On Aug. 9, the product announcement event “MikXperience e.p. / Xperia feat. Hatsune Miku” was held at Sony’s main building.

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Hachiken and the rest of the first year students get hands-on training with raising piglets, and he gets a soft spot for a runt of a piglet who is the weakest of the bunch.

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MimiMemeMIMI is a two piece female unit made up of members Yuka and Chamooi that debuted with “Sentimental Love,” the theme song for *A Town Where You Live*.

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Recently, whenever you go to a character shop in Japan, there will surely be a weird, brown creature in there. It doesn’t even need to specifically be a character shop; a convenience store nearby, a bookshop, or supermarket will do too. Those weird, brown fellas seem to be everywhere in Japan.

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For one week from July 21-28, “Mune Kyun Exhibit 2.5,” which was hugely successful in Tokyo, was held in Kansai.

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A Peace Eco Smile (PES) event and debut concert was recently held in San Francisco, California, U.S.

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"...I’d like Overlap Bunko to emit more than anyone else a kind of talent that only we could be known to unearth."

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In July, the independent anime *Nothing* was streamed via Nico Nico Douga and YouTube and gained popularity for its high quality not often seen in independent works.

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NoitaminA (animation spelled backwards) is a prime-time, late-night slot for high-quality anime on Fuji TV well known among fans.

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The 15th Heisei-era *Kamen Rider* has been revealed. The title of the work is *Kamen Rider Gaim*.

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A TV anime adaptation of the popular manga *Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova-* currently serialized in *Young King OURs* will begin broadcasting this October.

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Hobby Japan and Mega House's amazing tag team has put together a top-of-the-line figure.

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To celebrate the opening of Makoto Shinkai’s newest theatrical animation, *Garden of Words*, an exhibition of original prints was held in Kotobukiya Fukuoka Tenjin’s event space.

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On Aug. 10, Comic Market 84, a three-day event that is the largest doujinshi distribution event in the world, began at Tokyo Big Sight.

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“Since there is no doubt that you wrote that mail to Kanbaru out of necessity, I think it’s absurd that you asked for Kanbaru’s help instead of mine.”

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This is the 11th episode of Japacon TV , and part 5 of “Moulding a Business - The Latent Potential of Figure Makers”! Japacon TV is a program that introduces Japan’s subcultures and is currently broadcasting to good reviews at 12:00 a.m. Fridays on satellite broadcast channels and BS Fuji.

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On July 27, a book that condenses the appeal of extreme figures from *JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure* titled *JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: The World of Extreme Figures Act.2: Extreme Mobile Figures & Statue Legend* was released on Hobby Japan.

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Gō Nagai’s original work *Mazinger* is being made into an anime with beautiful robot girls called *Robot Girls Z* that will begin broadcasting in January 2014 on Toei networks (Sky PerfecTV!, CATV, etc.).

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From Aug. 2-27, the “Namco x A Certain Scientific Railgun S” collaboration is being held at Namco game centers.

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The Gundam exhibit “Gundam Docks at Hong Kong” is being held at the shopping mall Hong Kong Times Square in Hong Kong, China.

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