A heartrending, must-see story! A collaboration work by song diva Sade and animator Tsuneo Gouda titled *By Your Side* is born under charity project Zapuni.
The Tokyo Anime Award Festival Executive Committee and the Association of Japanese Animations have announced seven nominees for Anime of the Year at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2014.
*Giovanni’s Island*, an anime movie that depicts a post-WWII drama taking place on the southern Kuril Islands, was released to theaters Japan-wide on Feb. 22.
The first chapter in the *Persona 3* movie released last November and had a favorable run. Now, things are finally starting to pick up for the release of Chapter 2 this summer.
*Hakuōki the Movie: Chapter 2: Shikon Sōkyū* will have a countrywide roadshow release on March 8. With less than a month to go until the release, many fans are likely wondering about this movie’s all-new story.
Screening events will begin being successively held starting on April 5 for the live-action *Patlabor* project *The Next Generation: Patlabor*, which will span seven chapters.
The title and release date of the anime movie adaptation of *Space Brothers* has been announced. The movie is titled *Space Brothers #0* and it will have a countrywide roadshow release on Aug. 9.
*Initial D*, Shuichi Shigeno’s monumental manga that started serialization in 1995 and spanned for 18 years, will be adapted into an anime film in 2014 with a Japan-wide theatrical release set for Aug. 23.
Chapter 2 of the animated film for the overwhelmingly popular female-oriented adventure game series *Hakuōki*, titled *Shikon Sōkyū*, will release on March 8.