An event will be held for the series *Squid Girl*, the TV anime to which was broadcast from 2010-11. “First Meeting! ‘Squid Girl x Kanemoto Hisako’ Talk & Live Show!” will be held in the city on Nov. 1.

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The newest stage play for *Yowamushi Pedal* will be performed from October to November.

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Sailor Moon is coming to the cup-decorating figure mascot series Ochatomo.

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Bandai Namco Games released new information today (Aug. 22, 2014) on the latest game in the *Dragon Ball* series, *Dragon Ball Xenoverse* (for PS4, PS3, Xbox One and Xbox 360).

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Collaborative *yatsuhashi* between virtual singer Hatsune Miku and Shogoin Yatsuhashi Honten, a long-running yatsuhashi company established in 1689, will be sold at the event Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2014 in Osaka to be held on Aug. 30 at Intex Osaka.

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After just one week, Sō Yayoi’s adolescent comedy manga *ReLife* has broken through 100,000 copies sold.

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Hey everyone, guess what time it is!

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The schedule for the Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2015 (TAAF), which aims to be an international animation film festival that represents Japan, has been announced.

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Salmon, shrimp, and tuna. These delicious-looking socks designed after sushi are trending!

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The new Rilakkuma product series “Nonbiri Neko” will release in early October.

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Products that are won through drawing tickets in a lottery are as popular in the realms of anime and characters as ever. A secret to the success of these no-lose lotteries is that you don’t know what you’ll get. There have been many lottery products developed so far for convenience stores and other stores, but now fans can enjoy the fun online.

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An interview with Keishi Otomo, the director behind the live-action *Rurouni Kenshin* film series.

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The TV anime *Free! Eternal Summer* has been chosen as Part 11 of Tower Records’ collaboration project with anime, voice stars, and artists called “No Anime, No Life.”

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Anison Rock 2014, an anime song festival featuring nothing but female artists, will be held on Sept. 27 at Club Citta in Kawasaki.

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Akiko Higashimura’s popular shoujo manga *Princess Jellyfish* is becoming a live-action movie.

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Author Tow Ubukata, famous for writing the historical novel *Tenchi Meisatsu* and the anime *Ghost in the Shell: Arise*, imagines the future!

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Prize toys of the popular Sanrio character KIRIMIchan will be first released to amusement centers around Japan in late August.

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America, France, Italy, Brazil. We met anime and manga fans from around the world!

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A *Black Butler* exhibition based on the new series *Black Butler: Book of Circus*, which began broadcasting in July, is coming this fall.

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In this week’s Otaku Life Around the World, our Ninja takes you all the way to Southeast Asia. Let’s take a look at how one city in Indonesia celebrates otaku culture! Indonesia has a population of more th

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