Southeast Asia’s largest Japanese pop culture event, Anime Festival Asia (AFA) 2013, will held from Nov. 8-10 at the Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore.
A portal site called OnePiece.com that is officially recognized by series creator Eiichiro Oda on which all information on *One Piece*––including the anime, goods, and events––is collected opened on Nov. 1.
Otaku idol “Shokotan” aka Shoko Nakagawa does her all-Japan solo tour “Shoko Nakagawa Live Tour 2013 Chaos Z Tour” covered in blood! Two hours of energetic singing and undying shouts!
Since June, the first part of *Ghost in the Shell: Arise*, *Border:1 Ghost Pain*, has been screened in theaters, released on video, and released online. Now, it will finally be broadcast on TV.
The ending theme to the currently airing anime *Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexall II* was changed to a new song on Oct. 6. That song is “Challenge the Game” by the up-and-coming band Redman.
The all-new movie in the *Puella Magi Madoka Magica* (MadoMagi) series, *Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion*, is screening now to rave reviews, and Good Smile Company (GSC) has announced the released of a new figure of main character Madoka Kaname.
*Japacon TV* is a show that is on the forefront of the Japanese content industry and broadcasts at 12:00 a.m. every Friday on the Japanese satellite broadcast channel BS Fuji.
Shiseido has released a making-of video of the collaboration between Tadashi Harada, a Shiseido beauty top specialist, and Hirohiko Araki’s manga *JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure* (serialized in *Ultra Jump*, published by Shueisha).