A collection of valuable information is in the works that explains the behind-the-scenes details on production of the anime *Santa Company*, which was successfully funded on Kickstarter.
It has been 27 years since the representative vector software, Adobe Illustrator, was released. Vector software is more tuned for drawing compared to point software and analog and is difficult to learn and operate. An example of a difficult technique in the program is the Bezier curve.
It’s been 10 years since it was released to the world as a PC game. Ufotable, who excited fans with the clever direction and gorgeous visuals of *Fate/Zero*, which can be said to be the origin of the ever-expanding *Fate* world, is at it again. The anime *Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works* has finally begun broadcasting.
A new anime has been born from the pages of *Monthly Hero’s*, in which are published countless popular manga themed around heroes. The TV anime adaptation of the currently serializing popular manga *Sword Gai* was announced on Oct. 1.
*Stand By Me Doraemon*, an unprecedented hit that made over 7.5 billion JPY in box office revenue, will be screened at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival which kicks off on Oct. 23.
On Sept. 30, a lineup announcement was held for the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival to take place in Toranomon Hills, Tokyo. During the announcement, the screening date of *Appleseed Alpha* (subtitled version), which was previously announced to be screened at the festival as a special invitation work, was revealed.
*Rage of Bahamut*, the smartphone app that has garnered popularity around the world, will be made into an anime. It’s title will be *Rage of Bahamut Genesis*.
A portion of the cast for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of *Assassination Classroom* which will begin broadcasting on Fuji TV in January 2015 has been decided.
The anime adaptation of Wataru Watanabe’s popular manga *Yowamushi Pedal* is going excellently. The anime was televised from October 2013 to June 2014, and it became a big hit widely supported due to the refreshing adolescence of the high schoolers in the series who compete in bicycle races.
The TV anime *Shonen Hollywood: Holly Stage for 49* came to its conclusion late-night on Sept. 27 with Episode 13, “We, Can Be Born Again for Eternity.” Production on Season 2 was announced shortly after the anime’s finale.
A Japanese popular female magazine “ViVi,” released on September 23, has collaboration with popular comic “Shingeki-no-Kyojin (Attack on Titan).” The magazine had 2 special appendixes; “Attack on Levi” tote back and a Collaboration Book.
It has been announced that the newest anime in the *Tantei Opera Milky Holmes* series, *Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD*, will begin broadcasting on Tokyo MX and other networks in January.
The broadcast to the new TV anime series *Magic Kaito 1412* will begin on Oct. 3 on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV channels. The original work to *Magic Kaito 1412* is a popular series that is indeterminately published in *Weekly Shonen Sunday* (Shogakukan).