NTT Docomo, a mobile phone operator, will sell the “Xperia feat. Hatsune Miku” smartphone, which is limited to 39,000, in the latter end of this September in Japan.
On July 5, it was announced that *Coppelion*, a currently serialized manga in *Monthly Young Magazine* (Kodansha), will be adapted into a TV anime that will begin broadcasting on BS11 this fall.
It has been decided that an anime adaptation will be made for *Hoozuki no Reitetsu*, a popular manga currently serialized in Kodansha’s comic magazine, *Morning*.
Culture Convenience Club (CCC), a company operating in Japan’s entertainment industry, is challenging a new business model by advancing to anime production.
The news of the anime adaptation for *Knights of Sidonia* was announced in May. Now, staff information, a key visual, and the first PV have been released.
For three days from Aug. 23-25 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, the large-scale midsummer anime song concert “Animelo Summer Live 2013 -Flag Nine-” will be held.
*Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion*, a movie with an entirely new story that follows after the TV anime and which fans have been anxiously awaiting, will be released in Japan on Oct. 26.
*Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet* has reached its climax on television. Following this, a complete art book on the world of the anime titled *Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet: Progress Files* will be sold build-to-order.
On Oct. 17, *Pokémon XY*, the latest work of the *Pokémon* TV series, will begin broadcasting just a short time after the highly anticipated *Pokémon* games release on Oct. 12.
Pre-orders began on June 23 for the “TBS Limited The Idolm@ster Duralumin iPhone 5 Case Ryugu Komachi & Akizuki Ritsuko Model” in celebration of the popular TV anime *The Idolm@ster* character Akizuki Ritsuko’s birthday.