With the release of *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* just around the corner on Dec. 18, it’s showing up all over the place in a variety of different forms.
In time with the *Evangelion*-themed Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train 500 Type Eva beginning service, JR West and station bento merchant Awajiya have announced they will release on Nov. 7 a limited *Evangelion* bento.
The first official retail shop for *Yo-Kai Watch*, a series hugely popular with kids and adults alike, will open in LaLaport Toyosu in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
Dalam seri utama Sailor Moon oleh Naoko Takeuchi, Luna sang kucing selalu membantu Usagi dengan satu atau lain cara sedangkan Artemis selalu ada di sisi Minako.
Performances will begin next February of a play based on Nobuhiro Watsuki’s manga *Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story* by Takarazuka Revue’s Snow Troupe, and on Oct. 20 the newest visual was posted and the cast announced on a special site.
A new anime coming in January 2016 has been announced from Kyoto Animation, the studio that has given the world such massive hits as *K-On!*, *Free!*, and *The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya*, among others.
Broadcast news has been revealed for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of *Dagashi Kashi*. The anime will begin broadcasting in January 2016 on TBS and BS-TBS.
The second episode of the original short doll animation *Milpom★* popular in Japan and abroad will be available to stream beginning Friday, Nov. 6 on its official site, Bandai Channel, and YouTube.