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Known for *Hidamari Sketch*, *Madoka Magica*, and other series, popular illustrator and manga artist Ume Aoki’s first solo exhibit, titled “Aoki Ume Exhibit,” has been confirmed.

• 9 years ago

In the Ichiban Kuji coming to convenience stores and Animate locations throughout Japan in mid-February 2015, titled “Ayakashi General Store ‘New Spring Items Have Arrived,’” is a lineup of items in new spring patterns themed after Nyanko-sensei.

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“KuroBas Festival: KuroFes in J-World Tokyo” will open on Wednesday, Jan. 14 at Jump World Tokyo, a theme park located in Ikebukuro Sunshine that focuses mainly on Jump works.

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The large-scale otaku event AnimeJapan will be held from March 20, while Comic Market Special, which is only held once every five years, will begin on March 28. They have a common keyword: Globalization.

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The release of a new *Ghost in the Shell* film was announced on Jan. 8, and *Psycho-Pass the Movie* will release Japan-wide on Jan. 9. Now a collaboration that crosses over the boundaries of these two films has surprisingly appeared in Shinjuku Station.

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Accompanying the start of the broadcast, the official online store Gawa Gawa Mart has already opened. Also confirmed is a special exhibit called “Yurikuma Arashi Museum Bear & Peace” coming to three Animate locations.

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Production of the second part of the stage play *Hamatora: The Stage - Crossing Time* performed in summer 2014 has been confirmed.

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It has been announced that Manabu Koga, who released the photo collection/photo exhibit *Underwater Knee-highs* (2013) and the follow-up *Underwater Knee-highs Plus* (2014), will be starting a new regular event called Monthly Underwater Knee-highs.

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Julietta Suzuki’s popular manga *Kamisama Kiss* (serialized in Hakusensha’s *Hana to Yume*), which has 4 million copies in print, is getting its first stage musical adaptation. *Kamisama Kiss: The Musical* will run from March 21-29, 2015 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre.

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Purchasing doujinshi with acorns at Comiket is a hot topic of conversation.

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Up-and-coming voice actor Arata Ito’s volunteer trash picking along the perimeter of Comiket’s venue is becoming a Comiket spectacle. It didn’t go missing from this year’s Comic Market 87 either, which started on Dec. 28.

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On Dec. 24, Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA) announced that CEDEC 2015 will be held from Aug. 26-28, 2015. They also released the “Game Development Technologies Road Map 2014 Edition.”

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We received a lot of votes for Tokyo Otaku Mode’s “Which winter 2015 anime are you excited about the most?” survey! Thank you for contributing! And now, here are the results!

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Performance dates and times for the stage production of *Yowamushi Pedal Inter-High Chapter: The Winner*, the sixth in a series of plays based on the hit manga *Yowamushi Pedal*, have been decided. The show will run from March 6 to 29, 2015 in Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka.

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Comic Market 87, the world’s largest event for selling and displaying doujinshi, started its first of three days on December 28.

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Character pop-up stores based on the TV anime *The Seven Deadly Sins* that has picked up popularity since its broadcast began in April are coming to three cities in Japan. The stores will open for a limited time in Tokyo, Osaka, and Hiroshima in February 2015.

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Isetan Shinjuku introduces the manga “The Rose of Versailles” and Hanafuda (Japanese playing cards) for its campaign kicking off the New Year.

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Over the span of two days, Dec. 20 and 21, a grand gathering of events and content from popular works such as *Naruto* and *One Piece* unfolded! Not to mention, there was also a spontaneous disclosure of certain details about the next *Naruto* movie from the creator of *Naruto* himself!

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*One Piece*, a popular manga series with fans from around the world, will be combined with kabuki, Japan’s traditional performance loved by many, to create a new cultural revolution.

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“Naruto Exhibition - Masashi Kishimoto - Celebration of the Completion of Serialization” will open on April 25, 2015 at the Mori Arts Center Gallery in Roppongi Hills. An official website for the event is now open, and includes comments from Masashi Kishimoto, the artist of the manga and exhibition.

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