Miyazaki was interviewed in Hong Kong a few weeks back, where he vented his thoughts on the state of modern animation (hint - he doesn't like it).
Anne of Green Gables (Akage no An) hit a milestone anniversary date recently, and the Japan Times ran an article on the Japanese translator of the series, with a mention of the anime version.
Galbraith ran another badly-written piece focused on the new year celebrations of various shrines that have real-world ties to different anime or manga, making it sound as if anime fans are the only ones geely enough to like visiting the settings of their favorite stories (hello, Sherlock Holmes and Harry Potter, anyone?)
Tamagochi Anime Web Theater (mentioned in Hiragana Times). Video game turns into animated series.
Hetalia (online manga mentioned in Metropolis. Will be made into an anime series this year, to be aired on the Kids Station satellite channel). Slapstick 4-panel strip set in WWI, with each character representing one country.
Japan Media Arts Festival (Feb. 4-15)
Judged art contest for a variety of media, with both Japanese and non-Japanese winners, for art, manga, anime and other. The museum website provides short movies of the film-level entries. This is a museum event that just started running ads in the papers. Some of the entries look interesting, but I'm not sure if I'll actually check it out. It does help that the event is free.
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