“As my first art book, I’d say it’s pretty great. I can now die happy (laughs).” - RJB

• 12 years ago

The “Singing Keyboard: Pocket Miku” (a special supplement to *Otona no Kagaku Magazine*) will be released on April 3 by Gakken Education Publishing.

• 12 years ago

Popular singer and voice actress Aya Hirano released her latest album, *Vivid*, on Feb. 19, 2014.

• 12 years ago

The city of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, which is known as the stage of *Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo*, will be taking part in a surprising collaboration with the same movie: the city is planning to introduce Evangelion designs to the number plates it issues.

• 12 years ago

Since it’s start in 1982, *The Super Dimension Fortress Macross* has become a hugely successful anime series, with continuous new releases up unto the present day.

• 12 years ago

A manga by Sayaka Suwa, a widely active illustrator who has created frontispieces for novels and held exhibitions at Shibuya Parco, has begun serialization in *sKILLupper*.

• 12 years ago

“My favorite inspiration is naked women.” - RJB

• 12 years ago

A new otaku event called AnimeJapan 2014 (AJ2014) will be held for two days from March 22-23.

• 12 years ago

Vocaloid, which was raised up within the music culture, is spreading into yet another area.

• 12 years ago

On Feb. 17, Pokémon Inc. released new information about it’s Nintendo 3DS game, *Pokémon XY*, including special content that’s unlocked for players who reach the level of Pokémon Master.

• 12 years ago

*Decorator EP*, the new album from Livetune, the tremendously popular artist who was brought to life by the Internet, will be released on March 5.

• 12 years ago

On Feb. 14 during the morning presentation video Nintendo Direct featuring the CEO of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, it was announced that a Nintendo XL model themed after the Great Golden Beast Rajang from the *Monster Hunter* series will be released in limited quantities on March 27.

• 12 years ago

Kadokawa Corporation’s Media Factory brand company will release *The Garden of Words: A Novel* on April 11.

• 12 years ago

Crypton Future Media, the company famous for producing and selling Vocaloids, organized an event called Snow Miku 2014 and matched it with the duration of the 65th Sapporo Snow Festival held in Sapporo, Hokkaido from Feb. 5 (Wed) to 11 (Tue).

• 12 years ago

"I wanted to go and do away with some of what was standard in the anime."

• 12 years ago

Animax Carnival Malaysia 2014 will be held from March 29-30. Sign ups to participate in the Animax Cosplay Competition to be held on the 30th are currently taking place.

• 12 years ago

On Feb. 14, Namco Bandai Games released the second character PV for its PS3/PS Vita game *J-Stars Victory Vs* to release on March 19.

• 12 years ago

The first chapter in the *Persona 3* movie released last November and had a favorable run. Now, things are finally starting to pick up for the release of Chapter 2 this summer.

• 12 years ago

Director Isshin Inudo, who is known as a big name in the world of adolescent movies for his works *Josee, the Tiger, and the Fish* and *Yellow Tears*, is challenging himself with overseeing a manga project.

• 12 years ago

From March 6 to April 2, Kaikai Kiki Gallery (Azabu, Tokyo) is holding the exhibit “May All Things Dissolve in the Ocean of Bliss” by Aya Takano.

• 12 years ago