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On Feb. 11, “Ghost in the Shell Realize Project the Award,” an event to experience first-hand the science and technology behind *Ghost in the Shell*, was held at the Hikarie Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo.

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Lotte’s popular “Gume Kare Project” (Gum Boyfriend Project) of personified gum has returned. The new project “Gum Kare! Shinsengumi” was announced on Feb. 4.

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On Feb. 3, a collaboration event with the popular manga and anime series *Lupin III* titled “Isetan x Lupin III: Lupinissimo in Isetan 2016” began at the Isetan Shinjuku Flagship Store.

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WonHobby Booth Report! 24-Hour Double Giveaway Commemorating Nendoroid 10th Anniversary & WonHobby Begins!

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Held every February, the Sapporo Snow Fesitval features large, exquisite, and professionally constructed snow sculptures--some of which are even built with machines!

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Pay a tax and you can tour an anime studio.

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Florie, a French reporter for the YouTube channel Deep In Japan, met the girls from the Black Diamond group to get a Japanese *gyaru* makeover.

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Japan's hottest export, WagakkiBand, is poised for an encore visit to the United States as guests of Austin's SXSW festival, and they’ll also be stopping in New York City to perform at Irving Plaza on March 14, 2016 as headliners for the evening titled “WagakkiBand Live in N.Y. – Akatsuki –.”

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Have you already taken a look at the special site for “Wonderful Hobby Life for You!! 23,” the joint booth by Max Factory and Good Smile Company that will be at Winter Wonder Festival 2016?

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If only she would stay still and listen to what they have to say!

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The massive hit manga *Kingdom* by Yasuhisa Hara is currently serialized in Shueisha’s *Weekly Young Jump*. Beginning Feb. 1, the first-ever manga exhibition for the series will be held on the Yamanote Line.

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The Animate Cafe Ikebukuro No. 3 was newly opened on Jan. 27 and as its first collaboration, the cafe is decked out with all kinds of content themed after the popular anime *Osomatsu-san*.

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Two huge heroes from the world of DC Comics will clash in the movie *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* when it releases on March 25 in the U.S. and Japan.

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*Burikko* is a major category of a type of girl in Japan.

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This January, otaku were delighted to visit sunny Pomona, California for the first ever Anime Impulse!

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An exhibit of works by Yoshitaka Amano, the well-known character designer of the *Final Fantasy* series, titled “Yoshitaka Amano Exhibition: The Evolving Fantasy” will be held at the Yurakucho Asahi Gallery from Jan. 29 to March 8.

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Now you can be a hero, one brick at a time!

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Major Kusanagi and the members of Public Security Section 9 are on a quest to promote cybersecurity as part of an upcoming public awareness campaign.

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Chosen through a preliminary selection of world-wide online video entries, results for the third national Akiba Street convention, a world-first “Anime Song Dance Battle” project produced by anime song dance pioneers RAB (Real Akiba Boyz), were recently announced at an independent event by RAB.

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There’s no sexy-no-jutsu training here.

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