Choose-your-own-design smartphone case company Phocase, continuing with the *Thunderbirds* line that went on sale a few days ago, has begun to release high-quality cases designed by the manga artist who boasts charismatic popularity: Masamune Shirow.

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"We want to make Nendoroids that make good use of Naruko’s pictures."

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The cover illustration for the light novel based on the legendary game *Ikki*, *Ikki: Legend of Takeyari Master*, has been released on sales agency 123 Bookstores’ official site.

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Illustrated smartphone cases of Racing Miku, the exclusive character for the Hatsune Miku GT Project, have arrived from Good Smile Company.

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On June 30, collaboration stamps between Itaindo, a site that sells stamps with illustrations on them, and the anime *Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 2000%* went on sale in limited quantities.

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From July 8-12 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center, Europe’s largest Japanese entertainment festival, Japan Expo, was held.

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On July 20, Bandai will release the character nail art series "Charanail," which allows you to enjoy simple nail art of several characters.

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On July 2, the latest Gundam product was unveiled in a press conference held at the Gundam Front in Tokyo's Diver City.

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The popular drama will return after two years in summer 2014 as a sequel tentatively titled *Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire Arc/The Last of the Legend Arc*.

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From Sep. 13-23, the musical *Sailor Moon -La Reconquista-* will be held at AiiA Theater Tokyo.

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We'd like to introduce the third part of “Modeling Business! The Latent Potential of the Figure Maker,” the 11th episode of the Japanese subculture TV program *Japacon TV*.

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We are the ruins of lofty yet pathetic people...

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"I gradually had more chance to work together with Watanabe, and before I realized it, I was doing nothing but making figures."

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A Tanabata festival will be held from Aug. 1–8 at Pokémon Center Tohoku, an official *Pokémon* shop, with the purpose of bringing smiles to the children of Tohoku who were affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Do you know *Nintama Rantaro*? Also known as *Ninja Kids* or *Nintama*, this series is a popular anime that comically depicts the hard struggles of young ninja students aiming to become top-class ninjas.

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This is a must-see for those who have "few friends"!

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Details on the broadcast of the TV anime *Hyperdimension Neptunia*, which will begin broadcasting this month, have been released.

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A Windows edition of *Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online* will go on sale this fall.

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An investment initiative for a sequel to Trigger's short anime film *Little Witch Academia* has begun on the American crowdfunding site, Kickstarter.

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*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.

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