The original anime *Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto*, which ran from October 2010 to April 2011, is being made into a movie! The animated movie Star Driver: The Movie will release on Feb. 9, 2013.
The new volume in the *Hunter x Hunter* series, “Kurapika Recollection Volume”, is currently being serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump and has quickly become a hot topic.
Asami Imai, who recently released her third studio album, "Precious Sounds", made an appearance on the web radio show "Radio Hasegawa Akiko no Simply Lovely" on Dec. 5, 2012.
In the January 2013 issue of Monthly Model Graphix, a special article on Girls und Panzer, called “The Greatest Chance to Start a Model Tank Arrives!
The TV anime adaptation of Kotoura-san, MicroMagazine Corporation's popular web manga, will begin airing in January 2013. The anime will be broadcast on CBC, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and AT-X. The air dates and times have also been announced.
Recently, “collaboration” is a word that is often heard in the world of anime and games. Collaborations often involve the partnering of different businesses and works, with joint items being made that incorporate both parties involved.
*Photo Kano* is a PSP game released on Feb. 2, 2012. To date, it is the first dating simulation game based on the theme of "photography", and the game has been a big hit.
It was announced on Nov. 30, 2012 that Team Rocket’s Meowth will be coming to the Nintendo DS games *Pokemon Black Version 2* and *Pokemon White Version 2*.
Jigoku Youchien Project (original concept by Sugiyama, storyboard by Rintaro Otsuka), a group effort by Kadokawa Shoten, ASCII Media Works, Enterbrain, and Fujimi Shobo, is set to begin.
During the ninth episode of the popular anime, “Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!”, which aired on Tokyo MX on Nov. 28, 2012, a commercial aired for the new anime “Tamako Market”, which is scheduled to begin broadcasting on Tokyo MX in January 2013.
