*Ginga Kikoutai: Majestic Prince* is a bold new entry in the robot anime genre. On March 29 at the Cinema Mediage in Odaiba, Tokyo, an advance screening of the first four episodes of the anime was held.
*Train Heroes*, a fully CG anime series produced in China, will premiere in April on six networks affiliated with TV Tokyo Corp., with leading toymaker Tomy Co. set to release related toys in the same month in Japan.
On Aug. 31, a fan appreciation event titled “Senyu Fes” (tentative title) will be held at Nippon Seinenkan for the five-minute-long short anime *Senyu*.
A blackout occurs in Tokyo due to the effects of the solar storm. Amid the chaos, the service robots on the hacked server begin rampaging through the city.
Do you know the TV anime *Haiyore! Nyaruko-san*? It has a record high number of playbacks (over 1.4 million) and is number one on Nico Nico Douga for anime works.
*A Certain Magical Index: Endymion no Kiseki*, a feature film adaptation of the popular light novel and anime series, showed a lot of box office magic during its weekend release.
There is no stop to the popularity of *Kotoura-san*, a *yonkoma* (four panel) manga written by Enokizu that started on the online manga distribution site, Manga Goccha.
At Anime Contents Expo 2013 in March, the Bushiroad Booth displayed the latest news on the anime *My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic*, which will begin broadcasting in Japan this month.
Hayao Miyazaki is a legend in the world of Japanese anime. Now, his representative work, *Princess Mononoke*, is becoming a stage play by the English theatrical troupe Whole Hog Theatre.