As a customary summer event, the latest film in the *Pokémon* series, *Extreme Speed Genesect: Mewtwo's Awakening*, is being released on July 13 in Japan. Special advance tickets will become available on April 20.
Continuing our report on the “Nippon Engineering College Graduation Exhibition 2013,” we interviewed Mitsuru Sato, head of NEEC’s Creator’s College, about the present state and prospects of foreign students studying pop culture in Japan.
In January 2013, the staff and main cast for the TV anime adaptation of *Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyo* was announced. On March 21, the official site opened to the public.
The TV anime for the popular manga *The Flowers of Evil* by Shuzo Oshimi has begun broadcasting. The opening theme to the anime is performed by Uchujin.
Strict-G, a men’s apparel brand that uses the *Mobile Suit Gundam* universe in it’s products, held its first exhibition at C3 2013 in Hong Kong on March 15, 2013 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.
One year has passed since the novelized version of “Sakura no Ame,” a song sung by Vocaloid Hatsune Miku and composed by halyosy, was released.
For four days from March 21-24, Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) 2013, an event that brings together anime-related businesses, was held at Tokyo Big Sight.
As part of the popular no-lose character lottery, a *Macross* Ichiban Kuji has released titled “Ichiban Kuji Kyun Chara World Macross’ 30th Anniversary Fast Attack!”