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Anison Rock 2014, an anime song festival featuring nothing but female artists, will be held on Sept. 27 at Club Citta in Kawasaki.

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America, France, Italy, Brazil. We met anime and manga fans from around the world!

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A *Black Butler* exhibition based on the new series *Black Butler: Book of Circus*, which began broadcasting in July, is coming this fall.

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The large-scale event that brings together characters and hobby under one roof, Chara Hobby C3×Hobby, will be held on Aug. 23 and 24 at the Makuhari Messe International Convention Complex.

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Comic Market closed with an attendance count of 550,000 people. The next upcoming otaku event is Tokyo Game Show!

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Cosplay from new anime dominated the scene! We focus on everything cute and sexy we found at this summer’s Comic Market!

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Even Ash is surprised! It’s a huge outbreak of Pikachus! Yokohama is dyed yellow!

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*Haikyū!!* is a hugely popular volleyball manga currently serializing in *Weekly Shonen Jump*. The TV anime, which began in April, has proved a huge hit with both boys and girls, and now an Ichiban Kuji is releasing.

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The Tsugumori takeoff scene as seen in the sci-fi anime *Knights of Sidonia* can now be experienced using the latest virtual reality Oculus Rift headset.

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A specialty shop for *Kuroko’s Basketball*, which is picking up attention due to the decision to begin production on Season 3 of the TV anime, will be opening in Shinjuku Marui Annex in Tokyo.

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*KanColle* running popular! The otaku’s poem of summer scenery, one of the largest otaku events in the world - Comic Market 86 has started!

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A large original art exhibit for *Ghost in the Shell* that gathers in one place a variety of documents created over the series’ 25-year history began on Aug. 8 at the Seibu Ikebukuro Honten Annex 2F Seibu Gallery.

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Comiket is a WAR.

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On Nov. 28, Tokyo's Ueno Royal Museum will be overrun by Titans. That's the day a large-scale *Attack on Titan* exhibition based on the hit anime and manga series is set to begin.

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An event for the popular series *Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai* (Anohana), which was adapted into a TV anime in 2010 and an animated film in 2013, is coming to Chichibu on Aug. 31.

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*Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel* is a monumental magical girl anime that began broadcasting in 1983. In 2013, events and goods were developed to celebrate the series’ 30th anniversary, and the series’ first Blu-ray memorial box set was released in March of this year. Now, an exhibit for Akemi Takada, the character designer of the series, is coming to Ginza, Tokyo from Aug. 12 to Sept. 15.

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The currently airing TV anime *Bakumatsu Rock* is becoming a stage play with the name *Ultra Musical Bakumatsu Rock*.

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*Hana to Yume* (Hakusensha), a shoujo manga magazine celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, will reach its 1,000th consecutive issue with the release of Issue 19 on Friday, Sept. 5. In celebration of this, the event “Hana to Yume Anime Festival” will be held at the Shinagawa Intercity Hall on Sunday, Sept. 28.

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A life-size version of the popular character Danboard from the huge hit manga *Yotsuba&!* appears in Akihabara! We bring to you a photo report of Danboard’s slightly shocking cuteness!

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Do you love Japan but don’t have the time or money to visit? Fear not! There are thousands of Japan-lovers just like you! Fortunately, thanks to the I...

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