artist Keiko Kimoto won in the Art Division with her work, "Imaginary Numbers 2006." A Special Achievement Prize was awarded to animation director Akira Daikuhara.

See the full list of awards at the Japan Media Arts Festival site.

It was recently discovered that Mika Nakashima (24) is in a serious relationship with actor Masatoshi Nagase (40). The two first met when they both appeared in the 2002 drama series "Shiritsu Tantei Hama Mike," and they got together immediately after the divorce of Nagase and Kyoko Koizumi in 2004.

Some members of Nakashima's family believe that marriage may be near. Nakashima's agency confirmed the relationship, but denied that there have been talks of marriage.

Publisher Shueisha has announced that Monthly Shonen Jump will cease publication with its July issue (on sale June 6). The magazine has seen a large drop in sales, and it currently trails far behind rival publication Monthly Shonen Magazine. However, Shueisha plans to launch a new magazine this autumn to fill the void.

Monthly Shonen Jump was founded in 1970 as a sister magazine to the weekly Shonen Jump.