On Oct. 31, people all over the world celebrated Halloween. In Japan, there was a flood of Halloween cosplay everywhere. Chief among them was the Shibuya area which bustled with ghoulish excitement and created an even bigger buzz than usual.
The leading idol of LoveLive! Sunshine Project, “Aqours” has released their first single, “Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiterukai?” on October 7th, and it ranked No.3 on Oricon Single Weekly Ranking that week.
With the arrival of the full-fledged Halloween season, there are many Halloween events happening all over the country, and Shibuya’s largest Halloween circuit event Hallo-Shib ’15 took place on October 24 (Saturday) at a total of 5 venues focusing around TSUTAYA O-EAST.
Halloween jack-o-lantern art themed after the popular Nintendo game *Luigi’s Mansion* titled “Luigi’s Mansion Pumpkin” is currently trending on Twitter.
A key visual and cast information has been posted for the TV anime *AOKANA: Four Rhythm Across the Blue* which is slated to begin broadcasting in winter 2016.
The first event was held this year from January to March. The second was held jointly with anime festivals and conventions all over beginning with Niconico Cho Kaigi in April. And with the extravagant finale held earlier this month with invited anison artists, things are heating up more and more for the world’s first “anison performance battle,” Akiba Street...
A teaser has been released for the movie *Boku Dake ga Inai Machi* based on the manga by Kei Sanbe that will be released in theaters Japan-wide in March 2016.
A TV anime adaptation has been greenlit for *Kono Bijutsu-bu niwa Mondai ga Aru!* which is currently serialized in the manga magazine *Dengeki Maoh* (Kadokawa ASCII Media Works).
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