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.

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The Nico Nico Douga event Nico Nico Cho Kaigi 3 will be held on April 26 and 27 at Makuhari Messe.

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Totoro, Goku, Jigglypuff! Mattsun created tons of latte art by request!

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The comprehensive entertainment company Kadokawa––which covers publishing, videos, and more––is launching a new service in the realm of manga.

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"I’m sitting on a number of new project ideas." - Katsuhiro Otomo

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Introducing the first collaboration iced treat between *Monster Hunter 4* × “Gatsun, to Grapefruit”!!

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2013 marked what would have been Fujiko F. Fujio’s 80th birthday. Even this year, many events and projects themed after *Doraemon* are planned.

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The Blu-ray and the DVD of the 2014 live-action film version of *Gatchaman* was released on March 5.

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The widely active Sebastian Masuda––a leader of Harajuku’s kawaii culture, art director, and producer of 6% Dokidoki––has begun his first one-man exhibit, titled “‘Colorful Rebellion’ - Seventh Nightmare,” in New York City.

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A big supporter has appeared for the Majin Buu Saga of *Dragon Ball Kai* that will begin airing on Fuji TV and other networks on April 6.

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Currently, Japanese anime culture is popular and widespread among the youth in Vietnam. Prominent in the anime culture, an *eshi* exhibition that has been held in many countries will come to Vietnam in early March 2014.

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From the boys’ toy division of Bandai comes a new series called “Mousou Note” (lit. “Imagination Notebook”) in which “you can imagine your favorite characters however you’d like”!

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A completely made-to-order real bucket tote bag themed after Yezo Agricultural High School, the stage for the anime *Silver Spoon* (original author: Hiromu Arakawa / published in *Weekly Shonen Sunday*), will be released as a triple collaboration product between Akujidou and Animation Addict Store.

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*Sabagebu!*, a comedic manga of high school girls enjoying survival games as their club activity, is becoming an anime.

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On Feb. 28, Katsuhiro Otomo’s poster exhibit “’Posters’ - Otomo Katsuhiro × Graphic Design” opened to the public. The exhibit features approximately 50 different pieces including artwork from *Akira* and collaborative advertisements.

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The broadcast schedule for the anime *One Week Friends* to begin in April has been cemented.

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Since the release of the manga in 2009, a huge movement has been stirred up in the anime, game, and music scenes by Hajime Isayama’s *Attack on Titan* series.

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A jigsaw puzzle for fans to enjoy the world of *Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo* through has been announced.

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A live event called “MTV Live 2014 Supported by Shidax with Live Dam - Sailor Moon the 20th Anniversary Memorial Tribute” commemorating the release of the *Sailor Moon* tribute album was held on Feb. 27 at Zepp Tokyo.

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July 2013 marked the 45th anniversary of *Weekly Shonen Jump* (Shueisha), a magazine that publishes popular manga intended mainly for young boys.

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