It has been announced that the Pikachu Cafe has opened in sync with the exhibit “Pokémon the Movie XY Exhibit: Let’s Meet at Roppongi Hills Observation Deck Tokyo City View!” which is being held from July 19 to Aug. 31 on the Roppongi Hills observation deck, Tokyo City View.

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From brand Nijigen Cospa comes new *Love Live!* products!

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Season 2 of the TV anime *Hamatora*, *Re: Hamatora*, began airing earlier this month. A stage play titled “Hamatora the Stage - Crossing Time” will also be performed from Aug. 16-24.

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Anime Expo® 2014, which was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from July 3-6, marked the annual event's 23rd consecutive year.

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Disney’s newest animated film, *Big Hero 6*, which is releasing countrywide in Japan on Dec. 20, is now getting a Japan-exclusive development: it will be adapted into a manga and serialized in Japan.

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Strange Freak Designs has created collaborative silver accessories based on Sega’s popular game series *Yakuza*!

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As a special project for the Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2014 (Kyomaf 2014) to be held on Sept. 20 and 21, train cars wrapped in anime characters called Kyomaf Series have been unveiled!

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The huge hit manga *Assassination Classroom*, to which there are over 10.1 million copies of its individual volumes in print, is becoming a TV anime.

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*Bakuman*, a manga that was serialized in Shueisha’s *Weekly Shonen Jump* beginning in 2008, is now becoming a live-action movie.

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Seven antique dolls called Rozen Maiden that possess their own will all aim to become Alice, the perfect doll, and battles unfold. A huge factor in the popularity of *Rozen Maiden*, a series of popular comics turned TV anime by Peach-Pit, can be said to be the loveliness of the antique dolls.

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On July 14, Tecmo Koei Games released the eighth gameplay video for its Wii U game *Hyrule Warriors* to release on Aug. 14.

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*Tokyo Ghoul* depicts ghouls who live among humans and eat them. This unique manga by Sui Ishida serializing in *Weekly Young Jump* (Shueisha) has now become an anime.

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What are Alpacasso, those cute characters themed after alpaca that are available now on the TOM Premium Shop? And what is Amuse?

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Take a look at the cosplayers of Anime Expo® 2014 with our photo report!

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During Nintendo’s presentation video “Nintendo 3DS Direct 3rd Party Publisher Games” released on July 11, it was announced that Square Enix’s Nintendo 3DS game *Final Fantasy Explorers* will be released this winter.

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The broadcast of the TV anime *Akame ga Kill!* began earlier this month. The anime is broadcast every Sunday on Tokyo MX at 24:00.

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An event has landed in Japan that focuses on the world-popular creative group ThreeA.

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Things are finally starting to pick up for *Garo: Honō no Kokuin*, which will begin broadcasting this fall.

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A new addition to Yamaha’s Vocaloid series of software, “Vocaloid 3 Library Galaco NEO,” will release in early August. The characteristic of this female vocal library is that it is based on the voice of actress Kou Shibasaki.

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AniCool, a zero intermediate fee crowdfunding site that specializes in anime, opened on July 10.

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