From cosmetics brand AC by AngelColor comes compact face powders themed after seven Sanrio characters called “AC Wonder Collect Face Powder” (1,500 yen plus tax).
Comiket Special, a special version of the well-known Comiket (Comic Market), was held on March 28–29, 2015. The event was held at Makuhari Messe for the first time in 25 years, since 1990 (Comic Market 39), and was the event related to Comiket to have been held there since that time.
On March 24, 2015, the Manga Taisho 2015 award ceremony was held in central Tokyo, with Akiko Higashimura’s manga *Kakukaku Shikajika* chosen as the winner.
Many people write different things about game history, but surprisingly few of them talk only about the pixel art or screens seen in games, so in this article I will focus on that.
There are only eight days left in the fundraising campaign for the *Evangelion* 20th anniversary year project called “Pierce the Moon with the Spear of Longinus Project” on the crowdfunding site Readyfor?.
Sweets maker AniSugar held a booth at AnimeJapan 2015. AniSugar sells online cakes of characters from popular series including *Madoka Magica* and *Monogatari*.
GARNiDELiA has given us the opening theme songs for *Mekakucity Actors*, *The Irregular at Magic High School*, and *Gundam Reconguista in G*. We asked the group about their upcoming performance at Sakura-Con 2015 in April.
Adapted from Haruichi Furudate’s popular volleyball manga, the anime *Haikyu!!* is coming to the big screen. The movie will be a recap of the complete 25-episode first season edited especially for the anime feature plus brand new footage, and divided into two movies.
Pre-orders have begun for two figures in the third round of the new Nendoroid brand Nendoroid Co-de of a character from the currently airing amusement-game-turned-TV-anime *PriPara*: “Nendoroid Co-de: Sophy Hojo - Holic Trick Cyalume Co-de” and “Nendoroid Co-de: Sophy Hojo - White Swan Co-de.”
The professional soccer team Kawasaki Frontale, which even has players who participated in the World Cup, are doing a serious collaboration with otaku culture.
Haruichi Furudate’s smash hit manga *Haikyu!!* will finally hit the big stage! A live production play titled “Hyper Projection Stage Play *Haikyu!!*” has been announced.
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