NAMCO BANDAI Games has announced the latest information on the PS3 and PS Vita game *One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2*, which will be released on March 20, 2013.
On Jan. 15, 2013, the World Cosplay Summit executive committee announced that the 11th World Cosplay Summit (WCS) and Cosplay Championship will take place on Aug. 3.
Leiji Matsumoto, who was recently awarded the Chevalier in the L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France, has accomplished another achievement in France.
It has been announced that *Fight Ippatsu! Juden-chan!!*, *Okusama wa Joshi Kosei*, *Yami to Boshi to Hon no Tabibito*, and *Kyo no Go no Ni* will be coming to Blu-ray for the first time.
It has been announced that the manga *Silver Spoon*, which is currently being serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday, is becoming an anime that will air on Fuji TV’s Noitamina anime block.
As a continuation of the popular project from last year’s Nico Nico Cho Kaigi event, a chartered Blue Train will be in service the day before this year’s Nico Nico Cho Kaigi 2 kicks off on April 27.
It seems that new collaboration projects featuring Sanrio’s most prominent character Hello Kitty are carried out rather regularly. The newest collaboration project is with Belluna’s mail order brand RyuRyu, which offers clothing items for females.
The spread of electronic publications, with Kindle being at the forefront, has begun, and people are no doubt sensing the worldwide transition from traditional books to electronic ones.
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