The Tokushima entertainment event Machi Asobi, which began in October 2009, is so popular that many fans come from outside the area to be a part of it. The 11th run of this event, titled Machi Asobi Vol. 11, will take place over three days from Oct. 12-14.
*Dengeki Daioh*, in which many popular manga are serialized, has teamed up with animation studio P.A. Works, which is known for creating such anime hits as *Hanasaku Iroha* and *The Eccentric Family*. The two companies are working together on the new anime *Nagi no Asu Kara*.
The TV anime *The Eccentric Family* will come to a close on Sept. 29. In celebration of the finale, an advance screening of the final episode and an all night screening of the entire series will be held on Sept. 28, the day before the finale airs on TV.
MangaPolo, much like the global explorer Marco Polo, is on a mission to go to the "land of manga" to share it's beauty with the Internet users of the world. Through its YouTube channel, MangaPolo distributes various videos related to manga.
It has been decided that the original anime *Galilei Donna* will begin broadcasting on Oct. 10 as a part of the fall season lineup of Fuji TV’s anime programming block, noitaminA.
New frames are now available on Otaku Camera, a popular photo app with over 3 million users! This time, we collaborated with the popular anime *No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!* (aka *WataMote*).
The TV broadcast of the anime *Golden Time* will begin on Oct. 3 on MBS, Tokyo MX, and other networks. It has now been revealed that Yui Horie, who is also playing the role of Kōko Kaga in the anime, will be in charge of the anime’s opening and ending themes.
*Wish Upon the Pleiades* is a collaboration web animation between Gainax and the Japanese automaker Fuji Heavy Industries (brand name: Subaru) as a branding project.
On Sept. 4 via Nintendo Direct’s Pokémon Direct, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata made an announcement of new information for fans in regard to *Pokémon X* and *Pokémon Y*, which are releasing soon on Oct. 12.
Since 2010’s Sapporo Snow Festival, a new version of Snow Miku, a version of Hatsune Miku created to embody wintertime in Hokkaido, has been unveiled each year.
The much-hyped film *Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day the Movie* (Anohana the Movie), which opened in 64 theaters across Japan on Aug. 31, pulled off an astounding opening.
The “Really Big Doraemon Plushie” is an almost life-size stuffed plushie of Doraemon. Pre-orders are being taken now from Bandai until Oct. 20. The cost is 194,250 yen.
DJ Kazu’s newest non-stop dream anison mix CD that will once again heat up the world of anime songs, *J-Anison Kamikyoku Matsuri - Paradise*, will be released on Oct. 2. The album’s tracklist has also been revealed.
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