Banpresto has launched its new brand aimed at adult females called Girls Memories and announced on April 17 that the first round of arcade prizes for the brand will be based on *Sailor Moon*.
This year, Gosho Aoyama’s popular manga *Detective Conan* is welcoming its 20th year since it began serialization. Many commemorative projects are popping up one after the next, but one that cannot be missed is happening during Golden Week at the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse.
An array of new figures from hobby goods manufacturer Volks! With the theme “Up and Coming: New Challenge,” the event has breathed new life into everyone’s hobbying lifestyle!
*Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary*, a theatrical movie adaptation to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Masami Kurumada’s hugely popular *Saint Seiya*, will have a countrywide roadshow release in Japan on June 21.
As a special bonus, collaborative Kumamon straps will be included in advance tickets for *Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire/The End of a Legend*, sales of which will begin in Japan on May 3.
This summer, the Konica Minolta Planetarium will offer a planetarium show of the hit TV anime series *Pokémon XY* entitled *Pokémon XY: Fragments of the Sky.*
A new visual has been released for Chapter 2 of the *Persona 3* movie, *Persona 3 the Movie #2: Midsummer Knight’s Dream*, which will release on June 7.
It has been announced that the animated movie *K: Missing Kings* to release in Japan on July 12 (Sat.) will first premiere at large-scale anime events overseas.
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