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*.
A trailer for *Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion*, which will open in theaters countrywide in Japan on Oct. 26, has finally been released.
The J-pop specialist DJ Kazu, who is known for *J-Anison Kamikyoki Matsuri*, an anime song (anison) mix CD series that has sold a cumulative total of 130,000 copies, performed at Anime Festival Indonesia 2013 which was held in the capital Jakarta on Sept. 7 (Sat) and 8 (Sun).
Wargaming Japan is Belarusian game vendor Wargaming’s corporate branch in Japan. Their online war game *World of Tanks*, set during World War II, has over 70 million players worldwide and holds the Guinness World Record for “Most Players Online Simultaneously on One MOG Server.”
Are you ready, guys?! -- The kanji characters for the word *ikki-tousen*, a Japanese term for a great fighter, literally mean “one against a thousand,” which is a perfect description for the fresh and exciting Sengoku Period action series *Sengoku Basara*, where players mow down an onslaught of enemies.
A game that captured the world in a swirl of excitement when it was released in 2009 is being made into an anime. That game is Hideki Kamiya’s *Bayonetta*.
Redjuice (aka Shiru) is an illustrator who emits an intense presence through his illustrations. Now, for the first time, he is publishing an official art collection.
At Tokyo Game Show 2013 in Makuhari Messe, two TOM Special Creators, Redjuice and Tokiya Sakba, will be performing a live painting on the Public Days, Sept. 21 and 22.