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.
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.
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.
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.).
On July 28 at Summer Wonder Festival 2013 (WonFes), a stage event for Nitroplus’ popular character, Super Sonico, titled “SoniSute - Super Sonico Stage,” was held.
Today, (Aug. 7) Namco Bandai Games announced new information on the Nintendo 3DS game *One Piece: Romance Dawn - Dawn of Adventure* just before its release in Japan on Aug. 8
An exhibit is now open for the TV anime *Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc - The Animation* that is currently broadcasting on MBS, TBS, and other networks.
There is no doubt that many fans are anxiously awaiting the Aug. 31 release of *Anohana the Movie*. Now, a preview of the movie has finally been released.