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.
The Japanese version of the newest game in the *Tomb Raider* series was released by Square Enix on April 25. Along with the game, the second gameplay movie called “Survivor is Born” was also released.
Capcom’s online social RPG *Onimusha: Soul* and Nico Nico Seiga are collaborating on the “Capcom x Nico Nico Seiga Onimusha: Soul Moe Military Commander Illustration Contest” via Nico Nico Seiga.
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