Kadokawa’s Media Factory is launching a new boys love label called Fleur Comics. The first works will release on Tuesday, Feb. 17.

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The release date of *Persona 3 the Movie #3: Falling Down*, the third chapter in a theatrical anime themed after the popular game *Persona 3*, has been confirmed. The movie will have a Japan-wide roadshow release on April 4 at Shinjuku Wald 9, Umeda Burg 7 and other theaters across the country.

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Beginning with Hatsune Miku from Vocaloid, there are various virtual idols in the spotlight. One among them is Kamui Kitano, an idol for the growth of Hokkaido, who takes part by bringing excitement to the region.

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Julietta Suzuki’s popular manga *Kamisama Kiss* (serialized in Hakusensha’s *Hana to Yume*), which has 4 million copies in print, is getting its first stage musical adaptation. *Kamisama Kiss: The Musical* will run from March 21-29, 2015 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre.

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The battle song to the movie *Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection of F* releasing countrywide in Japan on April 18 has been confirmed.

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The adaptation of *The Heroic Legend of Arslan* into a TV anime series was huge news when it was announced in November 2014.

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ACOS, a cosplay specialty shop with 10 locations throughout Japan, has confirmed the release of the Tomoeda Elementary School uniform (female winter uniform) and Sakura Kinomoto’s costume from the hugely popular anime *Cardcaptor Sakura*.

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The first promotional video for Ezaki Glico’s new product “Pocky (Demitasse)” that uses Kinnikuman as its image character has been released online.

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The official *Evangelion* site was renewed for the new year on Jan. 1. Many fans probably remember having their heart skip a beat when they saw on the site, in a familiar white font against black, the phrase “By the way, it’s 2015.”

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Winning the award for Best Anime in the music category, a category closely followed by anime fans, is the second soundtrack to chief director Shinichiro Watanabe’s TV anime *Space Dandy*, *Space Dandy Original Soundtrack 2 Boobies Wonderland*.

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The instant smash-hit anime short series *Robot Girls Z*, produced by Toei Animation, was aired on the Toei Channel from January to March of 2014. It has been announced that the continuation of this series will begin airing in the spring of 2015.

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Manga-based live-action films are becoming more and more a part of recent Japanese movies. There were many such releases in 2014, too, such as the *Rurouni Kenshin* series, *Lupin III*, *Black Butler*, and *Blue Spring Ride*, while in the first half of 2015 more than 10 manga are getting live-action adaptations.

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T.M.Revolution, a solo project by Takanori Nishikawa, has been widely active since his debut in 1996 and has become well known among anime and game fans through his theme songs.

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*Seiyu-san ni Naritai!*, a book that chronicles the road to realizing the dream of becoming an anime *seiyu* (voice star), was published by Kodansha in November.

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Since her debut, Aoi has been proactive in performing overseas, but this will be her first time performing in South America.

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A key visual to Season 2 of *Non Non Biyori* has been released and the title *Non Non Biyori Repeat* has been confirmed.

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Purchasing doujinshi with acorns at Comiket is a hot topic of conversation.

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The newest work in the *Psycho-Pass* series, *Psycho Pass the Movie*, will release in Japan countrywide on Jan. 9, 2015. In celebration of this, events that use Tokyo as their stage are being held.

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Even chief director Yoshiyuki Tomino, who was so busy he said, “I haven’t finished work yet,” and, “I really don’t have the time to be here,” made it to the theater, accompanied by Mark Ishii (protagonist Bellri Zenam), Yu Shimamura (Aida), Takuya Sato, and Ryota Ohsaka (Klim) from the cast.

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Up-and-coming voice actor Arata Ito’s volunteer trash picking along the perimeter of Comiket’s venue is becoming a Comiket spectacle. It didn’t go missing from this year’s Comic Market 87 either, which started on Dec. 28.

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