The large-scale event that brings together characters and hobby under one roof, Chara Hobby C3×Hobby, will be held on Aug. 23 and 24 at the Makuhari Messe International Convention Complex.
*Haikyū!!* is a hugely popular volleyball manga currently serializing in *Weekly Shonen Jump*. The TV anime, which began in April, has proved a huge hit with both boys and girls, and now an Ichiban Kuji is releasing.
A new TV anime series is in the works for *Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha*, which has received tremendous support from anime fans. Production on *Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid* was announced on Aug. 15.
The Tsugumori takeoff scene as seen in the sci-fi anime *Knights of Sidonia* can now be experienced using the latest virtual reality Oculus Rift headset.
On Aug. 11, the newest PV for the PS Vita game *The Irregular at Magic High School: Out of Order*, planned to release Oct. 30, was made public by Bandai Namco Games.
Ayuko Hatta’s popular manga *Okami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji* that is currently serializing in the shoujo manga magazine *Bessatsu Margaret* is becoming a TV anime.
A specialty shop for *Kuroko’s Basketball*, which is picking up attention due to the decision to begin production on Season 3 of the TV anime, will be opening in Shinjuku Marui Annex in Tokyo.
A live-action film adaptation of Io Sakisaka’s bestselling manga *Strobe Edge* has been announced. The film stars the extremely talented Sota Fukushi and Kasumi Arimura, and it will release in March 2015.