ANIME

Yahoo! Japan, the world’s largest search engine site, has released its list of most popular searches for 2012.

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Kyoto Animation is known for producing hit anime such as “ The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi”, “Clannad”, and “K-On!”.

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"JoJo~Sono Chi no Sadame", the opening theme song to hit anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, went on sale on Nov.

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Crunchyroll is expanding its service!

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As 2012, a year packed with anime films, comes to an end, new films are already being announced as 2013 draws closer; the latest being “Santa Company”.

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The anime adaptation of GA Bunko’s popular light novel “Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru”, or “Oreshura” for short, is garnering a great deal of attention.

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The latest “Tonari no 801-chan+” comic is now on sale.

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The Pretty Cure series, which has had tremendous success since the start of the TV anime in 2004, has broken a new record. On Nov. 24, 2012, ticket sales for all Pretty Cure movies officially topped 10 million.

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Jump onboard the Macross fandom!

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On Feb. 1, 2013, screenings will begin in Japan for Berserk Golden Age Arc III: Descent. The Blu-Ray/DVD for the second movie in the Berserk series, Berserk Golden Age Arc II: The Battle for Doldrey, was released on Dec. 5, 2012.

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Having waited for years, this anime movie is finally almost here!

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“A Letter to Momo” by Hiroyuki Okiura released in Japan in April 2012 and achieved brilliant success. Okiura is also known for his past work, “Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade”.

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Since its release on Nov. 17, 2012, a great number of Evangelion and movie fans alike have flocked to theaters to see Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo.

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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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