The second part of Megahouse’s original combination robot figure series “Hakuju Gasshin Ziguru Hazeru,” “Hazeru Jinoh,” was released at the end of last month.

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In the latter half of June, Banpresto began releasing arcade-exclusive goods of Pokémon from this summer’s *Pokémon* film *Pokémon Best Wishes the Movie: ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo's Awakening* and the coupled short film *Pikachu and Eevee Friends* releasing on July 13.

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On July 1, Namco Bandai Games released the package visual and information on the initial enclosed bonus of the PS3 game *Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai HappyenD*, which will be released on Sept. 26.

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Fans can look forward to another lap around the famous tracks of *Mario Kart* next spring with the release of *Mario Kart 8* for the Wii U.

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A remarkable Japanese illustrator's work will be displayed at Japan Expo this year. That work belongs to talented TOM Special Creator, redjuice.

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It's amazing the extent to which music has to do with anime and games.

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Popular shoujo manga *L-DK*, which has sold over 2.7 million copies, is getting its own live-action movie slated for release in spring 2014.

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Beginning on July 6, *Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya* will finally begin screening in Japan. In the two weeks leading up to its release, anticipation for the movie has been increasing more and more.

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Characters from the anime *Kiniro Mosaic* and *Love Lab*, which will begin broadcasting as part of the summer 2013 season kicking off this month, have appeared in gigantic form on the wall of Houbunsha’s building!

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On June 18, Family Mart began selling collaborative Hatsune Miku plastic umbrellas. Each umbrella costs 980 yen.

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Pokémon Centers in *Pokémon* games are places you visit to restore the health of Pokémon. But what about the real Pokémon Center stores throughout Japan?

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The company Sanrio creates and sells goods of many popular characters including Hello Kitty and My Melody. Sanrio has gathered all 100 characters to participate in the popularity contest termed the “Sanrio Character Ranking.”

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Part two of the 11th episode of Japacon TV, “Modeling Business! The Latent Potential of the Figure Maker,” has been broadcast.

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This month, a plethora of new anime will begin broadcasting. Use this handy series of articles to figure out which ones to add to your watch list.

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On July 1, orders began for silver accessories based on the Angel’s Fossil designed by Kenji Kamiyama, director of such talked about anime works as *Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C.*, *009 Re:Cyborg*, and *Eden of the East*.

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On July 13, *Pokémon Best Wishes the Movie: ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo's Awakening* will release in theaters throughout Japan.

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The broadcast details for the TV summer anime *Futari wa Milky Holmes” have been determined.

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It has been decided that the last three episodes of the second season of *Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai* (*Oreimo* for short) will release simultaneously worldwide on Aug. 18 at 1 p.m. (JST)!

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The popular Pokémon Eevee has mastered a special skill.

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Flame Dragon, the evolved version of Kamen Rider’s Flame Style transformation achieved by using the power of the phantom WizarDragon who haunts his Underworld, is now a figure from S.H.Figuarts!

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