Bushiroad has announced that a *Tantei Opera Milky Holmes* movie titled *Gekijoban Tantei Opera Milky Holmes ~Gyakushu no Milky Holmes~* (Tantei Opera Milky Holmes the Movie: Milky Holmes' Counterattack) will be released in February 2016.
*Kodoku no Gourmet Season 5*, a drama starring Yutaka Matsushige, was cleared for broadcast! The series will air from Oct. 3 (Sat.) 12:12 a.m. on TV Tokyo in the drama block Drama 24.
Ume Aoki will hold her first solo exhibit this fall at the Mori Art Museum in Ueno, Tokyo. The “Ume Aoki Exhibition” will run for 10 days, from Oct. 3–12.
In the early morning of Aug. 25, an interesting new anime project was announced. The title of the anime is *Hai-Furi*, and Atto is in charge of character designs.
The first movie adaptation has been confirmed for Kaoru Tada’s popular original manga, *Itazura na Kiss*. The title of the movie is *Itazura na Kiss the Movie: High School Arc*, and it’s slated for release in fall 2016.
Based on Masamune Shirow’s *Ghost in the Shell* series, the first key visual to the stage play *Ghost in the Shell: Ghost is Alive* has been released. The visual puts the focus on Motoko Kusanagi played by Kaede Aono.
On Aug. 23, maids and cosplayers gathered in Akihabara for a water sprinkling event, Uchimizu Musume Daishugō!! 2015, bringing some relief from the hot summer weather.
*One Piece* is a widely loved anime that even now is a representative of the genre in Japan. The newest news on the series was revealed on Aug. 22. Production on the series’ long-awaited theatrical film was announced.
From Aug. 14–19, Anime!Anime! conducted a reader survey. Twenty anime titles that remind one of the arrival of summer where lined up, and readers chose from them three anime.
From *Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love Revolutions*, which was broadcast this year from April to June, comes bags themed after the groups Starish and Quartet Night.
*Touken Ranbu Online* is a smash hit PC browser game which has received overwhelming support from female gamers. In truth, the secret of its popularity is the strange situation where Japanese swords have been anthropomorphised into handsome young men.
*Bungou Stray Dogs*, a unique manga written by Kafuka Asagiri and illustrated by Harukawa 35 which is currently running in *Kadokawa Comics Ace* is to become a TV anime.
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