In the road race anime *Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road* the interhigh is half over and the fight is getting more and more intense in the mountains of Hakone. Various collaborations are currently underway and tons of items are being released, among them the long-awaited “Keychain Plushies”!

• 11 years ago

Staring at a cold computer screen banging the keyboard with a “kata kata kata” all day long… Now a product is here to give a bit of relief from this daily grind. That product is super-cute *Bonobono* keyboard stickers.

• 11 years ago

*My Love Story!!*––a shoujo manga with a main character who is 2 meters tall, 120 kilograms, and has a rough, stern face––is getting a TV anime adaptation. The confirmation of the anime came in November 2014, and now at last the staff and cast on this attention-grabbing series have been revealed.

• 11 years ago

*Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid*, the newest sequel to the popular anime series *Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha* was announced in August 2014. As the series has many enthusiastic fans, the news was greeted with great applause.

• 11 years ago

The movie *Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova DC* will release on Jan. 31 at Shinjuku Wald 9 and other theaters across Japan. Along with this release, various events are set to begin in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

• 11 years ago

Japan Expo in Thailand 2015 is coming to Bangkok, Thailand from Feb. 6-8 with Jeducation, a company that supports students in Thailand in studying abroad in Japan, as the main sponsor.

• 11 years ago

Model and figure maker Kotobukiya will release in May 2015 the plastic model “Eva Unit-13 Pseudo-Evolution No. 3+ Phase (Estimated).” This Eva appeared in *Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo*, and grabbed the spotlight.

• 11 years ago

ALA 2015 took place at the LAX Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles from January 9-11.

• 11 years ago

The long-awaited *Psycho-Pass: The Movie* finally released nationwide in Japan on Jan. 9. The movie is an entirely new entry in the series, which began as a TV anime in 2012 and returned for its second season in fall 2014.

• 11 years ago

Known for *Hidamari Sketch*, *Madoka Magica*, and other series, popular illustrator and manga artist Ume Aoki’s first solo exhibit, titled “Aoki Ume Exhibit,” has been confirmed.

• 11 years ago

In the Ichiban Kuji coming to convenience stores and Animate locations throughout Japan in mid-February 2015, titled “Ayakashi General Store ‘New Spring Items Have Arrived,’” is a lineup of items in new spring patterns themed after Nyanko-sensei.

• 11 years ago

A wide-scale release has finally been confirmed for Axent Wear, cat ear headphones equipped with external speakers that became massively popular through raising funds on overseas crowdfunding services.

• 11 years ago

Game Creative Exchange, a seminar for illustrators and art directors, was held at the National Art Center Tokyo.

• 11 years ago

On Jan. 8, 2015, Nippon Ichi Software released the opening movie of their PlayStation 4 software *Disgaea 5* to release on March 26.

• 11 years ago

Since she appeared in 1975, My Melody has been one of Sanrio’s representative characters, on level with the likes of Hello Kitty. With 2015 being the 40th year since her creation, Sanrio has much in store to celebrate, including an Anniversary Fair to be held at Sanrio Puroland that began Jan. 9.

• 11 years ago

It has been confirmed that ClariS’ first best-of album titled *ClariS - Single Best 1st* will release on April 15.

• 11 years ago

Along with a new film to release early this spring, there is yet another development in the *Ghost in the Shell* series. It has been confirmed that the broadcast of the TV series *Ghost in the Shell: Arise* will begin this April.

• 11 years ago

“KuroBas Festival: KuroFes in J-World Tokyo” will open on Wednesday, Jan. 14 at Jump World Tokyo, a theme park located in Ikebukuro Sunshine that focuses mainly on Jump works.

• 11 years ago

As of Jan. 8, the details of the new *Ghost in the Shell* full-length feature film that was announced in September 2014 have been made public. The movie will be released in Japan nationwide in early summer 2015, under the official title *Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie*.

• 11 years ago

The large-scale otaku event AnimeJapan will be held from March 20, while Comic Market Special, which is only held once every five years, will begin on March 28. They have a common keyword: Globalization.

• 11 years ago