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.
On July 10, the first volume of *Code Geass: Oz the Reflection*, the official spin-off manga to the popular TV series *Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion* and its sequel *Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2*, was released in Japan.
Well known for manga such as *Dragon Ball*, Akira Toriyama’s new manga *Jaco the Galactic Patrolman* began serialization in *Weekly Shonen Jump* No. 33 now on sale.
On July 20, a full-scale cosplay “combat” photo book of the popular character Alicia, also known as “Darkmaster in Wonderland Alicia” from the visual combat book series *Queen’s Blade*, will release.
A new line of figures from Banpresto’s popular deformed figure brand World Collectable Figure (WCF) themed after *One Piece* will go on sale in game centers around Japan this month.
Distribution has begun of the second part to the smartphone app “Gintama Alarm” created by TV Tokyo Communications, which is available via the App Store and Google Play.
From July 20 to Sept. 1, Diver City Tokyo's Gundam theme park located in Odaiba called Gundam Front Tokyo will be holding a "Walkthrough" event, allowing participants to view a life-size Gundam model up close.
The serialized manga for the social game *Rage of Bahamut*, created by the social application provider Cygames and distributed on the social game platform Mobage, has begun.
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