ANIME

Miracle Train started as a web comic and novel in 2009 and went on to become an anime in October of that year.

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Even though it has been halted many times since it first began serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1998, Hunter x Hunter still remains tremendously popular.

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Are you familiar with the film Hokago Midnighters? It is an anime film directed by Hitoshi Takekiyo that began screening in August 2012. The work is based on the short story “Hokago Midnight”. The Blu-Ray/DVD being released so quickly after the film began screening is bringing a lot of buzz to the film.

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The large cinema complex Shinjuku Wald 9, which opened in February 2007, has set a new record high for one day attendance and box office earnings. On Nov.

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Saint Young Men is a famous comic that is popular both in Japan and abroad.

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On Nov. 19, LAMA’’s remix of the song “Niji”, called “Seven Swell - based on ‘Niji’”, was broadcast as background music during the conclusion to the anime Eureka Seven AO.

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When asked to think of a soft synthetic-sounding voiced character, many first think of Hatsune Miku.

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Berserk is an epic fantasy manga by Kentaro Miura that has sold more than 33 million copies worldwide.

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The song “Sakura Nagashi” by Hikaru Utada, the theme song to Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, was digitally released Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012.

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Watch the One Piece films all at once!

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The TV anime that gave rise to the popularity of the game Go throughout Japan, Hikaru no Go, is coming to Blu-Ray! Starting on Jan. 25, 2013, a series of five box sets will begin to be released.

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Theaters playing Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo have begun collaborating with MyTown, the location-based social game by YUMEMI Inc. for the iPhone.

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The three marine admirals who made the pirates tremble at the Battle of Marineford are becoming masks!

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Marmalade Boy, the beloved manga that began in 1992, has just passed its 20th anniversary.

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To gear up for the release of the new Evangelion movie to be released on November 17th, Nico Nico Live is planning a free screening of the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion.

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The girl band Zwei recently performed the opening song for Robotics Notes, titled “Naive Spectra”, on the HiBiKi Radio Station in Japan.

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On 17 November 2012, Mercedes-Benz released an original anime on its official Japanese site.

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FuRyu Corporation has partnered with the popular photo sticker machine Arinco to release a special Evangelion-themed photo sticker machine for a limited time in theatres throughout Japan in celebration of the hit anime film series The Rebuild of Evangelion.

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The movies based on the anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica, “Beginnings” and “Eternal”, are currently screening and have been well-received.

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Cardfight!! Vanguard started as a trading card game (TCG) in 2010 that was created and sold by Bushiroad.

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