The Eighth Ita G Festa, a festival for cars decorated with anime and game characters that are also referred to as *itasha*, was held on Sept. 22 in Odaiba Rainbow Town.
At Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2013, held Sept. 19-22 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, Japan, fans were able to pick up a pair of Sega Genesis Glasses prior to their December release.
On Sept. 21, a TV anime adaptation of Churi Arai’s manga *Mikakunin de Shinkōkei*, currently serialized in *Manga 4-Koma Palette* (Ichijinsha), was announced.
It was announced that the production of *Blue Uru* would be resumed, and the decision to produce a pilot film was made earlier this year at the Gainax booth at Tokyo International Anime Fair 2013.
*JoJo's Bizarre Adventure* is an extremely popular manga known for its majestic world of fantasy, characters full of unique personalities, and exciting dialogue.
This year, Studio Ghibli released Hayao Miyazaki’s newest film *The Wind Rises* on July 20 and is making preparations for the release of Isao Takahata’s film *The Story of Princess Kaguya* on Nov. 23. With two full-length anime films being released in the same year, it seems all eyes are on Studio Ghibli.
We continue with the second part of Episode 15, “This is the Way the Game Industry Thrives,” which, similarly to the first part, also features the popular game maker Capcom.
JohnHathway(JH Science), a Tokyo Otaku Mode Special Creator, has started a project on Kickstarter. The aim of the project is to launch a magazine called *Akiba Anime Art Magazine Vol. 00*.
The new anime *Galilei Donna* will begin broadcasting on Oct. 10 during Fuji TV’s anime programming block, noitaminA. The work is an original anime by director Yasuomi Umetsu, who is widely known even overseas for such action works as *A Kite*.
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