On April 11, Namco Bandai Games announced a new game for the *Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai* series called *Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai Happy End*.
On April 20, the 21st movie in the *Crayon Shin-chan* series called *Crayon Shin-chan: Very Tasty! B-class Gourmet Survival* was released nationwide in Japan.
Beginning on April 1, the smartphone-based video distribution service “dVideo Powered by BeeTV” (dVideo) began distributing eight movies from the *Crayon Shin-chan* series that released between 1993 and 1999.
On April 6, the Magokoro Brothers announced information on the release of their latest single “Kienai E.” The song is used as the opening theme for the TV anime *Space Brothers*.
*Duel Masters Victory V3* began broadcasting on April 6. This TV anime is the latest work in the popular anime series and is themed after the hugely popular trading card game *Duel Masters*.
From March 29-31, the largest anime event in Washington, U.S, Sakura-Con was held. Many Japanese people from the industry participated in the event, most notably the singer Eir Aoi, who became popular seemingly overnight.
Earlier this month, TMS Entertainment began selling the health supplements “Hero & Heroine Supplements,” which is a collaboration blending the concept and essence of three legendary TV anime: *Star of the Giants*, *Tomorrow’s Joe 2*, and *Attack No. 1*.
Since their release earlier this year, the two-part dream anime song mix CD series by DJ Kazu called “J-Anison Kamikyoku Matsuri” has already surpassed 100,000 CDs sold.
LiSA is a Japanese singer who broke onto the anime scene when she sung the vocals for the character Yui in the fictional band Girls Dead Monster in the anime *Angel Beats*.
In celebration of the anime film *Aura: Maryuinkouga Saigo no Tatakai* which released this month, two shops in Shinjuku, Tokyo featured limited goods of Romeo Tanaka’s works.
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