This July, the Gainax-produced TV anime for *Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3* will begin broadcasting on TBS and BS-TBS. The main cast and first key visual have been revealed.
“ILCA no Gakkou,” a program that aims to train the next generation of creators, has begun at the Ikejiri Institute of Design’s Setagaya Manufacturing School in Tokyo.
On June 22, the first chapter in the *Ghost in the Shell* prequel story *Ghost in the Shell: Arise*, titled *Ghost in the Shell: Arise Border 1: Ghost Pain*, will begin screening in theaters in Japan.
On May 3, excited FPS fans gathered at the Shinagawa Intercity Hall in Tokyo for an international exhibition match of the popular online FPS game *Alliance of Valiant Arms* called “Alliance of Valiant Arms International Friendly Match 2013.”
The episode begins with Misaka Mikoto, the main character and one of the level 5 espers in Academy City, being reminded of rumors of clones being made of her.
Zoids is a popular toy series of movable figures based on dinosaurs and animals. In commemoration of the series’ 30th anniversary, series maker Takara-Tomy has started a new line of Zoids products called Zoids Original.
The first season of the popular anime *Senyu* broadcast from January to April of this year, and the second season will begin this July. A collaboration with the anime is currently ongoing at Karaoke no Tetsujin in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
Another anime adaption will be made of a work from the online magazine Gangan Online distributed by Square Enix. An anime adaption of *Kitakubu Katsudou Kiroku* is planned to begin airing this July.
Ayu Watanabe’s shoujo manga *L-DK* that is currently being serialized in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Friend to favorable reactions is going to be adopted into a live-action movie.
The greatly popular social game *The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls” has achieved over 3 million registered users. Now, new idols have debuted on the fourth round of maxi single CDs that were released on May 22.
After losing her wallet and feeling heartbroken, the hero Emilia, aka Emi Yusa, asks Satan if she could spend the night at his place at the Villa Rosa Sasazuka.
In this interview, Kaito Ishikawa, the voice actor who plays Ledo, will be talking with the staff of the production team on *Gargantia* with the guidance of Hirasawa P from Production I.G.
Kodansha is an industry leader among publishers in Japan, and this year they held the 33rd Manga Open. Among the many hopefuls who entered was a fan from Taiwan who won the top prize as the best overseas newcomer.