An investment initiative for a sequel to Trigger's short anime film *Little Witch Academia* has begun on the American crowdfunding site, Kickstarter.
*Kaze Tachinu*, the first animated theatrical film from director Hayao Miyazaki in five years, has been completed. It’s set to be released nationwide on July 20.
Leiji Matsumoto is a master in the world of Japanese anime and comics. One of his representative works, *Captain Harlock*, is being reimagined in a new movie to be released in Japan on Sept. 7.
Tokyo Otaku Mode recently arrived back in Japan from having spent four unforgettable days at Anime Expo 2013 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.! Now, we’d like to highlight a few special moments of the event.
*Freezing* is a sci-fi action anime that was first broadcast in 2011 and picked up attention for its sexy portrayal of beautiful female characters’ hard battles.
On July 13, the broadcast of the TV anime *A Town Where You Live* will begin on TV Tokyo’s six channels. The newcomer group MimimemeMIMI’s debut song “Sentimental Love” has been chosen as the anime’s opening theme.
Operations of all connected research facilities have ceased and her goal of stopping the “experiments” has been realized. With her solitary fight over, Mikoto finally returns to her normal routine.
From July 4-7 at this year’s Japan Expo, Toyota Motor Sales & Marketing displayed a booth for their animation collaboration project with Studio 4°C called “PES (Peace Eco Smile)” at which they held collaboration events with Japanese anime directors and musicians.
On June 28, a collaboration began between *Puella Magi Madoka Magica Online* by Strategy & Partners and the card game *Precious Memories* by Movic and Ensky.
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