An event for the anime *Oreimo* which featured a discussion with the cast and the release of a promotional video for the second season’s theme song “Reunion” was recently held.
It was announced that *One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2*, the PlayStation 3/PS Vita action game released on March 20, 2013, has reached more than 500,000 units shipped in Japan.
The butlers of Manga Cafe’s “Butler Night” event in Finland embraced the butler style of being a polite, refined, and gentle-mannered man.
As a customary summer event, the latest film in the *Pokémon* series, *Extreme Speed Genesect: Mewtwo's Awakening*, is being released on July 13 in Japan. Special advance tickets will become available on April 20.
Continuing our report on the “Nippon Engineering College Graduation Exhibition 2013,” we interviewed Mitsuru Sato, head of NEEC’s Creator’s College, about the present state and prospects of foreign students studying pop culture in Japan.
In January 2013, the staff and main cast for the TV anime adaptation of *Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyo* was announced. On March 21, the official site opened to the public.
The TV anime for the popular manga *The Flowers of Evil* by Shuzo Oshimi has begun broadcasting. The opening theme to the anime is performed by Uchujin.
Strict-G, a men’s apparel brand that uses the *Mobile Suit Gundam* universe in it’s products, held its first exhibition at C3 2013 in Hong Kong on March 15, 2013 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.