There are only eight days left in the fundraising campaign for the *Evangelion* 20th anniversary year project called “Pierce the Moon with the Spear of Longinus Project” on the crowdfunding site Readyfor?.
Sweets maker AniSugar held a booth at AnimeJapan 2015. AniSugar sells online cakes of characters from popular series including *Madoka Magica* and *Monogatari*.
GARNiDELiA has given us the opening theme songs for *Mekakucity Actors*, *The Irregular at Magic High School*, and *Gundam Reconguista in G*. We asked the group about their upcoming performance at Sakura-Con 2015 in April.
Adapted from Haruichi Furudate’s popular volleyball manga, the anime *Haikyu!!* is coming to the big screen. The movie will be a recap of the complete 25-episode first season edited especially for the anime feature plus brand new footage, and divided into two movies.
Pre-orders have begun for two figures in the third round of the new Nendoroid brand Nendoroid Co-de of a character from the currently airing amusement-game-turned-TV-anime *PriPara*: “Nendoroid Co-de: Sophy Hojo - Holic Trick Cyalume Co-de” and “Nendoroid Co-de: Sophy Hojo - White Swan Co-de.”
The professional soccer team Kawasaki Frontale, which even has players who participated in the World Cup, are doing a serious collaboration with otaku culture.
Haruichi Furudate’s smash hit manga *Haikyu!!* will finally hit the big stage! A live production play titled “Hyper Projection Stage Play *Haikyu!!*” has been announced.
Hajime Isayama’s popular manga “Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan)” is getting a live-action film, and the first trailer from the movie was finally released on March 20th.
JAPAN NIGHT - MOVE WITH THE MUSIC OF JAPAN - announces that its 1st concert will take place on April 4th, bringing the best talent from Tokyo to The Kasablanka - Kota Kasablanka Mall Jakarta, living up to the high standards as Indonesia’s top Japanese music concert/festival.
Previously only known by its title, which was announced in fall 2014, new information has been revealed for the TV anime *High School Star Musical*. First, the anime has been confirmed for a fall 2015 broadcast.