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