The biggest Japanese culture event in Europe, Japan Expo 2014, is being held in Paris, France from July 2-6. The event’s stage is set to be packed with performances by DJs, dancers and MCs on the forefront of Japan’s Akihabara culture.
With over 10.1 million copies of the manga’s 10 volumes in print, the popular work is becoming an anime! And the specialty shop Korosensei Shop opens in Odaiba, Tokyo!
The last volume of *Groundworks - Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo* will release on Aug. 22. The large A4-size, 384-page, full color art book is comprised of several thousand illustrations.
His unique music style is both surprising and unsettling, being a perfect match for video games by stimulating the gamer’s imagination. Known for the Silent Hill series, Akira YAMAOKA also composed the music of the film adaptation by Christophe GANS, Akira.
*Fafner in the Azure - Exodus*, a new series based on the TV anime *Fafner in the Azure* which was broadcast from July to December 2004, will begin in January 2015.
Tokyo – Dwango Co. announced that its video-sharing site Niconico will stream the brand new series Sailor Moon Crystal with twelve language subtitles on July 5, with episodes premiering on the first and third Saturday of each month.
The event “Glitch @ Tokyo Kaihouku” is open on the second floor of Isetan Shinjuku. Until July 1. The focus is on fashion items designed under the concept “Glitch.”
*Girlfriend (Beta)*, the popular school romance game for smartphones, is becoming an anime. This announcement was made on the official site on June 26.
The second season of the TV anime *Knights of Sidonia* has been confirmed. *Knights of Sidonia* began broadcasting on Animeism in April of this year and it ended with Episode 12, “Return to Ship.”
Writer Satoshi Hase's science-fiction novel *BEATLESS* was shortlisted for the 2014 Nihon SF Taishō Award. As a project, *BEATLESS* has expanded across several mediums, including figures, novels and manga.
The *BEATLESS* project has unfurled through various media, including figures, novels and manga. The novel, written by sci-fi author Satoshi Hase, has been selected as a finalist in the 2014 Nihon SF Taishō Award.
The trending music group MimiMemeMIMI held its first solo concert, “MimiMemeMIMI 1st Live Welcome to MimiMemeLAND,” on June 22, showing their faces for the first time.
We’ve compiled trailers for anime beginning this summer for you to check out! In this second part, we’ll introduce 12 anime with stories of adolescence.
Pre-orders have begun for “Rikaraizu Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel,” the newest addition to the character doll brand Rikaraizu from Takara Tomy which faithfully recreates the idol Creamy Mami, main character of Studio Pierrot’s magical girl anime series *Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel* which began broadcasting in 1983.
The TV anime *Re: Hamatora* will begin broadcasting on TV Tokyo and other networks on July 7. Information on the anime’s theme songs and a new promotional video have now been released.
*Psycho-Pass 2*, the sequel to *Psycho-Pass* which was televised for half a year in 2012, will begin broadcasting in October of this year. It has been announced that popular creator Tow Ubukata has joined the staff as the series composer.
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