On Feb. 1, the four voice actors playing the main characters of the TV anime *The Heroic Legend of Arslan* to begin airing in April were announced along with the broadcast start day.
A mysterious site has launched and on it a countdown has begun. The site’s address is http://garakowa.jp/, and it’s a teaser site with nothing but a single illustration.
On Jan. 27, an official smartphone app launched for the TV anime *Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons*, which entered its second season broadcast in October 2014.
A TV anime has been greenlit for the popular novel *Over Lord* published by Kadokawa’s Enterbrain brand company. Along with the announcement, the main cast was also announced. Also revealed are details on a stage event to be held at AnimeJapan 2015.
The main cast has been announced and a PV released for *Hibike! Euphonium* which will begin broadcasting in April. Already, excitement is building for the broadcast.
An original, full-length animated film to be released this summer has been revealed. The story of Sinbad, a worldwide well-known figure from *Arabian Nights*, is becoming an anime by Nippon Animation and Shirogumi.
It has been confirmed that the TV anime *Eikoku Ikka, Nihon o Taberu* will begin broadcasting on NHK General TV on April 16. Also, coming before the broadcast, on Sunday, April 12 the show will be distributed to overseas audiences on NHK World TV.
There have been talks recently about the necessity of overseas distribution of Japanese anime, manga, and characters. Under such circumstances, an original Internet anime is being promoted from the walls of a toilet in Harajuku.
An anime adaptation has been confirmed for *Sore ga Seiyu!*, a tag team effort between an active voice actress and a popular manga artist. The broadcast will begin this summer.
*My Love Story!!*––a shoujo manga with a main character who is 2 meters tall, 120 kilograms, and has a rough, stern face––is getting a TV anime adaptation. The confirmation of the anime came in November 2014, and now at last the staff and cast on this attention-grabbing series have been revealed.
*Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid*, the newest sequel to the popular anime series *Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha* was announced in August 2014. As the series has many enthusiastic fans, the news was greeted with great applause.
Along with a new film to release early this spring, there is yet another development in the *Ghost in the Shell* series. It has been confirmed that the broadcast of the TV series *Ghost in the Shell: Arise* will begin this April.
The official *Evangelion* site was renewed for the new year on Jan. 1. Many fans probably remember having their heart skip a beat when they saw on the site, in a familiar white font against black, the phrase “By the way, it’s 2015.”
The instant smash-hit anime short series *Robot Girls Z*, produced by Toei Animation, was aired on the Toei Channel from January to March of 2014. It has been announced that the continuation of this series will begin airing in the spring of 2015.
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