On June 13, a stage greeting and special preview event for the animated film *Ghost in the Shell: Arise Border 1: Ghost Pain* was held at Toho Cinemas in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo.

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On May 22, *Koyomimonogatari*, the newest novel in the popular *Monogatari* series, went on sale. Also, the second season of the *Monogatari* anime series will begin broadcasting this July.

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On May 22, the opening theme of the anime *DD Fist of the North Star*, currently broadcasting via TV Tokyo and other networks, was released.

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"I liked robots ever since I was a child, but rather than anime, I wanted to make real robots."

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The main cast of the anime *Kitakubu Katsudo Kiroku*, which will begin broadcasting this July in Japan, has been announced.

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On May 31, *The Garden of Words*, the newest animated film by director Makoto Shinkai, was released in theaters in Japan.

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At any rate, this is a fast, jittery song that plunges ahead!

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Right now, because of video hosting sites like YouTube, individuals can easily send videos out to the whole world.

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The girl group ClariS, who are currently in high school, will release their second album *Second Story* on June 26.

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Mao, who has become a manager at his part-time job, has a celebratory toast with Ashiya at a barbeque restaurant. Meanwhile at Villa Rosa Sasazuka, Lucifer, who was defeated by Mao and cannot return to Ente Isla, changes his name to Hanzo Urushihara and begins living with Mao.

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The music video for the song “Take Your Way” by Livetune and Fukase was released on Livetune’s official YouTube channel on June 5.

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From May 6-19 at Block House in Harajuku, Tokyo, the event “Akiba Optics Research Institute Harajuku Cosplay Photography Exhibit” was held.

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"I always create a detailed scenario and a world for my works."

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Where to keep it the same as reality and where to ignore it is very important in determining the orientation of a work.

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Starting from the Bizen Osafune Japanese Sword Museum in Okayama Prefecture, the “Evangelion and Japanese Swords Exhibit” is traveling around Japan.

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Every year, a popular *Pokémon* film is released. This year, the third film of the *Pokémon Best Wishes* series, *ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo’s Awakening*, will release on July 13 together with the short film *Pikachu and Eevee Friends*.

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A large-scale event for *Mushibugyo*, an anime currently broadcasting on TV Tokyo Network 6 with good ratings, called “Mushibugyo ~Joujuu Enjin~” will be held on Nov 17.

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Nisio Isin is a novelist who creates peculiar worlds filled with poisonously witty dialogue and greatly unique characters.

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On May 23, Atlus released the Nintendo 3DS game *Shin Megami Tensei IV*, the newest game in its flagship series, *Shin Megami Tensei*.

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On May 21, it was announced that the social card game *Attack on Titan: Counterattack of Wings* has already broken through 100,000 players.

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